A perspective that might enrich the forthcoming meeting. At the onset, I will suggest we cast our net wider to include anyone who might not be on this list for that meeting.<br><div><br></div><div><ol><li>The public sector is busy transforming in a way that matters to the common citizen, and in a way that will long term impact.</li>
<ul><li>As an example, Public sector leaders presented 5 interesting case studies in government automation at the just ended connected government workshop (all slides on <a href="http://www.ict.go.ke/connectedgov">www.ict.go.ke/connectedgov</a>)</li>
</ul><ul><ul><li>Kenya Revenue Authority on their progress since inception on automation, By their IT Head Mr Saina</li><li>The automation of the Company registry including the initial reorganization of the registry, the on-going digitization and future service targets for citizens benefit. Presentation by Mr Wanjuki Muchemi, Solicitor General</li>
<li>The Integrated Population Registry System, presented by both the PS Immigrations Mr Emmanuel Kisombe and his team. Of note here is the role this would play in giving the government a 'single point of truth' of the citizen.</li>
<li>The on-going automation of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA). Presented by the Director KEMSA</li><li>The Government Data Centre, presented by John Sergon Ag Director E Government.</li></ul><li>Private sector was surprised by how committed and well thought and these projects are. These are just examples and they illustrate a government committed to laying the foundation for better citizen services.�</li>
<li>Those projects, when combined with the Government's role in TEAMs, the just commenced shared services project, the project to digitize the judiciary and the Ministry of Lands point to clear priorities. Private sector should align themselves around the opportunities presented by government. ( I cannot stop preaching this). ��</li>
<li>Vision 2030 Director General provided an update on the work to develop a national value proposition proposed to anchored around Kenya's core strength as a hub and a centre of entrepreneurship and innovation within Africa.</li>
<li>Indeed in his wrap up, PS Dr Ndemo re-iterated the level of opportunity this all represented, but also stressed that there was still work to be done to get to where we want to get to.</li></ul><li>While there can be no shortage of ideas on how the government can and should be structured the debate could be enriched by discussion around where greater co-operation could break down silos and the role private sector might play. Indeed PS Ndemo pointed this issue out during the Prime Minister's Round Table recently. Private Sector, Civil Society and Academia add value by providing case studies of successes and failures locally with IT deployments, how the common citizen may be better served, even within the current reality. Good examples of successes include Safaricom's roll out 3G services even in very remote parts of Kenya to enable citizens have better broadband experience, Cisco is rolling out training in their Net Academies to enrich the digital villages concept by enabling training in rural communities and Oracle is investing in the capacity of IT leaders both government and private sector, to understand how to deploy complex technologies that are necessary, in order that we have simplified IT access. (as you know there is always complex systems behind simplified access. If you doubt that, try rolling out a WIMAX network, or running a BPO firm.).</li>
<li>Some private sector participant observed to me that there might be a trend perhaps among a few on always putting forward suggestions without knowledge on what is on the ground, always proposing alternatives and not building on ideas and listening without internalization. While there is no harm in this, I would suggest a greater role for private sector, civil society and academia. These sectors could use their constituencies (if these are professional bodies, or associations, or working groups) to create forums for discourse on the issues and provide leadership and guidance, that is seen to be drawn from the constituencies themselves. The ICT Board interacts with many stakeholders and indeed many of them are also themselves looking for a suitable professional home. (be it the CIO Forum, KIFF, TESPOK, Kictanet, Skunkworks, Mobile Monday, Mobile Value Added Service Providers, the BPO sector, the systems intergrators, the Multinationals Forum, Pasha Trainees. They have diverse needs. Before the town hall meeting, my team could provide a brief summary of our observation in interacting with all them. Indeed in doing the rounds, we have not covered many of them. They are many..</li>
<li>It is entrepreneurs who will build a true ICT sector, one business at a time. Fortunately we have plenty of them in Kenya. Many who seek guidance and counsel on where to direct their energies. There are some who believe IT is fibre optic and others still in the 'buy ICT equipment and sell mode". We are always encouraging them at forums such as the Tandaa Conferences and the Mobile Boot camp to widen their view into applications, solutions, project management, consultancy, new media development (animation, web marketing, mobile marketing) etc. This requires concerted effort. During the Connected Gov workshop, we showcased animations developed by Home Boys Studios in Kenya using local talent (who had no prior animation training). These animations are being shown on UK TV. Local companies like Symbiotic, Cellulant gave case studies of the challenges and opportunities entrepreuners face, and Seven Seas a large Kenyan system integrator demonstrated how the government could deploy a digital dashboard and how partnering with Safaricom, they have developed �capacity building program to train for IT.</li>
<li>One last observation is that as ICT becomes more sophisticated, perhaps we can look at the role of the CIO and the CTO within both private sector and public sector structures. On this score, a few private sector firms in Kenya provide examples of ideal IT governance structure and we all could welcome them to share their experiences.�</li>
</ol></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>Fax: +254 20 2211962<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Harry Delano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Lilian,</font></span></div><span>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><br><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">This is so
comprehensive.. Hope, notes are being taken from these resourceful discussions
coming in.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font>�</div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"></div></span><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Mine, is just a proposal. Clearly, the different
agencies existing, happen to work within some form of </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">mandate in their own areas of jurisdiction or so, whether the
mandates are competing mandates or</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">a duplication, it may be quite difficult to just "merge"
them.. </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span>�</div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Clearly, Listers - one thing that is now clear, is that ICT is
a huge phenomenon, that cuts' out across</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">the entire spectrum of Govt and ministries - beyond
INFOCOM.� This means, stakeholders from other</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Govt. sectors need to be brought into the fold to harmonize
strategy..</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span>�</div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I suppose therefore, this may call for an oversight body - to
which, each of the Govt agencies can have a</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">representation. This oversight, could encompass reps, from all
sectors, private , and govt. All interests</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">should be declared as a pre-requisite to serving on this panel
