[kictanet] [ISOC_KE] President Kenyatta secures Microsoft support for computers

Wed Jun 5 14:17:10 EAT 2013

Barrack,
I have asked Kaburo to start a tweet campaign leading up to Friday140 at
the I-Hub next week.  I shall try get our CS, Education CS and his PS. If
by any chance I shall not be there, ICT Board will proceed with the plans
since I shall have reguested the guests of honour to attend.

Ndemo.

> Interesting perspectives,
>
> Clearly there is need for stakeholders to meet and talk over this issue,
> may be GG, can invite Prof Godia to a stakeholders forum and Matogo can
> give us definate dates?. Since Dr. Ndemo is for it we can humbly request
> him to extend an invitation to Dr. Matiangi then we move forwad, we need
> to
> action this stakeholders meeting. Matogo? Venue, possible dates?
>
> Best Regards
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is there anybody naive enough to believe Micro$oft is Robinhood?
>>
>> Micro$oft will continue to laugh all the way to the bank, as we debate
>> merits of what platform to adopt. Anybody ever heard of Economic Hit
>> Men (EHM)! I can assure you, we have been hit.
>>
>> Let's not forget that M$ is not evil. They are just trying as hard as
>> everybody else to remain relevant in the hard economic times, and pay
>> their shareholders. But should we do it with our blood?
>>
>> How many new computers are sold with proprietary M$ software in Kenya?
>> How much of that hard earned capital could go into  better use, like
>> pay our MPs? ;-)
>>
>> Why have established and developed economies seen the need to move
>> from propietary software to FOSS, to the extend of legislating in
>> parliament?
>>
>> How comes the Open Source community was caught napping? How was M$
>> able to pull the carpet under them?
>>
>> Probably it's time to occupy Ministry of Education and Ministry of
>> Information and let Kenyans know the merits and de-merits of the
>> government position to partner with Micro$oft.
>>
>> Have you ever tried to change a company who's employees were weaned
>> with M$ and ICDL to FOSS? You will see Organisational behavour
>> resistance to change at it's best.
>>
>> Remember "The foundation of a strong economy don't rest alone on the
>> decision of Chancellors or the spending programs of government" -
>> George Osborne
>> .
>>
>> PS. Lets not forget Dr. Ndemo has a job to protect government position
>> and interests. As articulate and convincing as he is, the government
>> has got this all wrong.
>> _____________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva
>> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>> kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know
>>
>>
>>
>> On 04/06/2013, dmakali at yahoo.com <dmakali at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > On that note, and considering that the cabinet slots have all now been
>> > filled, may be the jubilee admin should consider dr ndemo to head this
>> konza
>> > technology park so that he steers the ambitious idea to the next level
>> and
>> > takes this laptops idea forward, my reservations being noted.
>> >  Or?
>> >
>> > Sent from my BlackBerry®
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: "Bitange Ndemo" <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
>> > Sender: "kictanet"
>> > <kictanet-bounces+dmakali=yahoo.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 20:18:47
>> > To: <dmakali at yahoo.com>
>> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>;
>> > isoc at orion.my.co.ke<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-computers/-/1056/1871904/-/7i517tz/-/index.html
>> >>>
>> >>> walu.
>> >>>
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