[kictanet] Wayleave storm threatens clean energy projects (add ICT Projects to that list)

Tue Mar 1 07:48:40 EAT 2016

Well captured Wangari,

We are very averse to discussions touching on the social aspects of our
lifes if recent discussions on the list are anything to go by, this is why
we have wayleave problems. The feet cannot function when the brain is dead.
How can electricity pass through an area and locals don't get connected to
the grid? social responsibility is a key ingredient for successfull
infrastructure related project otherwise Gartner will always be right, 70%
of ICT/ Infrastructure Projects end up in failure.

Best Regards
On Mar 1, 2016 12:36 AM, "WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

>
> Warm Leap Year Greetings!
>
> To back your citizens engagement thoughts.
>
> In the event you are part of the Lenten Campaigns, as we head towards
> Easter Celebrations, the Jumuiya groups which are prayer groups in our
> villages, estates have the Lenten booklet. This week 2 , the topic has been
> "Caring for Our Common Home" in line with Pope Francis message on the
> environment. Millions of Kenyan families are enlisted through this much
> broader campaign by the Church.
>
> What this boils down to is citizens who are more aware of their
> environment and relationships, the breakdown and implications for self and
> future. More so the responsibility now in caring for their environment.
> Abraham was promised land by God and this explains why land would be dear
> to most people by default.
>
> There are many other campaigns by other institutions including NGOs/CBOs
> and Government Agencies  with themes of the host organisation's interests.
>
> This means even when we remove covert or even at times legit political
> motives, the local citizens have a strong unified voice.
>
> The capitalist mentality normally overlooks this element of citizen
> ownership in the name of - the project is good for the country or for the
> said people. Yet the affected people do not share in that picture.
>
> Some of the drivers include:
> 1. - Disregard for the local ways "viewed as analogue in this digital age"
> 2. - View that "They don't get it", "can not get it" and will slow us down
> 3. - Not having a share in the full information
> 4. - Too many information sources with different versions
> 5. - Lack of trust
> 6. - No recourse in the event things go wrong
> 7. - Inconsiderate compensation
>
> We have numerous successful ventures and they take a lot of time to
> integrate with the community and extend true benefits as partners.
>
> While the investments may be necessary, wayleave using and ICT projects
> would be paying a heavy price especially due to point 1 & 2.
>
> Have a blessed day.
>
> Regards/Wangari
>
> ---
> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored
> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on
> Earth".
>
>
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> On Mon, 29/2/16, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] Wayleave storm threatens clean energy projects
> (add ICT Projects to that list)
>  To: wangarikabiru at yahoo.co.uk
>  Cc: "Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu" <chemukoechk at gmail.com>
>  Date: Monday, 29 February, 2016, 11:37
>
>  The main
>  problem here is poor stakeholder engagements, and here
>  i'm not talking about the governors and other local
>  leaders, it's about the ordinary citizens who are not
>  being adequately engaged in regards to the developments that
>   occur in their land and which ultimately affect their
>  livelihoods.
>  If a proper
>  stakeholder engagement is done with the citizens affected,
>  these agencies carrying out projects may receive a deserving
>  welcome. When huge corporations and government engage
>  through PPP's they ought to have the affected citizens
>  involved and should offer well structured incentives and the
>  story may get a complete turn around whereby the citizens
>  will be excited to have the projects done in their
>  properties.
>  Take the
>  example of telecommunication masts by  Safaricom et al. I
>  have not heard anyone complain about having a mast in their
>  compound because they properly engages and well compensated.
>  It is possible to have peacefully executed processes as long
>  as we stop focusing on leaders but focus more on the
>  citizens.
>  Rosemary
>  Koech-KimwatuTwitter:@TechWakiliTel:+254
>  718181644/771632344
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at
>  10:44 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>  wrote:
>  Dear listers
>  This issue of Wayleaves is becoming a serious
>  impediment to rolling out critical infrastructure in our
>  country.
>  Could using the Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
>  work towards ensuring that communities and county
>  governments become strong partners in these
>  projects?
>  Why are communities becoming an impediment to the
>  very projects that may well uplift their
>  lives?
>  What are we missing?
>  When Electricity
>  Transmission Company (Ketraco) decided to sue some 561
>  Kajiado landowners last week, its executives were walking
>  down a familiar path.
>
>  Investors and government agencies working on
>  multi-million shilling energy projects have found themselves
>  in the eye of a wayleave storm.Residents have
>  generally rejected compensation offers and at times resorted
>  to civil protests that have grounded work at the
>  sites.
>  Read
>  on:-
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Wayleave-storm-threatens-clean-energy-prospects/-/539546/3096014/-/dfukifz/-/index.html
>
>
>  Ali
>  Hussein
>  PrincipalHussein & Associates
>
>   Tel: +254 713 601113
>  Twitter:
>  @AliHKassim
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>  Skype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
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>
>
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