<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>Broadband is here and roads a better, why is it that we sit in Nairobi or along the Mombasa Kisumu highway and assume that all is bliss.</div><div><br></div><div>As a Kenyan I am giving my feedback to my minister, acting as the devils advocate on forums like this so that you stop deceiving your selves that all is fine, and I provide my clients with practical, cost effective solutions.</div><div><br></div><div>I make sure that every shilling spend by my clients adds something on the bottom line, I am not a dreamer, I am a realist which is why I can assure you that the bus issue is dead in the water.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition I believe I took my time and skill to present an alternative to the bus, what more is expected of me.
</div><div><br></div><div>As the former president said, when I was seated at the front driving the bus there where pick pockets in the back. He played his part & so have I.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><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><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Agosta Liko <agostal@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, 7 April, 2010 13:40:21<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Ongeri Hurray on ICT Bus<br></font><br>my point is really simple.<br><br>we have broadband, security is better, roads are better.<br><br>what are you doing as a Kenyan ?<br><br>am saying start with the man in the mirror and then point fingers...<br><br>On 4/7/10, robert yawe <<a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi Liko,<br>><br>> Please make a trip to any government office location and count how many<br>> vehicles are grounded, if they cannot sort out a toyota vits that operated<br>> within Nairobi how do you expect them to service a bus that travels around a<br>> district?<br>><br>> In todays paper there is an issue of funds allocated to a none-existent<br>> hospital in Kayole can your imagine how much easier it
will be to misdirect<br>> funds to a moving object.<br>><br>> It is good that you got to experience the moving bus so do you want us to<br>> stop schools from stocking their local libraries, the moving movies died<br>> because TVs became cheaper and we bought VCRs. A technology must be looked<br>> at in the context of time.<br>><br>> The moving bus can be equated to the computer lab at the Univeristy, yet we<br>> can today provide every student with a desktop in their room or a laptop to<br>> carry around at the same price. If safaricom can negotiate for a laptop at<br>> 24,000/- shillings imagine how much more muscle the government has, but it<br>> wont because the decision makers still remember the travelling library and<br>> refuse to change with the times.<br>><br>> Just to go back to the 2007 elections when Orange house was raided by thugs<br>> and Hon. Nyongo said that is was instigated
by their opponents to get access<br>> to their membership list, this was a clear indication that he has not used a<br>> flash disk or send a file attachment because he still remembers the<br>> airconditioned computer room when he was in University.<br>><br>> Regards<br>><br>> Think global, act local<br>> Robert Yawe<br>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>> Kenya<br>><br>><br>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ________________________________<br>> From: Agosta Liko <<a ymailto="mailto:agostal@gmail.com" href="mailto:agostal@gmail.com">agostal@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: robert yawe <<a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>> Sent: Wed, 7 April, 2010 13:12:08<br>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ongeri Hurray on ICT Bus<br>><br>> Robert<br>><br>> I really dont see an issue with internet by bus.. its a step in the<br>> right direction ... can be made better but one has to start from<br>> somewhere. Internet by bus would work well cos the bus would move<br>> around schools bringing workstations to many places. If a constituency<br>> has 10 workstations, one can make the case that making them mobile<br>> would serve more people as opposed to putting them in one location<br>><br>> When I was growing up Kenya National Library used to bring books, KCB<br>> used to have a landrover to bring banking to the people and Cinema Leo<br>> used to bring movies. With time, that model has died ... but it served<br>> a purpose.....<br>><br>> see, there is a big
challenge in kenya<br>><br>> if you give schools desktops ... some people would say laptops are a better<br>> fit<br>><br>> if you give schools laptops ... some people would say desktops are<br>> better fit and hard to steal<br>><br>><br>> You say that BPO is a joke ... I am sure that over 3000 kenyans work<br>> in that sector now ... and its all semantics if you look at things.<br>> See, Your company manages services {at Orange :) } for clients. So you<br>> are in the local BPO ....<br>><br>> I respond because I borrowed books from that Kenya National Library<br>> bus, Watched Films at the market and I work in the local BPO sector.<br>><br>> Also ... please take time and go through this speech by JFK ...<br>> <a href="http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/John_F_Kennedy/5.htm" target="_blank">http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/speeches/John_F_Kennedy/5.htm</a><br>><br>> Incase you are very busy ..
