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robert yawe wrote:
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valign="top">Hi,<br>
<br>
Dr. Ndemo asked the question above and I missed it among the rest of
his message.<br>
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I have said many times that the government sits on the greatest volume
of relevant content which they seriously need to digitize. <br>
<br>
The government places adverts in the paper for vacancies yet the the
particular media has a distribution of less than 1 million copies per
day 80% of which are distributed within the urban areas yet 80% of the
population is rural based. <br>
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This adverts are usually spread over 4 - 6 pages which translates to
over 2 million shillings yet the information will only reach 1% of the
targeted audience. If the same information was made available online
including an application page then you will have participated in
creating content. <br>
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I tried application form on kenya.go.ke but the links are broken and
are based in email application. Why not spend some of the money used
on ineffective print media adverts to implement an online application
system. With this the government will develop a database.<br>
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Why have you not spear headed an initiative to produce comprehensive
web sites with information on government run educational institutions
instead of having such institutions spend millions of shillings placing
newspaper advertisements. This could also run on an intranet that
would be made available to the education officers stationed at all
district head quarters.<br>
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And last and closest to my heart, when will Kenyans get a single point
of contact when they need to contact their government, this has nothing
to do with broadband, fibre optic or digital villages just basic voice
based contact centre. I am tired of hearing about grandiose ideas yet
you are unwilling to implement basic solutions.<br>
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Dr. Ndemo, I therefore ask "are you interested in creating content?"<br>
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Regards<br>
<br>
Robert Yawe<br>
KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>
Kenya<br>
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Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696</td>
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Robert,<br>
<br>
These are extremely powerful statements you have made before - much
more relevant than ICDL spats.<br>
<br>
We need to approach and help those concerned on the ground with these
(national and local) government sites on a technical (not policy) level.<br>
<br>
It is not easy for them factoring political dynamics that ensure 'ICT'
and other deals are awarded to companies connected to elements that
need to retain their parliamentary or council seats or secure their
retirements if they fail to.<br>
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Have heard from a software developer or two about information systems
being rejected (after development) because it made it easier to track
and collect revenues - that many council officials (all over Kenya)
pocket.<br>
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SMM<br>
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