for purposes of accountability and </font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">transparency..</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span>�</div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">If in order, I could float some names for such a body, such
as:-</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span>�</div>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>
<div align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">National ICT Task Force - (NICTAF)</font></span></div></li>
<li><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span>National ICT Agency of Kenya�-
(NICTAK)</span></font></li>
<li>
<div align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">National ICT Oversight Board -(NICTOB)</font></span></div></li></ul>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Other names are welcome..</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span>�</div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><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><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font><br>
<div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" align="left">
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b>
kictanet-bounces+harry=<a href="http://comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">comtelsys.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bharry" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+harry</a>=<a href="http://comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">comtelsys.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Lilian Karanja<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:43
AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a><div class="im"><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<br></div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board? - Capacity
Building<br></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"><font size="3">Yes, Robert.......I see.</font></span>
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<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">Certainly,
what GoK needs is ICT Governance. �<span style="color:#231f20">Without
governance you do not produce good decisions consistently. �Governance� in
the context of the management of ICT crafts a clear framework in which
decisions are made, who makes the decisions about business and technology
developments, who has input into the decision-making process and how the
decisions are formed�.</span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12pt"></span></font>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"><font size="3">In my opinion, the ICT Board (under Min. Of Info Comm), the
Directorate of e-Government (under OP), the GITS Department (under Min. Of
Finance), and both the CCK and NCS (both under Min. Of Info Comm) seem to
have related ICT goals and objectives. They (unfortunately) don�t seem to
oftenly collaborate in their decision-making. I personally like the idea
of a KITA like SITA/RITA. Sometime ago, the Directorate of e-Government
seemed to come-up into a KITA (in the way we think of SITA/RITA), but did
not �mature� into the institution envisioned.</font></span>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20">GoK ICT
Governance Decisions would ideally focus on:</span></i><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"></span></i></font>
</p><div></div>
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</span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20"><font size="3">Determining the strategic approach to e-government and ICT within
GoK</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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</span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20"><font size="3">How the e-government initiatives should be used in GoK, to improve
services, reduce costs, develop the community,
etc</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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</span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20"><font size="3">How fundamental e-government and ICT is to GoK and the country at
large</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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mechanism and how resources are to be
managed)</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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sharing benefits</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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</span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:black;font-size:6pt"><span>�</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20"><font size="3">How the required skills are to be procured (through strategic
partnerships, in-house, through consortium,
etc)</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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architecture</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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programmes</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#231f20"><span><font size="3">�</font><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'">��������
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elements of the infrastructure:</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';color:#231f20"><span><font size="3">o</font><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'">�� </span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20"><font size="3">Personnel � who will be responsible for their professional
development and where certain skills should
reside</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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development and operations management standards should be
used</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';color:#231f20"><span><font size="3">o</font><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'">�� </span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:black;font-size:6pt"><span>�</span></span></i><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20"><font size="3">Charging mechanisms and services standards (performance
management)</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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information</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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and personnel standards, etc</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';color:#231f20"><span><font size="3">o</font><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'">�� </span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20"><font size="3">Technical � network, consolidated service desk, data
standards</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
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</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'"><span><font size="3">o</font><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'">�� </span></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:black;font-size:6pt"><span>�</span></span></i><font size="3"><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#231f20">Legal</span></i><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"></span></i></font>
</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"><font size="3">�</font></span></i>
</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"><font size="3">This has conspicuously missed within GoK, in the past years. We
look to GoK greatly to spur �mwananchi� by keenly committing to �add
value� to broadband so that their attitude, confidence and appreciation
towards the use ICTs and the Internet increases (especially in the rural
areas, as they access Government e-Services), thus creating an Internet
Community and an IT culture. Am not sure we necessarily need support from
outside to do this, even donor funds (we don�t need). We can do it on our
own, as we (Kenya) are, now, known to be an emerging knowledge economy.
