<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">There exists adequate technologysolutions to deal with the existing traffic problems in the transport sector.What we need is the will to implement them.<br>I see little merit in deploying Police Officers where technology is by far more effective.<br>Our are not road accidents, because they are actually predictable in the circumstances our public transporters operate.<br><br>So let us pursue immediate technology solutions to the problem as we examine longer term broader mass transport systems .<br><br>John Kariuki<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 30/12/09, Barrack Otieno <i><otieno.barrack@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] @ 2010 Not Yet Uhuru<br>To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk<br>Cc:
"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Wednesday, 30 December, 2009, 13:42<br><br><div id="yiv1254656448">Thanks Daktari for taking us back to the seventies, that is very relevant " local content " at least you have pointed out possible solutions meaning we dont mean to reinvent the wheel, i hope we shall be able to engage with Matatu Owners association in the new year, moderator possbilities of having such a forum? MM, Walu?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 4:07 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Okechukwu (are you Kenyan?)<br>
We may be talking the same things. When the Government or councils own,<br>
it is facilitating. Government or councils should not be in business.<br>
They can invest partly but they should not run anything called business.<br>
This has failed in many places and in many times. Telcoms industry in<br>
this country is vibrant because Government does not run them and if you<br>
recall the sector almost failed. Today virtually every country has<br>
privatized.<br>
<br>
You will never manage transport business without a regulator. Not the<br>
police. The regulator will deal with this attitude problem. Allow me to<br>
take you back to my earlier argument on which system (ideology) works. I<br>
said we must accord the people political freedom them ensure individual<br>
liberties. Within that realm we can agree when one interveres with the<br>
others liberties. This where the regulator will come in. The police will<br>
deal with the criminal aspect not monitoring.<br>
<br>
Do not complain about the police when the problem is ours as a people. In<br>
the morning we want to be controlled yet in the evening we want to be in<br>
the streets protesting for freedoms. We must agree under which framework<br>
we operate. That is why a simple document to provide us with a governance<br>
framework has become such a big thing. We would not need a constitution<br>
if we all understand what individual liberties are and how we must relate<br>
to one onother. Leave Government out of business.<br>
<br>
<br>
Ndemo.<br>
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> Facilitate & Regulate only? I think this is not true since when I look<br>
> at public transport in the west, they are owned by the Councils which<br>
> are the government. Facilitate and regulate might just be some of the<br>
> functions, but ownership, especially in infrastructure - transport &<br>
> communications - should be owned by the Government, albeit the local<br>
> council governments.<br>
><br>
> Sanity on the roads, on the other hand, is purely an attitude problem<br>
> with us the citizens - We jump onto public transport and they are<br>
> driven the way the are yet we don't raise a voice, We offer the cops<br>
> bribes or see them being offered bribes and do nothing about it. This<br>
> is entirely a personal thing and until our attitudes change - however<br>
> good the transport system is - we will not go anywhere.<br>
><br>
> Happy 2010<br>
><br>
> ./Ok3ch<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:04 PM, <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Dear Barrack,<br>
>> You have a nice presidential name. You should not be confused with all<br>
>> the questions you pose. Yes we shall continue to have accidents until<br>
>> we<br>
>> have a mass transportation system. I have argued before that the role<br>
>> of<br>
>> Government is facilitate. I need to add one more function: regulate.<br>
>> There is need to facilitate proper mass transportation system in country<br>
>> and then have a strong regulator. When I was young in late 70s, OTC<br>
>> then<br>
>> a Mass Transport system along with the Kenya Bus had a log in system<br>
>> that<br>
>> they could not be in Nakuru for example if they had not been scheduled<br>
>> to<br>
>> be there. Things worked then even Malaysians came to learn from us.<br>
>> With<br>
>> GPS and other ICT solutions, we should manage to safe our peoples's<br>
>> lifes.<br>
>><br>
>> Now in the midist of greed we need serious reforms and selflessness.<br>
>> Reviving the rail system should be priority number one but transport<br>
>> companies keep on sabotaging the rail system for their own selfish ends.<br>
>> Yes we have told our transport officials to reform the sector.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Ndemo<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>> Distinguished listers,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I have read through the comments and still feel it is not yet time to<br>
>>> celebrate, what we have simply done in the year 2009 is to build buses<br>
>>> (Policies, Infrastructure , Strategies) however Kenyans are still<br>
>>> walking<br>
>>> on<br>
>>> foot and hurting their toes as a result since they havent seen the<br>
>>> difference this buses will make in their lives. Many gains have been<br>
>>> made<br>
>>> but they still don't resonate with the common man for instance *why are<br>
>>> accidents still maiming Kenyans whereas we can use ICT's to curb them<br>
>>> significantly through* CCTV's and other technologies (refer to Kwa Zulu<br>
>>> Natal SA), *why is the corruption index still high whereas we can use<br>
>>> ICT's<br>
>>> to significantly reduce* *corruption*, *why is access to treatment a<br>
>>> challenge whereas telemedicine is a reality,* *why is education<br>
>>> expensive<br>
>>> whereas e-learning is a reality* we continue to witness Petty fights<br>
>>> among<br>
>>> stakeholders whereas there are *REAL* issues that must be addressed we<br>
>>> need<br>
>>> to shun this culture and cooperate if we are to achieve more, if ICT<br>
>>> cannot<br>
>>> contribute to Socio-economic liberation, *then it is not worth it,* for<br>
>>> those who were hitting hard continue with the same spirit mediocrity<br>
>>> should<br>
>>> not be tolerated, for the Peacemakers, be blessed in the year 2010 and<br>
>>> continue with that spirit.<br>
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