<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi,<br><br>I agree with Walubengo, all you need to do is search on yahoo for stabilised soil blocks research and see the number of papers presented by Kenyan Dons, yet it is only now that we are trying to play catchup on this issue with the rest of the world.<br><br>The South Africans picked the research information from Kenyan Dons and developed the technology. We have recently imported over 30 soil block making machines from South Africa which are based on technology from here.<br><br>Our Dons are selfish, lets hope the tripe to the university to see the dtv converter will be an eye opener.<br><br>Regards <br><br>PS. Remember Kemron?<br><br>Robert Yawe<br>
KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>
Kenya<br>
<br>
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 21/12/09, Catherine Adeya <i><elizaslider@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider@yahoo.com><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital to Analog Conversion<br>To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Monday, 21 December, 2009, 20:41<br><br><div id="yiv111283062"><style type="text/css"><!--#yiv111283062 DIV {margin:0px;}--></style><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>mmmhh...aka...National Systems of Innovation (NSI)...Walu don't be a sore spot...are you insinuating that there is no hope with NSI in Kenya with the current University structures. Hope I am not digressing, just curious? Are we still in the 'age' where Uni Dons would rather keep their innovations
padlocked and only whine when someone else does something similar and calls it new!<br><br><br>Nyaki<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> elizaslider@yahoo.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, December 18, 2009 2:09:12 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Digital to Analog Conversion<br></font><br>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" valign="top">mmhhh,<br>
<br>
from Prof. Waema's earlier comment (who sits at UoN) I highly doubt if
this prototype has gotten off the design phase. Somehow the link btwn
Industry and Academia in Kenya remains a pipe-dream - despite Dr.
Ndemo's efforts. Something like this is often handled under Technology
Parks co-shared by Universities and Industry. The current university
structures are strictly Academic and I know most University dons would be very protective and
proud to keep it that way. <br>
<br>
walu.<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 12/18/09, robert yawe <i><robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital to Analog Conversion<br>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 11:41 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1642545967"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" valign="top">Hi,<br><br>If this is the case can someone from the University come online and confirm.<br><br>Robert Yawe<br>
KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>
Kenya<br>
<br>
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 17/12/09, Edith Adera <i><eadera@idrc.or.ke></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital to Analog Conversion<br>To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Thursday, 17 December, 2009, 8:53<br><br><div id="yiv1419007544">
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="662065108-17122009"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">During the Launch, PS Ndemo confirmed that Nairobi
University has developed a proto-type converter which is working. we should
possibly explore a PPP to take this to the next level with the University
linking up with Industry to do this.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="662065108-17122009"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="662065108-17122009"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Maybe Dr Ndemo can shed more light on this and what plans
are there for the future.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="662065108-17122009"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="662065108-17122009"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Edith</font></span></div><br>
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[mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Mwololo Tim<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:33
AM<br><b>To:</b> Edith Adera<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Digital to Analog
Conversion<br></font><br></div>
<div></div>Well argued Robert. I trust PS/MoIC is listening and will take
action. tim<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 6:08 PM, robert yawe <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span>
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<td style="font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" valign="top">Hi,<br><br>When the migration from analog to digital was
initially raised fear was put into the public on how there would be no
option but to throw away our analog TV sets and replace them with
Digital.<br><br>Now that digital transmission is finally here we need to
look at how to make the migration as painless as possible while at the
same time we do not disenfranchise any citizens.<br><br>It has been
mentioned that there are over 1 million TV sets in Kenya today, that
means 1 million digital to analog converters will be required over the
next 2-3 years.<br><br>I believe this is a great opportunity for us to
go into the electronic assembly business, I would like to propose that
we 1st increase duty on converters from the current 35% to 250% so as to
discourage the importation of the converters.<br><br>Then exempt from
duty and vat all assembly stations, test equipment and components for
anyone who sets up a converter assembly plant, with a 3 year tax
holiday. If you setup the plant more than 200 kilometers from
Nairobi or Mombasa you receive an addition 2 years tax holiday.<br><br>I
believe this will sort out the issue of substandard converters and will
also provide an opportunity for us to develop our electronic devices
assembly skills.<br><br>If you make a net profit of 1,000/- there is a
clean 875,000,000/- to be made, close to what the government is spending
on purchase of the Malili farm. This is assuming a standard device,
there is still a market for those who want high end devices with
recording, tuners, USB ports, etc which would mean that the returns
could be much higher than projected above.<br><br>So will we move away
from juts being importers and retailers or do we have what it takes to
do some value add?<br><br>Regards<br><br><br>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System
Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi,
00200<br>Kenya<br><br>Tel: +254722511225,
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