I too would LOVE to read that book.<br>I hope you keep a detailed journal from which you will just extract the stories.<br><br>--<br>Sent by e-mail!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:33 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:godera@skyweb.co.ke">godera@skyweb.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Dr.Ndemo,<br>
<br>
I am really looking forward to reading your book on all the experiences and<br>
shock you have encountered over these past years and how things have eventually<br>
evolved.<br>
It will make very interesting reading,I am hoping you have started the book.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Gilda<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">Quoting <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>:<br>
<br>
> Njeri/Yawe,<br>
> Under normal circumstances, the strategies as laid down by Yawe, would<br>
> greatly boost PCK. I also used to think the same. The legacy problems<br>
> are far greater than meets the eye. For a start the pension program is<br>
> underfunded any any attempt you make to reform without adequate funding,<br>
> you aggrevate the situation.<br>
><br>
> Yet you need to drastically retrench if re-engineering the organization is<br>
> to work. A good example was TKL which now is out of the woods. Prior to<br>
> reorganization of TKL, there were more than 19,000 employees of which only<br>
> 450 had college education. More than 9,000 had CPE and below education<br>
> and of its 1,200 fleet of vehicles, there were more than 3,000 drivers.<br>
> Even if you were the smartest, it would be very difficult to retrain or<br>
> re-engineer such a work force. It cost the state more than $1 billion to<br>
> correct the situation.<br>
><br>
> It is not all lost as soon there will sufficient resources to inject new<br>
> optimism in the organization. A number of the proposals made by Yawe have<br>
> been considered and some are being implemented.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
><br>
> Ndemo.<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > It cannot be said better and mind you they know this conversation only<br>
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> > On Nov 11, 2010, at 8:51, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> Hi Jane,<br>
> >><br>
> >> Thank you for the challenge for me to put forth my vision when I<br>
> >> become post master general (PMG) of postal corporation of Kenya (PCK).<br>
> >><br>
> >> PCK like any other postal service in the world is the hub of any<br>
> >> town or village, it is the reference point for the area<br>
> >> unfortunately we have relegated our postal service to the edge we<br>
> >> need to bring it back to the centre. There is no organisation be it<br>
> >> private or public that has more counter space than PCK, there are<br>
> >> over 900 outlets equitably distributed across the country.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I will improve the level and range of services that will be<br>
> >> available at the post offices country wide. With the passing of the<br>
> >> law allowing banks to implement an agency model Posta's<br>
> >> opportunities have just sky rocketed, your post office will now be<br>
> >> your bank.<br>
> >><br>
> >> The post office is where we mere mortals have our issues sorted out<br>
> >> from paying bills (utility, insurance, rent etc) it where you make<br>
> >> your copies, bind documents, fill applications, replace lost<br>
> >> documents, place advertisements for print and electronic media,<br>
> >> collect mail, do research and collect information.<br>
> >><br>
> >> The banking hall space can be rented to insurance companies, banks,<br>
> >> colleges and anyone else who currently sets up camp on the street.<br>
> >> The same institutions can make their marketing material available at<br>
> >> the various post offices.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Partner with Kenswitch and Pesa Point to allow them to install ATM's<br>
> >> in all the post offices and with time Posta can purchase their own<br>
> >> ATMs and add them to the existing networks. Due the remote<br>
> >> locations of some of this post offices Posta can load the ATMs and<br>
> >> earn revenue.<br>
> >><br>
> >> My proposal to the data infrastructure providers would be to<br>
> >> terminate their fibre optic cable at the various post office<br>
> >> locations countrywide and use them as points of presence, to the<br>
