[kictanet] Digital & One Laptop - Woes

[peres wamukhula were]

Hi Yawe

The Chairman of KPA - Lawrence Njagi- had confirmed he will indeed be
attending the stakeholders meeting and present the publishers views....

Looking forward to the discussion on Thursday.

Thanks

Peres Were
On Jul 1, 2013 8:00 AM, "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> @Matunda,
>
> This article is what a Rendile would call cow manure, please contact Kenya
> Publishers Association (www.kenyapublishers.org) and notify them that
> their web site is broken, their emails are never responded to, their
> telephones are never answered and their domain does not reflect their
> ability or willingness to supporting a local initiative.
>
> I have been trying to contact the association for over a week now to
> invite them to the forum on the laptops that will take place on the 4th of
> July at Strathmore, but from my attempts it is clear that all they know is
> printing with ink on paper unfortunately the laptops have no way of being
> loaded with printed copies unless we supply each child with a scanner
> (still possible with the 53 billion budget, but do we want to?).
>
> The association needs to show capacity, understanding and willingness to
> go electronic and that does not need government intervention they should be
> showcasing their offerings instead of giving interviews for print about how
> digital they are.
>
> Let us support those who have shown an initiative to help themselves.
>
> Regards
>
> PS.  Hope to see you and the association members at Strathmore on the 4th
>
>
> http://www.ilabafrica.ac.ke/index.php/media-news/news/271-stakeholders-forum-to-discuss-the-laptop-project
>
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
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>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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> *Subject:* [kictanet] Digital & One Laptop - Woes
>
> FYI
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