Hi ICT activists!<br><br>Just want to let you know that yesterday I had a successful dissertation defense, and I became Daktari Warigia, earning my doctorate of philosophy in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. My heartfelt thanks to KICTANet and KIF, in particular, for helping me get this far. I am grateful. Shukrani. Here is the footnote I included in the dissertation to thankall of you. Please let me know if you name is not in here,and you want it in or if you see misspellings or if you want to see the current Kenya chapter. Please email me OFFLINE, (so as not to spam the list) at <a href="mailto:warigia@gmail.com">warigia@gmail.com</a>. The dissertation will be submitted for binding by May 15th, so email me quickly. Next step, publication . . . <br>
<br>Would like to treat all of you who helped me to nyama choma and beer. So lets arrange. I will be in Kenya from June through August! <br><br>Hugs and Thanks! Rigia<br><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMelissa%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMelissa%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CMelissa%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText">The material in this section is based on sixty-five
qualitative semi-structured interviews conducted from 2004-2006 in Kenya.
Additional interviews were conducted in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. I also conducted
participant observation, and sat in on dozens of meetings of the organizations
KIF and KICTAnet as well as several national and transnational conferences on
ICT. I conducted interviews in Kenya with former members of parliament, high
ranking government officials, academics, private sector participants, and civil
society advocates.<span style=""> </span>I take responsibility
for all content and interpretations. No individual named below can be held
responsible for any insights or conclusions made in this article. All errors
are my own. Several interviewees requested anonymity. Nonetheless, the sample
below of those who allowed their names to be used gives a sense of the scope
and depth of the interviews conducted. Several individuals deserve special thanks,
including Juma Okech, the Secretary of E-Government, Bitange Ndemo, the
Permanent Secretary for Information and Communications, Marcel Werner, the
Secretary of the Kenya Information and Communications Technology Federation,
Alice Munyua, the Kenyan representative of APC, and CCK Board Member, Amos
Opiyo of the Ministry of Planning,<span style=""> </span>Dr.
Eric Aligula of the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis,
Henry Belsoi of Telkom Kenya, Jonathan Campaigne, Director of Pride Africa,
Kevit Desai, the President of Kenya IEEE, Mike Eldon, CEO of Symphony Software,
James Gachui, Founder of Wananchi Online, Dr. Kathryn Getau, Computer Science
Faculty of the University of Nairobi, Dr. Tim Waema, Computer Science faculty
of the University of Nairobi, Wallace Gichoho of<span style=""> </span>Call Center Africa, Mirjana Ilic of UNESCO,
Michael Katundu, Communications Commission of Kenya, Joseph Kiplagat, Computer
Science Faculty, Moi University, Brian Longwe of AFRISPA, Charles Nduati of Kenyatta
University, Dr. Florence Etta, formerly of IDRC, Edith Adera of IDRC, as well
as various staff members, directors and participants from the Computer Society
of Kenya, KICTAnet, the Directorate of E-Government, the National
Communications Secretariat,<span style=""> </span>Kenya
Pipeline Company,<span style=""> </span>and many other
organizations.<span style=""> </span></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Warigia Bowman<br>Assistant Professor <br>The Department of Public Policy Leadership<br>The University of Mississippi<br>107 Odom Hall<br>University, MS 38677<br><br>URL: <a href="http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/leadership/index.html">http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/leadership/index.html</a><br>
PHONE: 662-915-1904<br>EMAIL: <a href="mailto:mwbowman@olemiss.edu">mwbowman@olemiss.edu</a><br>