> >> best of my knowledge the former telex infrastructure belongs to<br>
> >> postal thus way-leave issues would be resolved at district level.<br>
> >><br>
> >> PCK is the hub not the spoke in the successful implementation of an<br>
> >> e-commerce environment, less than 10% of items that one needs to buy<br>
> >> online can be delivered electronically all the rest must be<br>
> >> delivered physically. The only person with the reach and acceptance<br>
> >> to do this without widening the divide is PCK, however much you<br>
> >> urban dwellers think otherwise you only make up 10% of the countries<br>
> >> population which is why many of us think PCK is irrelevant.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I belief there might be some policy and legislative issues that will<br>
> >> need to be resolved immediately which stop Posta from taking<br>
> >> advantage of the new opportunities that have become available.<br>
> >> There must be a very stupid reason why Posta do not sell airtime or<br>
> >> become distributors for all the mobile providers, this huddle must<br>
> >> be removed immediately.<br>
> >><br>
> >> We have kept discussing the issue of digital villages, why is it<br>
> >> that KICT Board cannot walk across to PCK offices, no need to even<br>
> >> cross a road, and implement them within the post office? Posta can<br>
> >> act as the demonstration digital village and also as the training<br>
> >> location for those interested in replicating the model. The removal<br>
> >> of whichever huddles exist that prevent this from being implemented<br>
> >> immediately will be my deliverables for my first 100 days in office.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Please note that none of the issues I intend to implement within the<br>
> >> first year in office requires any cash outlay from PCK which is a<br>
> >> clear indication that someone is refusing to play politics to unbind<br>
> >> PCK to be able to deliver service to the public. You as tax payers<br>
> >> need to realise that sedating of PCK is being done with your hard<br>
> >> earned money.<br>
> >><br>
> >> After this is in place PCK will be in a position to grow in leaps<br>
> >> and bounds to look at "bling" issues like doing door to door<br>
> >> delivery for 50,000 of Nairobi's elite residents which will be a<br>
> >> nightmare as most of us change email addresses without notifying<br>
> >> others or setting autoforwards. Rebranding, repainting and<br>
> >> segmenting the delivery channels to segment the haves, wannabes and<br>
> >> general public.<br>
> >><br>
> >> This is my approach to accelerate PCK when I am appointed PMG, I<br>
> >> will not use the term restart as PCK is neither comatose or dead its<br>
> >> is only sluggish due to the excessive sedation by those who should<br>
> >> know better.<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: Jane Kagiri <<a href="mailto:kagirijane@yahoo.com">kagirijane@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> >> To: <a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>
> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> Sent: Tue, 9 November, 2010 20:02:38<br>
> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General<br>
> >><br>
> >> Listers,<br>
> >><br>
> >> I totally agree with Robert that academic qualifications do not<br>
> >> necessarily translate into the required experience.<br>
> >><br>
> >> However from his list of personalities who have excelled in<br>
> >> propelling their organizations to great heights despite their not so<br>
> >> high academic qualifications, the one thing they all have in common<br>
> >> is that they each had a vision to make their respective<br>
> >> organizations what they are today.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Robert,please share with us your vision on how you would revive the<br>
> >> ailing PCK.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Jane Kagiri.<br>
> >><br>
> >> From: "<a href="mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>"<br>
> >> <<a href="mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> To: Jane Kagiri <<a href="mailto:kagirijane@yahoo.com">kagirijane@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> >> Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 3:21:28 PM<br>
> >> Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 42, Issue 22<br>
> >><br>
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> >> 1. Re: Yawe for Post Master General (Rad!)<br>
> >> 2. Re: Yawe for Post Master General (Eugene Lidede (Synergy))<br>
