[kictanet] Tech Solutions for Covid-19

[Odhiambo Washington]

Sometimes one looks at Kenya and shakes his/her head and just leaves
because our systems are crafted to fail by design.
When governments worldwide are putting in place emergency measures which
only require legislative endorsement/backing, whereas such legislative
backing should already be part of our statutes and should only require the
legislature to kick them into gear (we do have examples - like allowing the
president to call in the military to help the civil police in certain
situations) here we have a National Assembly which wakes up and appears to
commission a study on what to do during an emergency.
The same legislators have trodded the world doing benchmarking, thereby
wasting millions when their only interest during such trips are their
allowances.
Having benchmarked all their time, can't they just raise their necks a
little and see what other African countries like Botswana, Rwanda and South
Africa are doing?

The most interesting bit is that when Kenyans were shouting themselves
hoarse that border should be closed and flights stopped, no one listened -
until COVID-19 landed here.
Aren't we looking like fools trying to legislate during an EMERGENCY - a
medical PANDEMIC?

If we never had any such legislation, it is time to copy/paste from the
neighbors.


On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 09:54, Liz Orembo via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Good morning listers,
>
> The senate has established an ad-hoc committee that will oversee the
> responses of the national and county governments to the covid 19 pandemic.
> The committee has issued a call for submissions on the following themes.
>
>    1. *Health *- includes community health,  testing centers, mental
>    health, role and engagement of county governments.
>    2. *Economic and Finance Issues - *Includes macro economic effects,
>    measures that the government can take to cushion SMEs and borrowers.
>    3. *Social, Public order and Human Rights - * Includes protection of
>    vulnerable groups, and enforcement of curfews
>    4. *Access to Food, Water and other basic commodities *Includes
>    measures to support continuous production and supply of essential services
>    at affordable prices. Food, water etc
>    5. *Support services and cross cutting issues - *Includes awareness
>    creation, how to combat stigmatization and network access across the
>    country.
>
>
> Listers, what are your views?  How can ICTs help in these 5 areas? and how
> can the government improve its communication and network connectivity
> across the country?
>
> Please find attached the call for public participation with more details.
> The deadline for submission is 8th April.
> --
>
> Best regards.
> Liz.
>
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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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