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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Lilian,</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=343120215-06042010>
<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></SPAN><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><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 class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>transparency..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>If in order, I could float some names for such a body, such
as:-</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><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
class=343120215-06042010>National ICT Agency of Kenya -
(NICTAK)</SPAN></FONT></LI>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>National ICT Oversight Board -(NICTOB)</FONT></SPAN></DIV></LI></UL>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Other names are welcome..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343120215-06042010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Harry</DIV></FONT></SPAN><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
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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>Lilian Karanja<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:43
AM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board? - Capacity
Building<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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size=3>Yes, Robert.......I see.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SW">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; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SW"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SW"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SW"><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.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=3><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20">GoK ICT
Governance Decisions would ideally focus on:</SPAN></I><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SW"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></FONT>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>Determining the strategic approach to e-government and ICT within
GoK<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
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style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><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<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><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<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>The way e-government and ICT is to be managed (e.g. by what
mechanism and how resources are to be
managed)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 6pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>The way investments are to be made and policies on realising and
sharing benefits<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><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)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>The principles that underlie the ICT
architecture<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>Setting priorities and determining e-government and ICT investment
programmes<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>Managing the foundations and regulations regarding the core
elements of the infrastructure:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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size=3>Personnel – who will be responsible for their professional
development and where certain skills should
reside<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>Methods and techniques – what project/programme management,
development and operations management standards should be
used<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>Charging mechanisms and services standards (performance
management)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>Information – standards to enable the effective sharing of
information<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>Core applications – intranet, finance systems, payroll, registries
and personnel standards, etc<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20"><FONT
size=3>Technical – network, consolidated service desk, data
standards<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 6pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><FONT size=3><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #231f20">Security</SPAN></I><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></FONT>
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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
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue,
4/6/10, robert yawe <I><robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk></I></B>
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robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk><BR>Subject: Who is ICT Board?
- Capacity Building<BR>To: "Lilian Karanja"
<l_wkaranja@yahoo.com><BR>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010,
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<DIV>Hi Lilian,</DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Lilian Karanja
<l_wkaranja@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<BR><B><SPAN
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<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV>LILIAN</DIV>
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<DIV>--- On <B>Sun, 4/4/10, bitange@jambo.co.ke
<I><bitange@jambo.co.ke></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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bitange@jambo.co.ke <bitange@jambo.co.ke><BR>Subject: Re:
[kictanet] Who is ICT Board? Hijacked<BR>To: "Lilian"
<l_wkaranja@yahoo.com><BR>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Date:
Sunday, April 4, 2010, 9:42 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>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
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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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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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