> >> 3. Outsourcing, a perspective following Obama's India visit<br>
> >> (Paul Kukubo ICT Board)<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> >><br>
> >> Message: 1<br>
> >> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:44:56 +0300<br>
> >> From: "Rad!" <<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>><br>
> >> To: robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General<br>
> >> Message-ID:<br>
> >> <<a href="mailto:AANLkTinTYzGq3%2Bmt-Gx5R_jsmvLjEYLyO2bfbe3D0gPS@mail.gmail.com">AANLkTinTYzGq3+mt-Gx5R_jsmvLjEYLyO2bfbe3D0gPS@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br>
> >><br>
> >> Add to that list<br>
> >><br>
> >> - Richard Branson<br>
> >> - Larry Page<br>
> >> - Ralph Lauren<br>
> >> - Steve Jobs<br>
> >><br>
> >> Which is not to say a university education is useless, but it should<br>
> >> not be<br>
> >> the only consideration.<br>
> >><br>
> >> We could also look at what have the candidates achieved prior to<br>
> >> coming to<br>
> >> PCK. What businesses & institutions have they nurtured/grown?<br>
> >><br>
> >> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:38 PM, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
> >> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> > Hi,<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Please read the profile of Micheal Joseph & his successor, in<br>
> >> addition<br>
> >> > would you have hired any of the following fellows;<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > 1. Bill Gates - University drop out<br>
> >> > 2. Micheal Dell - University drop out<br>
> >> > 3. James Mwangi - CPAK<br>
> >> > 4. Alexander Graham Bell - Grade 5 dropout<br>
> >> > 5. Njenga Karume - Unknown<br>
> >> > 6. Sir Richard Branson - O'Level<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > I do not want to belittle paper qualifications but they work when<br>
> >> you are<br>
> >> > looking for a fellow to maintain the status quo which is something<br>
> >> we<br>
> >> > definitely do not want to do with PCK. No college in the world<br>
> >> can prepare<br>
> >> > you on how to turn around an organisation in the state that PCK is<br>
> >> in right<br>
> >> > now.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > If you are looking for relevant experience then you will need to<br>
> >> get an<br>
> >> > expatriate as the only national postal corporation in Kenya is<br>
> >> PCK. What is<br>
> >> > Major Ali's qualification that makes him an ideal candidate as the<br>
> >> PMG?<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > If you where sleeping & was then awaken by a hissing sound on<br>
> >> turning on<br>
> >> > the light you see a snake what would you do?<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > 1. Call KWS to send a team of experts to take capture the snake<br>
> >> > 2. Call the Police<br>
> >> > 3. Call KSPCA and ask for instruction on how to safely deal with<br>
> >> the snake<br>
> >> > 4. Pick the nearest available to through at it<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>
> >> > ------------------------------<br>
> >> > *From:* Sam Aguyo <<a href="mailto:saguyo@yahoo.com">saguyo@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> >> > *To:* robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
> >> <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> > *Sent:* Mon, 8 November, 2010 13:31:59<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Robert,<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > It is good to offer yourself to be elected the new post master<br>
> >> general. If<br>
> >> > i was the appointing authority, i would demand to know what your<br>
> >> > qualifications are and what measures you would use to turn around<br>
> >> the<br>
> >> > supposed limping organisation. I would ask you your qualifications<br>
> >> because<br>
> >> > it would inform me whether you have the fundamental background and<br>
> >> skills<br>
> >> > required to deliver the service. I would look at both academic and<br>
> >> > professional experience to take the organisation forward. This<br>
> >> also forms a<br>
> >> > criteria for selection acceptable to all, then we will not have<br>
> >> "ya wenyewe"<br>
> >> > etc.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Regards,<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Sam<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > _______________________________________________<br>
