[kictanet] Just a thought

[Ngigi Waithaka]

I think you are getting me wrong on this one.

Technology is important and indeed required for our development. If you
look at my earlier post, I wrote that technology mostly easens that which
we want to do. Thats why we use cars and planes for instance to travel
large distances as opposed to walking.

However,  IMO, there is a tendency to use technology as the answer to
everything. As an example, we want to fight corruption, we rush off to use
technology by ensuring that payments are digital, but we forget that the
crooks will still use those same platforms as well.

I am told there are cartels in GoK with paybill Nos, as an example.

I also gave the Michuki rules as an example of committed leadership working
hand-in-hand with technology (Speed Governors)

The recomendations I now see are akin to saying we've got 3000 Kenyans
dieing by road accidents,  let slap speed governors everywhere. No much
thought on what else would be required, enforcement and no committed
leadership and in no time we back at square 0. Mwakwele showed us that!

On corruption, what difference would it make if we automated/digitised all
the GoKs payments while key GoK officials are operating multiple accounts
in Cayman Islands and we can't do any realistic wealth & lifestyle audits?

That to me is fighting corruption for the show or digitizing corruption!

Kivuva, you're right without technology I'd probably be out of a job, but,
like a good doctor I would tell you medicine is not your solution to lung
cancer, you've got to give up that cigarette.

Waithaka Ngigi

Alliance Technologies
Nairobi, Kenya

www.A1.io
On 5 Jan 2014 13:02, "Kivuva" <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> Waithaka, you would be jobless if you were not solving digital problems :-)
>
> To follow up on Dr. Ndemo's timely observation, a new law has been put
> in place and will take effect by June where
> 1. All PSVs must implement cashless paymeny system for bus fare
> 2. All PSVs to be fit with fleet management systems where overspeeding
> will be checked from system logs, not on speed cameras
> 3. All PSVs to have surveillance cameras to reduce carjackings and petty
> crimes.
>
> This will see Beba Pay and Mpesa fight for supremacy. I'm keen to see
> what card Safaricom has on it's deck. This is a great opportunity for
> payment system innovators to comeup with exciting products, and also
> for fleet management system companies to have regular work. The
> commuter on the other hand will dig dipper in his pockets to pay for
> the services.
>
> And finally, the government has a way of collecting taxes on the Ksh
> 250Billion industry
>
>
> http://mobile.nation.co.ke/business/New-law-on-technology-to-transform-PSV-sector/-/1950106/2134508/-/format/xhtml/-/5hut8qz/-/index.html
>
> This development deserves a new thread, which I'm starting.
>
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