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<DIV>This is so amaizing!</DIV>
<DIV>During the weekend we were just talking over this issue in the forum.Now the government has gotten an 8 billion grant!! for the commissioning? :-O. Kudus to Dr.Ndemo and his ministry on digital villages initiative.</DIV>
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<DIV>Time to roll it out is now!!<BR> </DIV><FONT face=courier>Best Regards, <BR>Jose' Njuki-Imwe Ngunjiri</FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=courier> || +254 722 336754 ||</FONT> </FONT>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru@yahoo.com><BR>To: ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com<BR>Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:06:38 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] MPS SUPPORT E-GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION IN KENYA<BR><BR>[Daily Nation]<BR>‘Digital villages’ to be set up all over Kenya to speed up access to data <BR>Story by NATION correspondent<BR>Publication Date: 2007/04/30<BR><BR>The Government plans to set up ‘digital villages’ throughout the country, <BR>to ease access to information for its citizens.<BR><BR>Information assistant minister Mr Koigi Wamwere said during the weekend <BR>that the villages to be set up in all the 210 constituencies, will facilitate easy <BR>access to information that would trigger economic development in those areas.<BR><BR>Commissioning<BR><BR>The minister was speaking in Kisumu during the commissioning of the Od <BR>Mikayi satellite information
centre, where the project by the Government also <BR>received a major boost with the approval of a Sh8 billion grant by the World Bank.<BR><BR>This will see local communities exposed to new technologies such as the internet <BR>and SMS banking. <BR><BR>“We intend to roll out the first of these projects in August,” said Mr Wamwere. <BR><BR>He added, “The laying of fibre optic cables throughout the country is on course <BR>and when completed, Kenyans are going to enjoy the benefits of high speed <BR>internet connectivity.”<BR><BR>This initiative is intended to double the number of people having access to <BR>such services from 2.7 to 6 million, he said. <BR><BR>Also targeted will be telephone subscribers, whose numbers are expected <BR>to rise significantly from the current 8.5 million to 15 million before the year <BR>ends.<BR><BR>Learning centres<BR><BR>“We also intend to set up E- learning centres in all schools in addition to <BR>computerising all Government departments
in the country.<BR><BR>"This will enhance transparency in the running of Government affairs,” said <BR>the minister. <BR><BR>http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?premiumid=0&category_id=3&newsid=97056><BR><BR>------<BR><B><I>Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">Alice, <BR><BR>Thanks for this wonderful news. Please send me the link.<BR><BR>Alex<BR><BR><B><I>alice <alice@apc.org></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>From Balancing Act<BR><BR><BR>MPS SUPPORT E-GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION IN KENYA<BR><BR>Kenya's legislators have surprisingly added their voice in support of <BR>the transformation to electronic governance in their operations, both <BR>within parliament and in at the constituency level. During a two-day <BR>meeting held in Nairobi recently, the members of parliament (MPs) <BR>discussed various issues related to Kenya Information Society including <BR>e-government and ICT strategies in the country and what should be the <BR>role of parliamentarians in the process of implementation and monitoring.<BR><BR>The meeting with theme: "Empowering Kenya's MPs and National Assembly <BR>staff on Building the country's Knowledge Economy," was organised by the <BR>UN's Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Canadian e-Policy <BR>Resource Network (ePolNet). e-PolNet aims at supporting the <BR>implementation of the African Information Society through the provision <BR>of various kinds of expertise.<BR><BR>The participants, who included 15 MPs, discussed how ICTs can accelerate <BR>the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and various <BR>applications like e-health, e-learning, e-commerce and open platform.<BR><BR>This is in response to the eighth goal of MDGs, declared during the UN's <BR>Millennium Declaration in 2000, which aims to develop a global <BR>partnership for development (including a target to make available the <BR>benefits of ICTs to all the world's inhabitants).<BR>The participants resolved that there is need to take advantage of the <BR>on-going restructuring of all parliamentary committees in order to have <BR>ICT either accommodated in one of the committees or set up an <BR>independent committee on the
subject.<BR><BR>In his opening address, Mathioya MP, Joseph Kamotho, said that through <BR>the use of ICT, governments become less bureaucratic, and more <BR>efficient. "With deployment of ICTs, several opportunities that corrupt <BR>public officials normally use for their private gain are eliminated or <BR>greatly reduced therefore increasing transparency and accountability in <BR>the management of public resources," said Kamotho.<BR><BR>Kamotho said that governments in Africa must, therefore, invest in ICT <BR>so that the public is able to monitor the performance of their <BR>representatives through the establishment of websites where citizens can <BR>get information about their institution, leaders and the laws made.<BR><BR>On electoral processes, participants gave the example of Zambia where <BR>the voters register bears the holder's photo to stem vote rigging.<BR>(SOURCE: East African Business
Week)<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>kictanet mailing list<BR>kictanet@kictanet.or.ke<BR>http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet<BR><BR>Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alex.gakuru%40yahoo.com<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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