[kictanet] Cofek Article citing Digital Villages

[Paul Kukubo]

Dear listers

The article by COFEK (Consumer Federation of Kenya) on their website,
http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1529%3Awhy-ndemo-may-have-been-missed-on-the-ict-docket&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=62creates
the impression that digital villages do not exist. The Kenya ICT
Board wishes to correct this position.

The Kenya ICT Board has committed funding for 65 Pasha centres to date
across the country. For a factual update, we urge listers to visit.
http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php/digitalinclusion. We will update this even
further with an announcement we are making on Monday to further develop
these centres.

The Kenya ICT Board will write to COFEK formally providing further
information in the public interest on the basis of COFEK's stated goal as
stated on their website "advocacy is based on authentic information as
backed by continuous research."

We have finalised our 6 year report on the Kenya ICT Board which is
currently being printed. we shall upload a digital copy onto our website,
in the next week or so. This will make an exciting read on the sector.

My view as the outgoing Kenya ICT Board CEO is that Dr Ndemo provided the
vision, compeled us to seek a world class approach, set the tone of
energetic execution, helped us cement partnerships in order to improve
capacity, and focus on enterprise development, innovation and the ordinary
citizen. He cautioned against getting too carried away in ICT dogma, but
asked that we rather just get the job done. This was augmented with spirit
of learning to pick up quickly from mistakes, (and many were made). There
will be much debate, and indeed many things are left for the next team to
do.

As a team, we gave this our very best effort and Dr Ndemo gave us a style
of leadership that even in the best private sector environments, you will
struggle to find. (I will write more extensively on this later.)

We reaped a leadership dividend in the sector, with support from the
highest level of government. On this score there can be no debate. The
country is much better for it

We pray this carries on.


Asante

Paul Kukubo
Chief Executive Officer, (outgoing), Kenya ICT Board
PO Box 27150 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya

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Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960
Fax: +254 20 2211962
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Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke


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