[kictanet] Cofek Article citing Digital Villages

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Hmm, seems to me that COFEK's credibility is decaying rapidly with these
kind of false allegations, one would expect a consumer body to embrace the
highest standards for integrity, honesty, fairness....but apparently......




On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo at ict.go.ke> wrote:

> 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
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