[kictanet] President Kenyatta secures Microsoft support for computers

[Bitange Ndemo]

Edith,
You did not read the entire mail.  The last point emphasizes that
Microsoft brings their research lab to Konza and develop software there. 
The President also emphasized that we need locally developed content as
well as applications that solve local problems.

As I said earlier, in the absence of a market, let us use what comes our
way as a stepping stone to get to where we want to go.  I would have liked
my children to learn Kisii language to be in solidarity with Gusii people
but to be pragmatic, I make do with English.  I have used the English to
slowly teach them Kisii culture.  Let us use proprietary language now to
transition our people to open source when time comes.

Ndemo.




> 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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> 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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