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<DIV>My dear Brian,</DIV>
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<DIV>May I humbly publicly offer my services to facilitate such a Forum since I am NOT Kenyan I wil not take sides. </DIV>
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<DIV>Besides, I am passionate about developments in this sector and in the continent at large and I love to bring people together to discuss constructiuvely. Trust me. </DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV>Florence Etta </DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Alternative Email:florence.etta@gmail.com</EM></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Brian Munyao Longwe <brian@caret.net><BR>To: feanywhere@yahoo.co.uk<BR>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Sent: Monday, 14 July, 2008 4:39:57 PM<BR>Subject: [kictanet] Kenya ICT Sector Stakeholder Public Forum (was Re: Legislation and Discipline & Ethics)<BR><BR>Hi all,
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<DIV>We are proposing a Public Forum on Thursday 31st of July to be held at a suitable venue in Nairobi. The objective will be to provide all the different ICT stakeholder organisations within Kenya a chance to introduce themselves and their policies to the public. </DIV>
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<DIV>There will also be opportunity to evaluate Kenya's ICT ecosystem, especially with regards to the different entities, their missions, roles and goals. As well as provide organisations such as KEPSA with an opportunity to share their view/vision on how they expect ICT sector input/engagement.</DIV>
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<DIV>Formal announcement will be posted once details have been worked out, but in the meantime please pencil this into your schedules. We can also explore the possibility of an IP stream for the Diaspora... if there is interest in tracking this.</DIV>
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<DIV>Warm regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jul 14, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Bill Kagai wrote:<BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Daktari,<BR><BR>I agree with you to some extent. If I were to chronicle the genesis of the problem, some organisations were/are feeling choked by KIF especially in relation to KEPSA. In my opinion, this means that KIF has managed to do many things better than others to get where they are. However, that should not mean that KIF now becomes the blanket representative of the industry in matters pertaining to KEPSA. Other specialised organisations e.g. Skunkworks, CSK, Kictanet etc should have equal opportunity to adress their sector specific concerns with any stakeholder. [Government/Industry/Public]. E.g. If a foreign software house came to Government seeking advice on how to partner with the local industry, why should KIF seize the opportunity when we know that Skunkworks is more adept in those matters?? [Caveat - organisations mentioned for purpose of elaboration only]<BR><BR>The crux of the matter is that these new organisations
do not come up because of sector specific concerns they wish addressed...service, bandwidth, policy, payment gateways etc but because officials running established organisations have become 'Mugabes' resisting change and growing old [literally] in those positions.<BR><BR>You are best placed to provide leadership here by insisting that you will only engage with organisations that run efficient structures with clear mandates from their electorates and I will follow by paying membership in all organisations that I feel will help air my business concerns in the industry. Actually, I will be comfortable dealing with your ministry through my sector organisation instead of all us queueing at your reception. And I will hold my organisation leader responsible and thus create more time for you to engage with others.<BR><BR>Waudo::: You know what am talking about. Be brave...wachia vijana usukani.<BR><BR>Bill<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:30 PM, <<A href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</A>> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Bill,<BR>In my view, such fracases are an indication of the level of activity in our sector. We however must exercise our freedom of speech with responsibility. If nothing was happening, nobody will feel squeezed.<BR><BR>We must show the world that inspite of our differences, we are able to remain focused. I wish we spent more energy on diffusion of technoloy. We have limitless opportunities in this sector that we must encourage more foreign equity participation to ensure a flow of technology transfer. This is what the NICs did.<BR><BR>Asante.<BR><BR>Ndemo.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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