<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>If that paper is not your manifesto then not only would i like to see it but in addition, your manifesto......</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Oh actually, that could be weekend reading for me...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Eric here</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 21 Sep 2007, at 11:43, Bill Kagai wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR>Alex,<BR>I have prepared a paper that proves the following maxims;<BR><BR>1. A computer loaded with open source can generate more money than an acre of coffee in Nyeri.<BR>2. A computer loaded with open source and connected to Telkom wireless can generate more money than an acre of tea in Kericho. <BR>3. A computer loaded with open source and connected to Telkom wireless plus a Safaricom M-Pesa sim card can generate more money than four acres of wheat in Narok.<BR><BR>Otherwise, steadfastly continue with no fear or favour.... tingisaing the kidole ya jogoo. <BR><BR>Bill<BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 9/21/07, <B class="gmail_sendername">Alex Gakuru</B> <<A href="mailto:alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com">alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Pundits are wondering what Bill's presidency will really look. <BR>Has the future finally dawned ushering the nations aspirations? <BR><BR>With every child acquiring the OLPC promised on his manifesto?<BR>Cheap $50/MB internet through fibre, entire .ke network on IPv6? <BR>Affordable computers in every district , hospital, even "munada".<BR><BR>Cabinet minutes delivered by email to consumers' via kPODs, <BR>all-new "brownberries" and open source installed mobile devices <BR>with local skunk works tweaking GSM till no networks failures? <BR> <BR>Will President Bill K deliver on the promise of digitising "in toto"<BR>the kenya village to his voters whom he bought several rounds of <BR>Ruaraka's sweet waters to kick high their imagination levels?<BR><BR>But they also wonder whether 2016 will not see a repeat ritual of <BR>new promises-- only that time it may as well be on an envisaged <BR>"Sun Base" (contrived variant "NASA Presents Details of Plans <BR>for Moon Base <<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/science/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/science/</A> <BR>21nasa.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin>) <BR><BR>Indeed, how true the words <SPAN style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> <SPAN style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> <SPAN style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> of one famous lister "Tomorrow Now"<BR><BR>But President Bill, (allow me to refer to you by first name because I <BR>started this?) I need your favour but for security reasons it should not <BR>be communicated in electronic form. When could I meet you kind <BR>Excellency, Price of Peace, the greater liberator to paperless office?<BR><BR>ooops! 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