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> >> ><br>
> >> > This message was sent to: <a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</a><br>
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> >> Message: 2<br>
> >> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:19:53 +0300<br>
> >> From: "Eugene Lidede \(Synergy\)" <<a href="mailto:eugene@synergy.co.ke">eugene@synergy.co.ke</a>><br>
> >> To: <<a href="mailto:agostal@gmail.com">agostal@gmail.com</a>><br>
> >> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General<br>
> >> Message-ID: <01a501cb7f3f$3f96dd70$bec49850$@<a href="http://co.ke" target="_blank">co.ke</a>><br>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br>
> >><br>
> >> Robert,<br>
> >><br>
> >> With the sheer number of posts on this list and the diverse areas of<br>
> >> coverage, I should think you are already a "Post Master General".<br>
> >><br>
> >> Agosta,<br>
> >><br>
> >> If Upesi are doing something right, that?s is a good thing, but it<br>
> >> does not<br>
> >> mean others shouldn?t get into the fold of "doing something right".<br>
> >><br>
> >> I would be interested to know if upesi folk can deliver my "goro<br>
> >> goro" of<br>
> >> maize meal and rose cocoa beans from upcountry on a monthly basis.<br>
> >> PCK does<br>
> >> it for me at less than 200/= for 5kg parcel (3-7 day delivery) or<br>
> >> (KES 350/=<br>
> >> for EMS following day delivery). My "ushago" is located at these<br>
> >> coordinates: 0.746041,35.127089 - there are no tarmac roads (so to<br>
> >> speak)<br>
> >> for over 70 km and electricity just "arrived" 2 weeks ago, but there<br>
> >> is a<br>
> >> functional post office (postal code 50235) that has been operational<br>
> >> longer<br>
> >> than I have been alive.<br>
> >><br>
> >> At these low rates from PCK, and with a currently functional national<br>
> >> footprint, all that?s needed are new efficiencies and it will be<br>
> >> possible<br>
> >> for Upesi and others to build *country wide* ecommerce offerings<br>
> >> PAP, hence<br>
> >> the need for an ICT visionary at the helm of PCK. In my<br>
> >> understanding postal<br>
> >> services are a subset of ICT. What is lacking at PCK is a<br>
> >> repositioning to<br>
> >> take advantage of the T in ICT.<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Regards<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Eugene<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> From: kictanet-bounces+eugene=<a href="http://synergy.co.ke" target="_blank">synergy.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
> >> [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Beugene">kictanet-bounces+eugene</a>=<a href="http://synergy.co.ke" target="_blank">synergy.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] On<br>
> >> Behalf Of Agosta Liko<br>
> >> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:12 PM<br>
> >> To: Eugene Lidede<br>
> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General<br>
> >><br>
> >> Robert<br>
> >><br>
> >> right now, local ecommerce deliveries are being done by piki piki guys<br>
> >> and similar courier services pretty well and they have shown a<br>
> >> willingness to integrate software systems<br>
> >><br>
> >> companies like <a href="http://www.upesi.com/" target="_blank">http://www.upesi.com/</a> look positioned to champion the<br>
> >> ecommerce delivery space Kenya wide, all merchants have to do is give<br>
> >> them packages and they take care of the rest<br>
> >><br>
> >> so maybe ecommerce will be off the table<br>
> >><br>
> >> just saying :)<br>
> >><br>
> >> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:39 PM, robert yawe<br>
> >> <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> > Hi,<br>
> >> > Will know what needs to be done to get PCK back on track, what we<br>
> >> need is<br>
> >> to<br>
> >> > get on the inside and implement this issues.<br>
> >> > The sooner I can get myself appointed as PMG of PCK then sooner we<br>
> >> can<br>
> >> truly<br>
> >> > implement e-commerce.<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: Rad! <<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>><br>
> >> > To: <a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>
> >> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> > Sent: Mon, 8 November, 2010 11:20:56<br>
> >> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > This is where Posta needs to think outside the box.<br>
> >> > Trying to compete with email (official correspondence e.g. bills,<br>
