[kictanet] Cofek Article citing Digital Villages

Thu Apr 25 23:16:28 EAT 2013

Dear Mr. Madete , Dr. Ndemo and Mr, Kukubo

I humbly suggest that the GoK make distinctions between Safaricom Digital
Villages, pashas and posta, to avoid confusion. You have a branding problem
here.

WMB

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:

> Correction, all the post offices minus the 56 that have been recently
> closed/sold or however Posta disposed of them....
>
>
> On Thursday, April 25, 2013, Bruce Madete wrote:
>
>> Allow me to shed some light on this matter. On behalf Dr Ndemo, l
>> chair the committee that was to utilize close to ksh 250 million- as part
>> of the Economic stimulus Programme to role out the Digital Villages
>> throughout the country. In conjunction with the PCK the progamme would
>> cover select Post Offices and later cover all of them. This was in line
>> with the wider objective of reaching out to the rest of the country as the
>> Government embarked on the 'one stop shop' concept of providing services in
>> line with the Constitutions devolved system (indeed a team from PCK went to
>> Brazil to benchmark on this). Unfortunately due to time constraints in
>> the preparations, the funds were not utilized by the time the budget was
>> revised. The funds were withdrawn. The committee is still in place and
>> hopefully the funds will be made available next financial year to
>> actualize the dream of having digital villages in all the post offices in
>> the country.
>> Madete
>>
>> On Thursday, April 25, 2013, Warigia Bowman wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues and Mr. Kukubo
>>>
>>> I just want to clarify that the pasha centers do exist, and I have
>>> viewed them. As of my last audit, many were not yet in operation, so we may
>>> need to go do another review.
>>>
>>> With regards to the safaricom digital villages, based on my research,
>>> which many on this list participated in, it is indeed fair to say that they
>>> do not really exist, other than as private cybers with a banner. It is
>>> possible that massive improvements have been made, in which case lets go
>>> out in the field this summer!
>>>
>>> Mr. Kukubo, perhaps you need to make a strong effort to brand the pashas
>>> separately from the digital villages.
>>>
>>> Take care, and kind regards,
>>>
>>> Warigia
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> PO Box 27150 - 00100
>>>> Nairobi, Kenya
>>>>
>>>> 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street
>>>>
>>>> Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960
>>>> Fax: +254 20 2211962
>>>> website: www.ict.go.ke
>>>> local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya
>>>> twitter:@tandaaKENYA
>>>> BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke
>>>> Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr. Warigia Bowman
>>> Assistant Professor
>>> Clinton School of Public Service
>>> University of Arkansas
>>> wbowman at clintonschool.uasys.edu
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Clinton School of Public Service
University of Arkansas
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