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size=2 face=Arial>Dear Paul,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Thank you so much for these very importants highlights..
Indeed, I would be speaking for many on the </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>forum
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>that such </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>de</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>briefing is
highly welcome on a regular basis </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>as you now propose.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I
would be concerned with a couple of issues, as pertains the direction the Board
is taking:-</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<UL>
<LI><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>The
Digitial Village Project ( Pasha) - it looks like the digital villages
are taking quite some time, to "take off", the ground. Just over the last Dec
Holidays, I was back in the village hoping to see some real digitization back
there - and the entire length and breadth it looks like no one has ever heard
of this project..! Is the Board's outreach effort really getting to
the far-flung areas, because I sense these are the most disenfranchized areas.
They need to be hooked up. What is the approach the Board is taking to reach
all areas in the country..? Is there a follow up programme, to have those who
have been trained get help to start off? If the first batch of trainees is
about over 1,000, then certainly we need to have in place now, more than 5
pilot projects now countrywide. Does the Board need help to get the info
out there, in order to roll out these villages much faster...? I believe many
of us on this forum would be interested to get involved, especially when kept
abreast what is happening. Bridging the digital divide underpins the very
fundamentals that will help realize the vision
<STRONG>2030</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Outsourcing:- What is the official postion/policy - Especially ICT
Board, on procurement of Open Source solutions? Is it not cost
effective, for government going this direction...? What decisive steps are
being undertaken to work towards effecting this? Is the Board involved in
shaping up procurement policy..?</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>ICT
security/National Cyber Security:- I have not seen it covered anywhere
in the 5 pillars. I strongly suggest that this becomes
your Pillar no.6. I suppose we are currently faced with such vulnerability and
exposure than ever before, now with the international Fibre at our doorstep.
While we broaden up the broadband takeup for government, one of the key things
I suppose we need to take care of is security for such sensitive
infrastructure. We possibly may need to come up with a national cyber security
policy & standards and enforce across all Govt. agencies. It would be good
at least to start from somewhere, and build upwards.</FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=343302617-01022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Harry</FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B>
kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Paul Kukubo<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 01, 2010 8:16
PM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> ke users; KICTAnet ICT
Policy Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Kenyan BPO fails to snap up
the subsidy, why?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"
class=Apple-style-span>Listers</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ICT
Board Progress Report and Status update</SPAN></U></B></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">As
a major implementer of government ICT projects I shall accept that the ICT Board
has not communicated as effectively as we should have and I am therefore not
surprised to read some asking what we have been up to. I accept full
responsibility for this.</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I
have effected a change in approach effective today to widen communication from
the board to include project progress details rather than reporting what we
consider major achievements. Our previous approach was developed before we
increased our staff count and beefed up our skills which we have now
concluded.</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">I
will be brief and yes, this is being brief!</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
board has divided its projects into five pillars as follows each headed by a
Project Manager.</SPAN></P>
<OL type=1>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Digital
Inclusion</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">.
These are projects concerned with providing access to the masses. Specifically
this includes, </SPAN>
<UL type=circle>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">KENET
bandwidth support project (for providing universities bandwidth, so far
64 tertiary institutions in Kenya have been connected). </SPAN>
<UL type=disc>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Upgrading
university networks where they were not optimal and purchasing and
providing 200mb of bandwidth. This has resulted in reliable broadband
availability to all students in public and private universities.</SPAN>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Board
has initiated the development of a world class network operating centre to
manage this network</SPAN> </LI></UL>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Digital
Villages Pasha Project. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>I provided
an update on this in an earlier email</U></I></SPAN>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Laptops
for universities project, which is aimed to making it affordable
for students to purchase laptops. This project is currently awaiting
approvals to be formerly launched.</SPAN> </LI></UL></LI></OL>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
<OL type=1 start=2>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Egovernment
Shared Services</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">.
Working with the egovernment secretariat and the ministry of local government,
the aim is to provide a shared services platform for the delivery of key
government applications that are run government-wide, including financial
systems, HR, procurement. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
status here is that we are concluding the consultancy award. </SPAN>
<UL type=circle>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Other
projects in progress include </SPAN>
<UL type=disc>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
development of the government network operational centre</SPAN>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The
migration of government telephone systems to an IP based unified
communicated system</SPAN>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ICT
Board fundraising efforts have resulted in a grant from the Rockefeller
Foundation towards the support of shared services development for local
government. Details of this will be made available once the project has
commenced.</SPAN> </LI></UL></LI></UL></LI></OL>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"></SPAN> </P>
<OL type=1 start=3>
<LI
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Egovernment
Applications. </SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">This
project relates mainly to projects to digitize key government registries,
</SPAN></LI></OL>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Operationalisation of the Outsourcing Business by Governments: The
State Law Office. </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>The Board has been supporting the State Law Office in Digitising and
eventually automating its operations: To this end, the project to digitise the
entire company registry has already been awarded, and the contractors are
mobilising teams. <B>The immediate benefits we are seeing are:</B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>A total of 300 NEW direct jobs in the BPO sector will be created for
the digitisation project alone.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Operationalisation of the Outsourcing Business by Governments through
mainstreaming of documents conversion</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Broadband Internet for Government</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>A total of 80MB of Fibre –based Internet connectivity has been
delivered to the government through an initiative by the Board. All the head
office government ministries in Nairobi are enjoying this capacity, and there
are plans to take the same to the entire provincial and district offices through
