[kictanet] President Kenyatta secures Microsoft support for computers

Wed Jun 5 10:16:34 EAT 2013

Harry Hare,

I will write your full names to recognise your presence after a long hiatus
you speak like 10 elders. I volunteer to write this paper under supervision
of Mr. John Walubengo, Bobby Yawe and any other experts on this list that
may want to provide guidance. Meanwhile Matogo has offered a Venue at
Strathmore University we hope Dr. Ndemo can rope in the Cabinet Secretary
and Ministry of Education counterparts.

Best Regards

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca> wrote:

> Bwana Ndemo,
>
> What happened to your advocacy for local software development? (read: job
> creation). What happened to alternative open source options?
>
> Edith
> -----Original Message-----
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> idrc.ca at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Bitange Ndemo
> Sent: June 4, 2013 8:19 PM
> To: Edith Adera
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions; isoc at orion.my.co.ke
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] President Kenyatta secures Microsoft support for
> computers
>
> Barrack,
> As I promised, Prof. Godia accepted to respond to your questions on
> Kicktanet.  You will need to fix e-mail, godiaes at yahoo.com into the
> mailing list to make it easier to reply.
>
> I attended the State House function and Microsoft agreed to do the
> following:
>
> 1.      Work with different partners to Train ALL Primary School Teachers
> computers (more than 260,000) to enable them implement computer to schools
> programme by January.  They are ready to start as soon as the Government of
> Kenya gives the go-ahead to start the programme at County level;
> 2.      Work with different partners to develop and train at least five
> enterprises in each County to provide technical support in Hardware,
> Connectivity and Software to all schools within each County; and
> 3.      Develop a research and innovation hub at Konza Technology Park to
> support software developers in the region.
> 4. Work with other Hardware manufacturers to develop a sustainable model
> that includes local assembly of computers as well as local software and
> content development that can be replicated in other African countries
>
> This will go a long way in realzing our President's commitment to
> achieving his promises to the Kenyan people.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
>
>
> > 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-comp
> >> uters/-/1056/1871904/-/7i517tz/-/index.html
> >>
> >> walu.
> >>
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