Its always summed up as follows<br>><br>> "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for<br>> your country."<br>><br>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:53 PM, robert yawe <<a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>>> Hi,<br>>> I disagree on the issue of the bus, last I checked God was not sending out<br>>> bills for solar unlike KPLC & the fuel companies would, so why are we<br>>> obsessed with physical connections.<br>>> Lets role out practical sustainable solutions that will not break down<br>>> soon<br>>> after implementation, the african needs to stop thinking seasonally we<br>>> need<br>>> to see the bigger picture. Lets agree that the bus concept was a half<br>>> brainer and move onto a better model.<br>>> You mentioned the issue of India please search for an
article called the<br>>> "hole in the wall" experiment and then based on that we role out ICT<br>>> everywhere. Let us begin where the service can be paid for which I believe<br>>> is at the district headquarters to which the government has laid fibre.<br>>> We<br>>> use this as a hub and fern outwards.<br>>> In addition Bwana PS your concept on empowering the local authorities to<br>>> carry out the metro cables is brilliant so lets follow it through and use<br>>> the LATIF fund to implement.<br>>> We can then centralise the functions such as HR, finance and procurement<br>>> and<br>>> use the savings to pay for the terrestrial fibre cable. 90% of these<br>>> activities do not need Internet access thus they should have been<br>>> implement<br>>> without waiting for the marine cables.<br>>> The local authorities would then connect their schools and implement
a<br>>> centralised management system that would then sort out the issue of<br>>> students<br>>> being in school for 8 years without ID cards.<br>>> This issue is not rocket science nor brain surgery, it just needs basic<br>>> reasoning and practical application, the bus was a joke & BPO is a bigger<br>>> joke so lets get out from the centre ring and get back to reality.<br>>> I have a serious problem with detail which is not a fault as I see the<br>>> bigger picture where others see dots and might explain why I have not done<br>>> a<br>>> phd on the mating habits of the anorphalise mosquito because that will be<br>>> a<br>>> pixel. I know that when I spray doom on the mosquito it dies how is<br>>> irrelevant.<br>>><br>>><br>>> Regards<br>>><br>>> Robert Yawe<br>>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>>> Phoenix House, 6th
Floor<br>>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>>> Kenya<br>>><br>>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br>>><br>>> ________________________________<br>>> From: "<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>>> Sent: Tue, 6 April, 2010 23:06:35<br>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ongeri Hurray on ICT Bus<br>>><br>>> Vitalis,<br>>> Lack of electricity is one of the lame excuses we use to stop linking our<br>>> rural areas. You
can now provide Broadband anywhere in the country.<br>>> Safaricom has done it to Digital Villages in Karachwonyo and Ugenya.<br>>> Indeed<br>>> in Karachwonyo their was neither electricity nor tarmaked roads.<br>>><br>>> The bus idea was a self contained project that did not require the<br>>> luxuries<br>>> you mention here. If we really want to develop this country and expand<br>>> opportunity we must stop sounding like foreigners in this country. We must<br>>> learn to be creative and speak less. We must refuse donor money and start<br>>> individual social responsibilty. We must have faith in our abilities.<br>>> Saying<br>>> we cannot manage a bus in a constituency is defeatist and eroding the<br>>> confidence of ever managing our resources.<br>>><br>>> Ndemo.<br>>><br>>> Sent from my BlackBerry®<br>>><br>>>
________________________________<br>>> From: Vitalis Olunga <<a ymailto="mailto:volunga@yahoo.com" href="mailto:volunga@yahoo.com">volunga@yahoo.com</a>><br>>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:29:13 -0700 (PDT)<br>>> To: <<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ongeri Hurray on ICT Bus<br>>> Thanks a lot Bwana PS for your comprehensive response on this issuue<br>>> regardless of my getting into this discussion too late. I am very sorry<br>>> about this lateness. Of cause I did not mean political or legal<br>>> feasiblty, as this could only mean "a sacred cow project. " What I had in<br>>> mind tends
toward economic and technical feasibilty. Of cause not<br>>> commercial<br>>> viability. You have indeed responded comphensively in all areas,<br>>> therefore<br>>> I don't intend to pursue the matter any further. However, there are<br>>> few points of interest which I would wish to share (but not into details).<br>>><br>>> It may not necessarily require to carryout feasibility study to deploy<br>>> computers in rural schools, but it may be necessary, at the very basic, to<br>>> gather some information e.g. availability of power, and connectivity or<br>>> broadband access (fixed and mobile network coverage), before distributing<br>>> computers to theses schools. This may sound simple, but there are a few<br>>> of<br>>> cases in the past where computers have been donated to some schools in<br>>> rural<br>>> areas before electricty is
