[kictanet] KIRDI in onslaught of local products - re Jua Kali

[John Kariuki]

Nyanchama,
Get a world Polytechnic today and you will compete with the world. In my village on the slopes of Mt. Kenya, the local Jua Kali used to make computer desks. Today they do not because they cannot compete with imports!
 
John Kariuki.

From: Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com>
To: ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk 
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
Sent: Saturday, 28 July 2012, 5:53
Subject: [kictanet] KIRDI in onslaught of local products - re Jua Kali


In case you missed.

Aside from these, I have seen products made from bananas, pineapples and avocado ready for large scale agro-processing investment. There is a lot to learn from this institution.

KIRDI on the roll

One more comment regarding Jua Kali: how many of AIE holders on this list have made it a policy to source from Jua Kali e.g. furniture? Not only would this earn this hard working lot a better living but the sourcer can also help lift standards of products Jua Kali produce.

Sentiments expressed here about polytechnics are right on. In my Nyamira area we have been arguing about what to press for first: a university or a world class polytechnic? I have supported the latter adding that more should also be done in village polytechnic type skills development. And for reasons that today, we have an inverted pyramid with a lot of graduates without the needed support structure to make them effective. 

Baadaye.

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