the National Fibre Backbone Infrastructure. This is a first</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Capacity Building</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>As a partnership with Microsoft, the Head of Security for
Microsoft Mr Roger Halbheer will be giving talk on IT Security Best
practice to stakeholders. He is already in town and the Board has organised a
specific session for GOK officers on 2/2/2010.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>As a partnership with Oracle East Africa, The ICT Board will be
conducting a 2 day detailed workshop on shared services implementation for
leading government officials.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>As a partnership with Microsoft, the ICT Board is completing its 20
seat eservices training centre at the new offices under completion on the
12<SUP>th</SUP> floor of Teleposta Towers.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>As a partnership with another leading global player, the Board will
be setting up a state of the art video conferencing facility to be used by the
BPO and other players in international marketing to minimise marketing costs. It
will also be used for training. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Pilot Project for computerised digital land database</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>A partnership programme with a leading global player is working with
the Board and Ministry of to establish a Google Maps enabled Digital Land
Database. Shortly we shall be announcing the outcome of the pilot project of a
web based digital lands platform as a precursor to the national mapping and
digitisation exercise</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>The Digitisation of the Judiciary</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>This is ongoing.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN> </P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">4.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>BPO/ITES. (It enabled services) </SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>The Board has recognised that promoting this sector includes widening
its definition to include all the organizations that provide information and
communications based services employing mainly IT based skills. The Board has
therefore brought into focus the growing and highly entrepreneurial local
software based business.</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Software Certification. We are reviewing bids by local and
international firms to establish a software certification standard for Kenya and
certify local software.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>BPO Centre of excellence project</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; mso-list: l1 level4 lfo1; tab-stops: list 2.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>We have communicated this in the media before. We are concluding
awarding a contract to a consortium of consultants to establish a BPO training
centre of excellence for Kenya as part of developing the skills base. This
compliments private sector efforts.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>BPO ITES marketing</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; mso-list: l1 level4 lfo1; tab-stops: list 2.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>This is an area under review to focus not so much on deals for
individual businesses here (business to business) but rather on targeting blue
chip global players to set up in Kenya. This approach has been necessitated by
speaking to various contemporaries around the world on the dollar return of
attending all the various outsourcing events. In any event, there is a
discussion on-going to substantially increase the resources allocated to these 2
components and more details will be availed.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; mso-list: l1 level4 lfo1; tab-stops: list 2.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Last year we supported Kenya BPO society to attend the following 3
events. We did minimise our spend per event in order to manage our
budget.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 2.5in; mso-list: l1 level5 lfo1; tab-stops: list 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Birmingham Call Centre awards</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 2.5in; mso-list: l1 level5 lfo1; tab-stops: list 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>The South Africa BPO week</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 2.5in; mso-list: l1 level5 lfo1; tab-stops: list 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>ITU ICT World Forum</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>BPO ITES Capacity building.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; mso-list: l1 level4 lfo1; tab-stops: list 2.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>We continue to provide the sector with training in standard, exposure
to best practices and opportunities for partnership (such as the forthcoming ICT
Board sponsored tour of South Africa’s BPO sector in March 2010)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in; mso-list: l1 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Multinational partnerships. Many of the largest outsourcers in the
world are already represented in Kenya in other capacities; some of them are
large banks, large IT firms, and large oil companies. We speak to their
principles regularly to pitch our value proposition of Kenya as an attractive
emerging destination. One large IT firm (not be named, has just opened up a 700
seat technical support centre in Tunisia for French speaking global support,
they are interested in setting up one here in Kenya. The gestation period for
large deals such as this is a minimum of 18 months from conception to ‘ground
breaking’ </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN> </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">5.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Local
Content Development</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">.
Having recruited a new project manager for this in January 2010, work has
commenced to take forward this project. </SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Grants Manual that will be the basis for the ICT Board grant disbursement is
nearing completion and we expect to launch our call for proposals in due
course</SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We
have partnered with a major global player on capacity development for local IT
and content development sector capacity building to include training, and skills
development. An announcement will be made in due course.</SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">o<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our new content project head is reviewing
the <A href="http://www.tandaa.co.ke">www.tandaa.co.ke</A> with a view to
upgrading it to provide a meeting point for Kenyan digital content
providers</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Towards
its internal capacity, the Board has contracted Deloitte Consulting to provide
Project Management implementation framework for the Board and the department of
egovernment with the following objectives</SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Skills
upgrade in project management with an emphasis on certification of Key staff t
implement multiple projects</SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
establishment of a national project management system for government ICT
projects in line with international best practices.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Further
to this update, the ICT board has concluded the development of its 3 year
strategic plan and will be inviting stakeholders for a validation workshop in
last week of Feb once venue details are finalized.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.ict.go.ke">www.ict.go.ke</A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ends</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </P></DIV>
<DIV>Paul Kukubo<BR>Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board<BR>PO Box 27150 -
00100<BR>Nairobi, Kenya<BR><BR>12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange
Street<BR><BR>Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 <BR><BR>Fax: +254 20
2211962<BR>Cell: + 254 735 180001<BR><BR>website: <A href="http://www.ict.go.ke"
target=_blank>www.ict.go.ke</A><BR>skype: kukubopaul<BR>googletalk:
pkukubo<BR>____________________<BR>Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT
hub<BR><BR>Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit
ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth
for socio economic enrichment <BR>Sent from Nairobi, Kenya <BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Rebecca Wanjiku <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:rebeccawanjiku@yahoo.com"
target=_blank>rebeccawanjiku@yahoo.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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