> >> > statements), facebook (personal correspondence e.g. letters,<br>
> >> penpals etc)<br>
> >> > and MPesa (no more mailing of cheques) is folly.<br>
> >> > To re-invent itself Posta needs to realize that the one thing you<br>
> >> cannot<br>
> >> > send via email is physical goods.<br>
> >> > How many businesses are based on a model of physical goods?<br>
> >> > Enter Posta. There is a significant opportunity in delivering<br>
> >> goods from A<br>
> >> > to B. This is very difficult because finding A and B is<br>
> >> problematic. We<br>
> >> > cannot depend on a system of landmarks to describe locations of<br>
> >> businesses<br>
> >> > and houses.?The problem is thanks to lethargic officials in charge<br>
> >> of<br>
> >> > planning urbanization across Kenya is by and large unplanned. This<br>
> >> bell<br>
> >> > cannot be un-rung.?Some of these landmarks have deeply historical<br>
> >> knowledge.<br>
> >> > For example the NOCK stage on Haile Selassie is still called Agip.<br>
> >> Others<br>
> >> > depend on other locations.<br>
> >> > Given that Posta has a good physical presence across Nairobi why<br>
> >> shouldn't<br>
> >> > they undertake their own initiative to map the physical location<br>
> >> of their<br>
> >> > customers? It would be folly to depend on City Councils more<br>
> >> preoccupied<br>
> >> in<br>
> >> > throwing chairs. In any case, Posta should be doing KYC anyway.<br>
> >> > This would yield valuable information that would not only aid in<br>
> >> their<br>
> >> > operations but can also be exposed to end users and consumers either<br>
> >> > directly or via some sort of API for courier companies to build<br>
> >> solutions<br>
> >> > around receipt and dispatch.<br>
> >> > Given also that Posta has a large fleet of vehicles and physical<br>
> >> presence<br>
> >> > across Kenya a model of physical delivery of goods is one they<br>
> >> should be<br>
> >> > able to easily step into and compete favourably with the likes of<br>
> >> DHL.<br>
> >> > In a nutshell this will yield the following opportunities<br>
> >> > - Fostering of an e-commerce industry in kenya with a closed buyer-<br>
> >> seller<br>
> >> > loop (that is currently very open,hindering the same)<br>
> >> > - Partnering with e-comerce businesses, a new revenue stream<br>
> >> > - Increased business in the parcel delivery & courier sector,<br>
> >> increased<br>
> >> > revenue stream<br>
> >> > - Enhanced productivity, since with mapped customers routes and<br>
> >> deliveries<br>
> >> > can be optimized, saving costs<br>
> >> > - Sale of data - other couriers and businesses can pay for access<br>
> >> to this<br>
> >> > data, a new revenue stream<br>
> >> > - Fostering development of B2B systems - with an API anyone can<br>
> >> access<br>
> >> this<br>
> >> > data programatically (for a fee) and use this platform to build<br>
> >> additional<br>
> >> > solutions, a new revenue stream<br>
> >> > Everyone is a winner!<br>
> >> > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Odhiambo Washington<br>
> >> <<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com">odhiambo@gmail.com</a><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > wrote:<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Rad! <<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>><br>
> >> wrote:<br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>> If Posta was serious about remaining relevant they would grasp the<br>
> >> >>> opportunity to develop and run a physical addressing system for<br>
> >> Kenya.<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> @Rad!,<br>
> >> >> The physical addressing system: Isn't this the same thing that<br>
> >> Kanjo<br>
> >> >> already started, albeit so badly? If Kanjo's was the pilot<br>
> >> project for<br>
> >> >> Kenya, then I must say it's awful. It may not be surprising that<br>
> >> some<br>
> >> >> officials from Kanjo went for overseas trips to learn how the<br>
> >> physical<br>
> >> >> addressing+Post Codes is supposed to be done, only to come and do<br>
> >> an<br>
> >> awful<br>
> >> >> one for Nairobi!<br>
> >> >> I think that "physical addressing == Post Codes", right? Can this<br>
> >> be done<br>
> >> >> by Posta without involving the Kanjo's of other towns in Kenya?<br>
> >> With the<br>
> >> >> poor infrastructure that we have in this country, I still wonder<br>
> >> how<br>
> >> Posta<br>
> >> >> would deliver mail to my rural home, when I cannot even drive there<br>
> >> myself,<br>
