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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=664435708-27112009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Mureithi. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=664435708-27112009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=664435708-27112009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You deserve a pat on the back for making this
happen.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=664435708-27112009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>On the media, it was the Web Foundation's desire not to
have media coverage and even the interview with Jeff was only a last minute
concession. We all thought it was a missed opportunity but not much we could do
about this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=664435708-27112009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Victor</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=dfid.gov.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=dfid.gov.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>muriuki mureithi<BR><B>Sent:</B> 25 November 2009
22:59<BR><B>To:</B> Victor Gathara<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> [kictanet] Sir Tim Berners-lee web inventor on
K24 Capital Talk onMonday 30th<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Hi all
stakeholders of the web <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Sir Tim
Berners-Lee, the www inventor in 1989 and Time magazine member of
100 Most Important People of the 20<SUP>th</SUP> century
honoured Kenya by a visit last week facilitated by KICTAnet. On the
conclusion of the trip, he gave a wide ranging one-on-one interview to
K24’s Jeff Koinange Capital Talk to be aired on Monday 30<SUP>th</SUP> at
2000 hrs and 2200hrs. Make a date to hear first hand the inventor of the
www.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> In his
itinerary, he met and interacted with the cross-section of Kenyan
web stakeholders – government, parliament, academia, techies,
industry and civil society. This was a fact finding mission to understand
how his invention is being exploited. He also profiled Web
Foundation (<A href="http://www.webfoundation.org">www.webfoundation.org</A> )
that he launched in Sharm el Sheikh IGF on 15<SUP>th</SUP> Nov, Web
Science Research Initiative (<A href="http://www.wsri.org">www.wsri.org</A>) and
clarified some of the outputs of www consortium (w3c) in standard
setting especially for the virtually impaired.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"> He met
government officials led by Vice President Hon
Kalonzo Musyoka, Permanent Secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo and CCK DG Mr Charles
Njoroge among others over lunch, had an interactive session with Parliamentary
committee responsible for ICT led by Hon Eng James Rege. He also gave a
one hour lecture to the academic community (view the video lecture
at <A href="http://www.kenet.or.ke">www.kenet.or.ke</A>) and met
Skunkworks at Strathmore University as well as TESPOK. A
recurring theme was the opportunity provided by the www
but can only be fully exploited by the development of content – just do
it, put data on a web page and contribute to the growth of the web now
estimated at 10 raised to power 18 pages and growing
rapidly.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">From the high
and mighty, Sir Tim went to the grassroots. First stop was first hand
interaction with the virtually impaired at the Kenya Society of the Blind.
Yes, the blind who constitute up to 3% of the Kenyan population need to
access the web and software to help them is available both for the computer and
the cell phones. According to the virtually impaired ,the cost was a
barrier, good pc software cost about $500 while for the cell phone cost
$300, and open source was not as good. Equally, most of the Kenyan web
developers do not incorporate features for virtually impaired.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">In addition,
Sir Tim saw applications of the web as a social intervention to create jobs,
reduce crime and organise a neighbourhood by the excellent work by
Kimathi Information Centre, and the power of the community radio to
extend the power of the web to those in the slums as ably illustrated by the
SIDAREC radio – Ghetto 99.9. To crown the visit to SIDAREC, he
talked live on Ghetto 99.9 FM and praised the efforts of the SIDAREC
to empower the poor with information. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">His visit
comes at time when Kenya has just plugged into submarine optic fibres cables and
a repealed Kenya Communication Act chaperoning Kenya to the
information society era. From the many interactions in his itinerary
it was clear that all sectors of the society are highly
sensitised on the opportunities created by www and ways to exploit
the web. The only way to honour Sir Tim’s visit is to ACT
now.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'">Cheers
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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Mureithi<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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