[kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?

[Agosta Liko]

about the RFP ...

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On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Relax. IEBC has 5 days ?.
>
> Anyone who has worked with systems will tell you sometimes shit hits the
> fan ... and you fix it ... and you tell your boss/client to leave you alone
> as you fix
>
> took us 50 years to get this constitution ... did it mean Kenyans failed ?
>
> Maybe its time to get back to work ... ama COFEK will sue IEBC ? :)
>
>
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> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Edith, I beg to differ. Its not ICT that has failed here. Its the
>> processes. Just throwing some expensive servers and plenty of bandwidth at
>> a problem will not solve it. The top leadership has to fully understand
>> their organization's ICT strategy. They have to internalize the
>> opportunities that technology brings to the table, as well as the inherent
>> risks that come with it. This cannot be left to techies, however good they
>> may be. The reason being that if the organization that you lead fails (and
>> the reason was technology), its you who is answerable, not the techies.
>> This is the spirit of IT Governance.
>>
>> It would be interesting to know if the IEBC commissioners fully
>> understand the risks of the technologies that they are relying on.
>> Let us not blame the technology.
>>
>> Evans
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Listers,
>>>
>>> It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is
>>> given a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral
>>> process, ICT has failed SPECTACULARLY!
>>>
>>> what went wrong?
>>>
>>> Edith
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>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
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