[kictanet] ICT Value to the Counties

[Odhiambo Washington]

Hi Bobby,

I believe (not think!) that the traffic snarls in Nairobi CANNOT be solved
with technology (where technology == ICTs) - I mean, not the traffic.
Never. Why am I saying so?
The problem is that of poor planning and only re-planning with forecast can
help solve it. Just using some computers will not. Will never as it is
right now. I am not saying "impossible", but looking at the cost, it will
end up not making economic sense. My way of looking at it is that we'll
have to have a means to predict the traffic volumes expected at those
rights and use those parameters to re-program the lights controllers on the
fly.
I recently had a long argument with a senior officer involved in Traffic
Control in Nairobi and we kinda unanimously agreed that the issue will have
to be addressed by the city planners in consultation with the Police - and
both teams barely know how to use computers or wouldn't want to use them -
for same reasons I suspect some organization let their fail - fear of audit.


On 2 April 2013 09:09, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was hoping that now that we have a new dispensation that traffic flow on
> Uhuru Highway will have been handed back to the traffic lights
> unfortunately this is not the case and the police keep competing with the
> traffic lights.
>
> Can we take this up as the first campaign by KICTANET to show that we are
> truly committed to seeing technology applied to improving the lives of
> Kenyans beginning with the long suffering drivers in the County of Nairobi?
>
> Regards
>
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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