connected. To carryout this kind of exercise<br>>> may<br>>> not require paying someone huge sums of fee. This can be done using even<br>>> internal resources (assuming they exist), with minimal help from a local<br>>> consutant. Some of the data may be readily available and whta may be<br>>> requred<br>>> is only to convert it into useful information.<br>>><br>>> Digital villages in each constituency was "a very bright idea". This<br>>> could<br>>> be usefull in nhancing demand for ICT to rural commuinities and to extend<br>>> the same to schools as well. This is where public private parnership<br>>> could<br>>> play a fundamental role, with involvement of all the satakeholders.<br>>> Alternaetively the ministry of education (with the rural communities)<br>>> could<br>>> identify at least two distritric/ provicial schools (Boys'
& Gilrls' OR<br>>> Mixed) in each constituency where there is braodaband access (assuming<br>>> electricity already exists), or the Ministry of Ifo. could work with the<br>>> service providers to provide broadband aceess last mile distribution. In<br>>> this case the cost of overeheads required to run such a prpject will be<br>>> minimal (no fuel to run the bus, no bus drivers, no maitenace costs of<br>>> buses<br>>> due to poor condition of rural access roads). Also some schools may be<br>>> located in "shadow zones" with no signals, and will not be linked by "ICT<br>>> Bus". The eviroments differ in every country, though "adaptation" can<br>>> also<br>>> work.<br>>><br>>> With the use of digital villages or ICT school labs, then the excellent,<br>>> bright and succesful initiatives/projects such as Data Centres, NOFBI,<br>>> Teams,
etc. can be of greater benefits to the rural schools through<br>>> e-Learning. To train the teacher first, on how to use ICT, before traing<br>>> the child is importnat, to avoid or limit computer numbers gathering dust<br>>> in<br>>> some corners. Similar appraoch/pilot project can be replicated for<br>>> e-Health<br>>> to connect all district hosiptals to a Central Data Portal. In this case,<br>>> training the doctor before nurse is essential. Is to importnat to note<br>>> that<br>>> involving too many committes in a prpject is a challenge. "Too many rats<br>>> never dig a hole." Having a Data Centre without (or limited)<br>>> access/connectivity may negligible impact or benefit. CDF management<br>>> is already complex and challenging. This where one meets with<br>>> numrous political projects at times.<br>>> I intend to stop here, and not to
pursue it any more. However, I can<br>>> expand<br>>> my thoughts in another forum. Thanks for the good work and great ideas.<br>>><br>>><br>>> Regards<br>>><br>>><br>>> Vitalis<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> ________________________________<br>>> From: "<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>>> To: Vitalis Olunga <<a ymailto="mailto:volunga@yahoo.com" href="mailto:volunga@yahoo.com">volunga@yahoo.com</a>><br>>> Cc: <a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>>> <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>>> Sent: Sun, April 4, 2010 7:08:38 PM<br>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ongeri Hurray on ICT Bus<br>>><br>>> Dear Vitalis,<br>>> My brother you are getting into this matter too late. For a start, you<br>>> are confusing issues when you ask for a feasibility study. Although I do<br>>> not know which feasibility (legal, economic, technical etc) you wanted in<br>>> place, it is unwise in my view to pay someone to do a feasibility study on<br>>> whether you need to deploy computers in the rural areas. Before we made<br>>> the proposal to treasury, we developed a concept note and observed a<br>>> similar bus that has been providing similar services to kids in Mathare<br>>> and Kibera. The concept is based on an Indian model that has been very<br>>> successful in arousing
interest in ICT (boosting the demand side) in rural<br>>> India. Basically, the objective was to create demand for ICT services<br>>> among the rural folks, introduce ICTs on a pilot basis to schools, youth<br>>> and villagers in all constituencies. The project was to be supported by<br>>> digital villages throughout the country. Each bus was to have two<br>>> qualified ICT instructors and managed by District Education Boards as well<br>>> as CDF committees.<br>>> This was a well thought idea and fits in with devolved resources idea that<br>>> we have all been pushing as a basis of equitable distribution of<br>>> resources. The project was fought from day 1 as not feasible. To date<br>>> nobody has tabled a feasibility study that helped them arrive at that<br>>> decision. Ni kupiga mudomo tu. Why do we make so much noise about<br>>> devolved