GoK can lead the way to create a Kenyan way �working with�and using ICT.
We have so many Youth (any way), who are jobless! Lets purposefully
develop capacity of these young and use them
sufficiently.</font></span>
</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"><font size="3">�</font></span>
</p><div></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"><font size="3">I rest my case, and I apologise for any
misunderstandings.</font></span>
</p><div></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font>�</div>
<div>LILIAN</div>
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<div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font><br><br>--- On <b>Tue,
4/6/10, robert yawe <i><<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>></i></b>
wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="border-left:rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid;padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px"><br>From:
robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>Subject: Who is ICT Board?
- Capacity Building<br>To: "Lilian Karanja"
<<a href="mailto:l_wkaranja@yahoo.com" target="_blank">l_wkaranja@yahoo.com</a>><br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010,
12:32 AM<br><br>
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<div>Hi Lilian,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Just wanted to clarify an issue, government has some of the best
trained ICT fellows and I know because I have regularly interacted with
them for over 10 years. �Do not be deceived by the fact that they
are no fancy websites or iphone applications the men and women who keep
the government systems running are basically miracle workers.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>How they do it is beyond my comprehension and the last thin they
need is a capacity building what they need like all with the other areas
of government is a co-ordinator or a Deputy Prime Minister IS. �Hon
Raila has�definitely moved government efficiency a notch higher and
without a "dream team" or�expatriate�consultants all he did
was dust off the diamonds within.�</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Government has a beautiful retention strategy which is we pay you
for 2 hours a day and we expect you to only deliver the paid for work,
if you are unable to find something profitable to do with the balance 6
hours then that is your problem.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>What we need is a deputy prime minister information systems or ICT
or BPO whatever the name of which KICTB has proven not to be to "desilo"
(term coined by Dr. Ndemo during the PM Round table meeting) the
government activities.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Can you government ICT gurus stick your heads out and defend your
selves, I know many of you are on this listing, so be warned that next
time I need to put the record strait on your behalf I will actually name
names.<br>�</div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies
Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi,
00200<br>Kenya<br><br>
<div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
<div><br></div>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Lilian Karanja
<<a href="mailto:l_wkaranja@yahoo.com" target="_blank">l_wkaranja@yahoo.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Mon, 5 April, 2010
16:58:41<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re:
[kictanet] Who is ICT Board? Hijacked<br></font><br>
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<div>Dear PS:</div>
<div>�</div>
<div>It is a little discouraging�to hear you say that the
issues discussed in this topic�are 'kuchongoana tu'.�We
look up to you, and others�in Government and�also
in�the�private sector who are so passionate about the
use of ICTs and the Internet to create opportunities for all, in
Kenya, and see that ICT remains a reliable vehicle for economic
growth and development. So, please don't�stop listening to
us, patiently and we beseech you to continue in your wisdom in
dealing with these matters.</div>
<div>�</div>
<div>This topic, 'Who is ICT Board?' as well as that
of�'eGovernment is it a myth or reality?' have raised
important questions that should be addressed with 'a big heart'
and an open mind. As you have noted, a town hall meeting is good
and always welcome. However, moving forward, it needs to be clear
how ICT Board interacts with Government and how it promotes the
existence of an Institutional Framework for ICT management in
Government. Clearly, the ICT Board manages of a huge chunk of
donor funds for ICT growth in Kenya, eGovernment and the likes
(through the KTCIP), but still the Government lags behind in their
ICT technical know-how and skills.</div>
<div>�</div>
<div>While one of their mandate (the ICT Board) is <strong><font color="#0000ff">Capacity Building (</font></strong>Providing GoK and
other stakeholders with skills, capacity and funding for anchor
implementation of ICT projects for development) over time we have
only seen laxity in the management of ICT by Government i.e. poor
