<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 31px; ">Dear Listers as you enjoy the World Cup, I hereby provide the Kenya ICT Board's programs update. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 27px; line-height: 31px; ">Kenya ICT Board Interim Update 11<sup>th</sup> June
2010</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Pillar
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1. BPO ITES</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1.1. National Capacity </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo12"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Centre of Excellence. The 2<sup>nd</sup>
Centre of Excellence Workshop and engagement with Kenya BPO Society, academia
and industry practitioners.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The COE framework
presented for discussion and buy-in.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Stakeholders agreed on the proposed timelines and strategy for the
implementation of the COE which will selection of the anchor institution and
selection of training by end January 2011.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo12"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Permanent Secretary Information
and Communications established a BPO Skills Gap taskforce in 2009. This
taskforce has now completed and presented an assessment report. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo12"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">National Software
Certification. Consultancy for the development of Certification and initial
training awarded, pending contract signing. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo12"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Incubation. Project has yet to
commence. Kenya ICT Board and the World Bank finalizing discussions on the
model.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1.2. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>BPO/ITES <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Marketing/ Country Positioning</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Confirmation from donor with
donors to support Kenya Outsourcing day in (Bellagio) Europe in March 2011.
This targets leading outsourcing and market analysts I n Europe with a view to
making the case for Kenya outsourcing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Direct Marketing. ICT Board finalizing
support for a leading NGO to locate their shared services centre in Kenya. ICT
Board is pursuing 4 leading BPO companies to locate in Kenya by mid 2011.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Stakeholders received a
presentation by PS Ndemo on the initial case for Malili. Presentations were
also received from IFC. </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Kenya<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Positioning Marketing Initiatives undertaken
as follows: Presentation to European Firms in Turkey in Feb 2010, participation
at the UNDP International Conference on Interoperability in Rio De Janeiro<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Brazil, in May 2010, Participation at the HP
Technology Conference in Frankfurt in April 2010. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Commonwealth South South BPO Summit Mauritius
2010 (ICT Board Sponsored a member of the BPO Taskforce)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Kenya Positioning initiatives
planned for2010. Call Centre expo Birmingham Sep 2010, BPO Visit to South Africa
October 2010, CISCO CIO Global Summit October 2010, Shanghai Expo participation
August, Harvard Business School, Shared Services and Outsourcing Summit July
2010, Accenture Global Outsourcing Conference Prague, June 2010.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
1.4 Capacity Building and Sector Development</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Pillar
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>2. Digital Inclusion</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Program
2.1 KENET (Kenya Education Network) support</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">200 MB Bandwidth disbursed to
64 tertiary institutions across the country. This subsided internet
connectivity worth 200 MB of Bandwidth has substantially lowered the costs of
connectivity. This commenced in January 2009 and will run end 2010.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Contract<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>has been awarded for the development of a
modern network operation centre (NOC) for the efficient management of the
universities virtual network in line with global standards.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Kenya ICT Board has advertised
for the procurement of IRUs (long term international bandwidth arrangement) for
supply o bandwidth and connection to other national and regional education
networks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The Kenya ICT Board has facilitated
training of university engineers in network design administration and
management across all the tertiary institutions in Kenya.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
2.2. Digital Villages (Pasha)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo15"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The ICT Board has trained 1000
people across every constituency in the county. Training has been in entrepreneurship
to prepare them to run digital access centre efficiently. The trainees will be
eligible for loans under the digital revolving fund to establish digital centers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo15"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The Digital centre pilots have
been undertaken in 5 areas, Nairobi, Garissa Kangundo, Meru, and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Malindi.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Preliminary findings are positive and will inform the larger roll out.
The key learnings have been that the centers require excellent broadband
communication, technical support, good equipment and capacity especially with
respect marketing and service delivery.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo15"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The ICT Board is working with
the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development to establish digital centres in
the metropolis.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
2.3 Wezesha (University Laptops scheme)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo16"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The ICT Board has commenced
implementation of the Wezesha project. Advertising of the project will be done
in July. This project to provide a financial subsidy for students in all
universities to purchase a laptop. We intend to provide subsidy towards 16,000
laptops over a maximum of 2 years. </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Pillar
3. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Local Digital Content (Tandaa).</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>3.1 Tandaa Local Digital Content Grants</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l13 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Kenya ICT Board announces the
launch of the grants for entrepreneurs in local digital content. Launch of awareness
and dissemination campaign. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This phase
will disburse a third of USD 4 Million in batches of a maximum 10,000 USD per
selected individuals and 50,000USD for firms towards the development of </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
3.2 Tandaa capacity and awareness for local content)</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Held two successful Tandaa
Symposium local content awareness symposiums which involved. First symposium
had 80 participants and the second over 200. Participants shared experiences
concerning local content development.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">CEO presentation to Skunksworks
</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Suppoted the Launch of Eyeballs,
an innovative mobile based advertising medium in May 2010.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Supported the launch of Mobile
Monday in April 2010.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Supported the launch of Ihub.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">ICT Board supporting Barcamp,
The local developer meeting that brings together Kenya’s most innovative local
software community. Takes place on 14<sup>th</sup> and 15<sup>th</sup> of June
at the Ihub.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
3.2 Bashiri, National News information centers and government portal and intranet</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Pillar
4. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Egovernement Applications</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
4.1 State Law Office Digitization of Key Achievements</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Completion of the digitization
process at the State Law office 25.5 Million paper records have been digitized.