funds if several committees cannot manage one bus per<br>>> constituency? Several studies show that countries that bought computers<br>>> and simply put them in class have not seen the benefit since not even the<br>>> teachers use them. Why? Because they did not create the demand for ICTs<br>>> in the first place. In places where you have digital villages, you hear<br>>> people talking about their e-mail, people wanting e-learning platform etc.<br>>> We have been successful with digital villages because we avoided<br>>> unnecessary subsidies and introduced them as enterprises. Several<br>>> countries deployed these digital villages through NGOs, Donors and direct<br>>> Government subsidy. They have failed. The bus was to drive demand for<br>>> e-services in rural areas.<br>>> Where we are in terms of development, we need to take a bit of risk
by<br>>> moving to design and implementation and stop wasting resources on the so<br>>> called feasibility studies. Teams, NOFBI, GCCN, Data Centers, etc are<br>>> some of the most successful projects that were done in record period by<br>>> simply moving to design and implementation. Of course design begets you<br>>> technical feasibility. Much of economic feasibility can be discerned<br>>> through googling similar projects. Note Piloting a concept that has<br>>> already succeeded elsewhere and within does not require detailed<br>>> feasibility since you know the outcomes. Further it is usually difficult<br>>> to quantify social benefits as in the bus case in order to have an<br>>> objective feasibility study.<br>>><br>>> Ndemo.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>>> Sorry to
respond on this a little bit too late. My question is whether<br>>>> whether there was any feasibility study carried out before allocation of<br>>>> funds to this "ICT Bus Projects." It would be prudent to share such a<br>>>> report with satakeholders. The sustainability of such a project could be<br>>>> questionable. If other strategic alternatives (including building<br>>>> computer<br>>>> labs in schools) were considered, then the reasons for making this choice<br>>>> (ICT Bus) would be of interest to share, even if it is meant to be for a<br>>>> quick fix solution. E-education/learning is definitly a very important<br>>>> area that needs to be given a priority and . There are some<br>>>> interestesting analyses<br>>>><br>>>> Regrds<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>>
Vitalis<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>>________________________________<br>>>> From: robert yawe <<a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>>>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:volunga@yahoo.com" href="mailto:volunga@yahoo.com">volunga@yahoo.com</a><br>>>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>>>> Sent: Thu, March 25, 2010 5:39:31 PM<br>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ongeri Hurray on ICT Bus<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Hi,<br>>>><br>>>> I refuse to acknowledge the regional issues because I come from an in an<br>>>> industry that has no ethnicity or regional divide.<br>>>><br>>>> I plead with you stop selling yourself
short by getting embroiled in<br>>>> political side shows, if we set out our objective and kept to the plan we<br>>>> can achieve what I have proposed and more.<br>>>><br>>>> Even if I asked you to volunteer to go to Mandera and teach ICT you<br>>>> definitely will not, it makes more sense to train the teacher already on<br>>>> the ground. We can roll out across the country simultaneously as we are<br>>>> not using a single contractor to build the labs or install the solar or<br>>>> the cabling.<br>>>><br>>>> Just like with the CDF if the area representatives cannot identify their<br>>>> priority areas then lets not try to force it down their throats.<br>>>><br>>>> Before teaching a man to fish make sure he does eat fish.<br>>>><br>>>> Technology knows no bounds only the human mind constrains
itself<br>>>><br>>>> Robert Yawe<br>>>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>>>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>>>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>>>> Kenya<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>>________________________________<br>>>> From: "<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>>>> To: robert yawe <<a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>>>> Cc: <a ymailto="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>>>> <<a
ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>>>> Sent: Wed, 24 March, 2010 19:15:50<br>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ongeri Hurray on ICT Bus<br>>>><br>>>> Robert,<br>>>> Things are not as easy as you write here. Today in Kenya you cannot try<br>>>> to do anything without taking into account of regional interests. I hope<br>>>> you are watching the constitutional process and the regional emotions.<br>>>> Imagine if we were to start with schools in the ASAL region promising to<br>>>> cover the entire country in the next five years. Consider that Ministry<br>>>> of Education does not have adequate number of teachers as we speak yet<br>>>> you<br>>>> will need at least one computer teacher in the 20,000 primary schools and<br>>>> 9,000
