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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Good afternoon everyone,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Like other issues that have been discussed (Day 1 to day 6), my take is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">that we must have things right from the beginning. A BPO-specific</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">outfit (like the BPO society) should have the mandate to enforce (or at</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">least lobby the law enforcers) labour laws for this young industry.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This way, issues like the one that appeared on the Standard Newspaper</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sometime back</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(<A HREF="http://www.eastandard.net/sciencetech/InsidePage.php?id=1144013244&ci">http://www.eastandard.net/sciencetech/InsidePage.php?id=1144013244&ci</A>)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">will be unheard of. Furthermore, some clients especially from the US</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">are concerned about how the vendor he/she is giving work to treats</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">employees.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">On a light note; could we begin re-thinking this whole issue of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">interpretation ‘gender issues’ to mean ‘women issues’; men are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">‘threatened too!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Muthoni</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: kictanet-bounces+muthoni=uonbi.ac.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">[<A HREF="mailto:kictanet-bounces+muthoni=uonbi.ac.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">mailto:kictanet-bounces+muthoni=uonbi.ac.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>] On</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Behalf Of Catherine Adeya</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: 10 June 2009 08:08</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: muthoni@uonbi.ac.ke</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: Re: [kictanet] Handing over to Nyaki - 2nd Moderator</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks Walu, will do so shortly. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Best,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nyaki (aka Dr. C. Adeya, C. Nyaki Adeya and C. Adeya-Weya)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: elizaslider@yahoo.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:58:41 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: [kictanet] Handing over to Nyaki - 2nd Moderator</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Listers,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As per the schedule, I am pleased to hand-over the rest of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">moderation to Nyaki who will introduce the remaining themes starting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">with the "Youth and Gender" theme today. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nyaki's CV is too long to fit in one email but its suffice to say that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">she belongs to this breed of Researchers that wants to bridge the gap</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">between Academia and Socio-economic realities of out times. The rest of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">her story can be googled, but remember to use her official "handle" -</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dr. Catherine Adeya.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Over to you Nyaki. Plse tell us about today's theme.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">walu.</FONT>
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