websites, unsatisfactory performance of legacy systems,
inconsistent DNS & IP address�management, meagre IT
Security (web, network, etc), little or no R&D and M&E of
ICT & eGovt, etc. But�may be it is not deliberate laxity,
it is that the Government Officers who manage IT issues in
Government�are not continuously trained in all pertinent
areas to raise experts and skillful personnel.</div>
<div>�</div>
<div>I hope this is an area ICT Board can address, when they say
that part of their mandate is <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Capacity
Building, </strong></font><font color="#000000">otherwise�we
have Government Officers who cannot do much to use broadband
properly and strategically�as well as make eGovernment a
reality. The cabilities�of these Officers should be close to,
if not better than those in the private sector. And when GoK
finally has real�experts and engineers in ICT, a retention
strategy MUST be adopted to keep them and recompense them
accordingly. This is the future of Government IT, 'people who are
knowledgeable and focused on a bright future'.<br></font></div>
<div>�</div>
<div>LILIAN</div>
<div>�</div>
<div>�</div>
<div>�</div>
<div>--- On <b>Sun, 4/4/10, <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>
<i><<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
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<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a> <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>Subject: Re:
[kictanet] Who is ICT Board? Hijacked<br>To: "Lilian"
<<a href="mailto:l_wkaranja@yahoo.com" target="_blank">l_wkaranja@yahoo.com</a>><br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>Date:
Sunday, April 4, 2010, 9:42 AM<br><br>
<div>Barrack,<br>Several posts have come by on
the role of ICT and I think it will be wise<br>if we sorted this
in a town hall meeting similar to one we had on Malili.
<br>Honestly it feels as though some Neanderthal decided to
create these<br>agencies without putting some thought to
it.� Criticisms are good only<br>when you point out where
there are gaps.<br><br>The other day I posted a policy proposal
for comments but only one person<br>did respond.� What it
means then is that this forum ni ya kuchongoana tu. <br>Which
really is unfortunate.� I have four other policy proposals
that I<br>really think should push through then arouse
sufficient interest from the<br>membership
here.<br><br><br>Ndemo.<br><br><br>> This is truly "Jicho
Pevu", i think some answers to this questions are<br>> very
much in order as we celebrate Easter, can someone provide us
with<br>> a list of all agencies involved in ICTs and ICT4D
so that we can do<br>> some tooth comb analysis, i saw
a� post from Paul on what the board<br>> has achieved
early this year, that was very much in order we need<br>>
something from NCS as well plus any other
agencies.<br>><br>> Regards<br>><br>> On Sat, Apr 3,
2010 at 12:50 PM, Vitalis Olunga <<a href="http://us.mc452.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=volunga@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">volunga@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:<br>>> There is also another body , National
Communications Secretarait. What<br>>> is<br>>> the
diffrence between NCS and ICT Baord and how do the two bodies
relate<br>>> with respect to� advisory services to
the governement on ICT matters?<br>>><br>>>
Regards<br>>><br>>><br>>>
Vitalis<br>>><br>>>
________________________________<br>>> From: robert yawe
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>> Cc:
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Sent: Sat, April 3, 2010 12:03:22 PM<br>>> Subject: Re:
[kictanet] Who is ICT Board? Hijacked<br>>><br>>>
Hi,<br>>> I rest my case on this issue, the ICT Board is
a�monolith,�Try<br>>> reading�this... (pdf
file),�as I feared it is mandated to do
anything<br>>> and<br>>> everything under the sun
that could be called ICT which includes your<br>>>
microwave oven and copier.<br>>> Functions of Kenya ICT
Board<br>>> The core functions of Kenya ICT Board
as�documented in the Kenya Gazette<br>>> Legal Notice
No�26 of the May 2007:<br>>> � �To advice the
government on all relevant matters�pertaining
to<br>>> development, coordination �(remember the PM
post)�and�promotion of ICT<br>>> industries in
the country.<br>>> � �Promote both locally and
internationally the�opportunities for<br>>>
investments in ICT technology<br>>> � �Facilitate and
manage ICT industrial incubation�parks and
technology<br>>> parks together with�associated
facilities on sites, estates and land.<br>>> �
�Partner with agents within and without the�country to
carry out such<br>>> functions as it may consider
necessary.<br>>> � �To transform and empower society
through deployment and use of ICTs.<br>>> � �Carry
out any other activity to promote and�develop ICT products
and<br>>> services.<br>>> Have a restful Easter as
we await the limited range 4G, yes you guessed<br>>> it
I<br>>> still have a 3G issue and I am in
Nairobi.<br>>>
Regards<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>>
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