[kictanet] President Kenyatta secures Microsoft support for computers

Wed Jun 5 10:14:41 EAT 2013

Dear Robert.
My offer was without any request for financial support. The tea was a by
the way, we can do without it.

I agree with contributions from colleagues, let the outcome of this
discussion be a position paper that can be used to advise policy makers.

I believe we now have everything covered. Who will attend?

Regards.

JM

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:28 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Barrack,
>
> What we need is a 6 year old who is going to class 1 next year to perform
> an eloquent poem on what he/she expects when they arrive in class next year
> with their new electronic learning device (ELD)in hand.
>
> It is unfortunate that even you have decided to take the side road, we
> have had months to take a position on this issue but as usual we have
> preferred +1s instead of actually doing something tangible.
>
> What do we expect the President to do when he asks for help and the only
> people who come to his aid are Microsoft and elk.  If you have not noticed
> the iPad disappeared on day 2 of his term in the same way that Obama's
> blackberry vanished, the President is and never was on this forum so to get
> his ear we must go where his attention is, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) has
> also vanished from this digital domain and gone to the analogue world where
> government lives and where only documents in hard copy are considered.
>
> I like the way Dr. Ndemo scuttled discussions by insisting that we include
> the ministry and kie on John Matogo's initiative to host a discussion, John
> also made the error of asking for financial support of this forum, which
> has proven itself to be a tweet shop.
>
> Regards
>
>                                 The show is not over until the plus sized
> person sings. (had to make it politically correct)
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenyag
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>; "
> isoc at orion.my.co.ke" <isoc at orion.my.co.ke>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 15:09
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] President Kenyatta secures Microsoft support
> for computers
>
> Walu,
>
> I think its time we focused on other issues, seems this project is a
> foregone conclusion. We will take stock in 2017.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Whao!
>
> When I grow up, I want to work for M$oft :-)
>
> Sounds like they are concluding the deal to be on 1million laptops next
> year - as we are busy tweeting on what Software is relevant for pupils in
> Standard one. Read on
> @
> http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Uhuru-secures-Microsoft-support-for-computers/-/1056/1871904/-/7i517tz/-/index.html
>
> walu.
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