secondary schools.<br>>>><br>>>> If we need to close the digital divide, we all must change. We must for<br>>>> example begin volunteering to teach both the students and the unemployed<br>>>> youth computers. By so doing, you will one day live to say what you did<br>>>> for your country. Like it is said "it is easier said than done".<br>>>><br>>>> Regards<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Ndemo.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>>> Hi,<br>>>>><br>>>>> It seems that some sanity is coming into the education realm with the<br>>>>> Hon.<br>>>>> Minister Dr. Ongeri canceling the proposed ICT Bus project, I believe<br>>>>> once<br>>>>> bitten twice shy.<br>>>>><br>>>>> The project was to cost Kes. 1.2 B with each bus
costing Kes. 7 Million<br>>>>> which equates to 171 buses that is roughly 24 buses per province this<br>>>>> was<br>>>>> surely another scan in the making. I remember the MP of Kisumu Hon.<br>>>>> Shabbir raising the issue of the buses and getting dismissed as a self<br>>>>> seeking technology Neanderthal, lets hope this is the beginning of<br>>>>> sanity<br>>>>> in the ICT arena, but if I was you I wouldn't hold my breath.<br>>>>><br>>>>> I suspect that the concept of mobile computer labs was a thinking from<br>>>>> the<br>>>>> mobile library project but someone forgot that with a library the books<br>>>>> are left behind.<br>>>>><br>>>>> With Kes 7 million we could do much more than just a single bus with 20<br>>>>> computer that requires a driver, insurance, service,
generators, and<br>>>>> many<br>>>>> other thinks.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Here is my suggestion on how the 7 million could be better utilised to<br>>>>> meet the objectives.<br>>>>><br>>>>> - 20% to be used for physical facilities (stone & mortar) - Kes. 1.4 M -<br>>>>> This can build 150 sq m of classroom space inclusive of electrical<br>>>>> wiring<br>>>>> & burger proofed windows. An average computer lab is 15 sq m which means<br>>>>> we can build 10 labs and each can accommodate 20 screens/pcs. We could<br>>>>> build even more labs if the Ministry if Housing provided the<br>>>>> interlocking<br>>>>> soil block making machines<br>>>>><br>>>>> - 30% to be used for provision of power to the lab - Kes. 2.1 million we<br>>>>> which we need to
provide sufficient power. The computers will need to<br>>>>> be<br>>>>> low power consumers therefore we use TFT screens and cpu sharing devices<br>>>>> that allow 1 computer to be used simultaneously by 4 or more students.<br>>>>> With this our power requirement for each lab would be below 1,000 VA<br>>>>> which<br>>>>> can easily be supplied by a few solar panels and a battery bank.<br>>>>><br>>>>> - 20% for the actual hardware - Kes. 1.4 M - DC powered computers,<br>>>>> printers and GSM modem with a good proxy server to provide local<br>>>>> caching.<br>>>>> This will also include structured cabling which will be done by the<br>>>>> graduats of the kazi kwa Vijani initiative where they will have been<br>>>>> offered technical training.<br>>>>><br>>>>> - 20%
teacher training - Kes. 1.4 M, even if we have them certified in<br>>>>> ICDL we shall be able to train 66 teachers which would provide enough<br>>>>> computer teachers.<br>>>>><br>>>>> - 10% well I leave you to decide what to do with that, note that there<br>>>>> are<br>>>>> no recurrent costs such as drivers, diesel, electricity costs (God does<br>>>>> not charge for solar, yet).<br>>>>><br>>>>> The 10 labs can be used by the schools during the day and could be made<br>>>>> available to the community in the evenings and as digital villages over<br>>>>> the weekends where content can be generated, yes local content (ask me<br>>>>> for<br>>>>> details).<br>>>>><br>>>>> Now that I have spend the equivalent of 1 bus to create 10 centers why<br>>>>> won't we actually
do this, because I did not factor in the feasibility<br>>>>> study costs, 30%, seminars and workshops 50%, sitting allowances 20% and<br>>>>> well nothing else to include as the preliminary costs have already<br>>>>> consumed the 7 million.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Ongeri hurray but lets hope the money will not go to drinking water and<br>>>>> writing materials for a bonding session.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Regards<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> Robert Yawe<br>>>>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>>>>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>>>>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>>>>> Kenya<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>>
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