This is towards the eventual automation and online enablement of the company
registry.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
4.2<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Ministry of Lands Digitization</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Infrastructure capacity support
for the Ministry of Lands where we have provided funding and helped
implementation of the new banking hall. This has included providing furniture
computers , scanners and local area network.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Kenya ICT Board has engaged university students in an outsourcing arrangement
to prepare the lands records for imminent digitization.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
4.3<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Government Bandwidth</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Broadband Internet access worth
80 MB provided to all ministries at head offices under the Government’s Core
Communications Network Project. This is costing 120,000 USD per quarter.
Commencing March 2010 for 24 months to augment the government’s current
broadband.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The ICT Board will be
purchasing long term bandwidth commitments for the Kenya government towards
reduced costs of international internet communications. We are planning a 15v
year lease to be delivered via the TEAMs cable.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
4.4.Judiciary</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Trials have commenced for high
end video teleconferencing links at the courts of appeal between Nairobi and
Mombasa. Once this is trialed successfully over 10 months, this will be rolled
out across key areas of the judiciary.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Contract has been awarded for
digitizing 30 Million records for the High Court Registry.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Contract has been awarded for
an interactive 2 way SMS platform for citizens to track the status of their
cases before the courts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
4.5 KEMSA </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo10"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Successfully implemented a new
Enterprises Resource Planning System for Kenya Medical Supplies Agency.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
4.6 Kenya Film Commission</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo11"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The ICT Board will be funding
the implementation of a content management system for the Kenya Film Commission.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Kenya ICT Board has advertised for bids.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Pillar 5. Government Shared Services (SHIRIKIANA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
5.1. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Central Government Shared Services</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo13"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">The ICT Board has contracted
Accenture Consulting to develop a shared services masterplan and pilot for the
Kenya government. The scope of this work includes a pilot for public sector
budgeting at the treasury. Interviews and data gathering are on-going. This
project aims to create a high performance centre of excellence in the
management and delivery of government back-end services such as HR, IT
Procurement and Finance. This impact positively service delivery to citizens by
government.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Project
5.2 <span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Local Government Shared Services</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo14"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">ITC Board has fundraised and
received USD 300,000 towards the development of Local Government Shared Services,
to support local authorities in financial, HR and IT shared services.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Communication and Capacity
Building</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">ICT board launches online
newsletters for their various projects to ensure our communication are kept up
to date.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Media workshop held in April
2010 in partnership with Kenya ICT Reporters Association for attended by 30
reporters. Major interest by media on government shared services and using
online as a medium for extending traditional media.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">ICT Board staff commence training
and implementation of Project Management in partnership with Deloitte. Training
is aimed at The Kenya ICT Board becoming Project Management Certified.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Presentation by CEO at the
Marketing Africa Marketers Night in June 2010. Presented the opportunities for
marketers in ICT with specific reference to entrepreneurship and to influencing
the process of local outsourcing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""> </span></p>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>website: <a href="http://www.ict.go.ke">www.ict.go.ke</a><br>local content project: <a href="http://www.tandaa.co.ke">www.tandaa.co.ke</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tandaakenya">www.facebook.com/tandaakenya</a><br>
twitter:@tandaaKENYA<br>BPO Project: www. <a href="http://doitinkenya.co.ke">doitinkenya.co.ke</a><br>Digital Villages Project: <a href="http://www.pasha.co.ke">www.pasha.co.ke</a><br><br><br>personal contacts<br>_______________<br>
<br>Cell: + 254 717 180001<br><br><br>skype: kukubopaul<br>googletalk: pkukubo<br>personal blog: <a href="http://www.paulkukubo.co.ke">www.paulkukubo.co.ke</a><br>personal twitter: @pkukubo<br><br><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>