> >> >> because the govt expects me to build the roads I need to use!<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> --<br>
> >> >> Best regards,<br>
> >> >> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>
> >> >> Nairobi,KE<br>
> >> >> +254733744121/+254722743223<br>
> >> >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<br>
> >> >> Damn!!<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
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> >> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:21:47 +0300<br>
> >> From: Paul Kukubo ICT Board <<a href="mailto:pkukubo@ict.go.ke">pkukubo@ict.go.ke</a>><br>
> >> To: "<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> >> Subject: [kictanet] Outsourcing, a perspective following Obama's India<br>
> >> visit<br>
> >> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:3A3A946B-3959-4960-9643-61DFBA74EF67@ict.go.ke">3A3A946B-3959-4960-9643-61DFBA74EF67@ict.go.ke</a>><br>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>
> >><br>
> >> Listers<br>
> >><br>
> >> The following article appears in the Wall Street Journal. Two points<br>
> >> of note for our reflection upon as Kenya.<br>
> >><br>
> >> 1. Labour supply shifting to small and medium sized businesses<br>
> >> globally. Kenyan talent providers can enhance their participation in<br>
> >> talent websites like <a href="http://freelancer.com" target="_blank">freelancer.com</a> to promote and sell their<br>
> >> services directly.<br>
> >> 2. On some services, India can deliver the project at a 10th of US<br>
> >> prices for the same quality. The India US dependency is very high<br>
> >> even among small businesses in the US which depend on Indian labour<br>
> >> to provide basic IT services. This is an opportunity for Kenya.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Enjoy the read...<br>
> >><br>
> >> The Obama Visit: An Outsourcer?s Perspective<br>
> >><br>
> >> Article<br>
> >> Comments<br>
> >> INDIA REAL TIME HOME PAGE ?<br>
> >> EmailPrintPermalink<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> + More<br>
> >> Text<br>
> >> By Arlene Chang<br>
> >><br>
> >> Outsourcing has been a major political whipping boy between the U.S.<br>
> >> and India in recent months but U.S. President Barack Obama and<br>
> >> Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh both tried to quell the<br>
> >> controversy in remarks before the press Monday. Mr. Obama said<br>
> >> outsourcing was the subject of stereotyping in the U.S. which has to<br>
> >> be updated and Mr. Singh said India was not in the business of<br>
> >> stealing American jobs.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Matt Barrie is chief executive of Freelancer.com, an online<br>
> >> marketplace that connects businesses looking to outsource work with<br>
> >> service providers, many of them in India. The site has 1.9 million<br>
> >> members. He talked to India Real Time?s Arlene Chang about his view<br>
> >> of the U.S., India and outsourcing. Here are edited excerpts.<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Freelancer.com<br>
> >> Matt Barrie, chief executive Freelancer.com<br>
> >> IRT: As head of one of the largest outsourcing websites, you must<br>
> >> have a view on outsourcing of jobs?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Mr. Barrie: We were founded in 2004 and since then, our two primary<br>
> >> markets have been the U.S. and India ? expectedly. Of the employers<br>
> >> posting jobs, 90% of those jobs come from the U.S. and of the jobs<br>
> >> being completed 90% are done by Indians.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I do not see this as Indians taking away jobs from the Americans or<br>
> >> outsourcing as being a bad thing.<br>
> >><br>
> >> If anything, this has been a tremendously good exchange. You have<br>
> >> about 25 million small businesses in the U.S. and each of them needs<br>
> >> people to help run and sustain their businesses. But they may not<br>
> >> necessarily have the money or budget to do it through normal<br>
> >> channels. Here, the service providers, a majority of which in the<br>
> >> case of <a href="http://freelancer.com" target="_blank">freelancer.com</a> are Indians, are providing those businesses<br>
> >> with the services they want within their desired cost.<br>
> >><br>
> >> IRT: Is it a stereotype in the U.S. that India takes away American<br>
> >> jobs?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Mr. Barrie: It is a stereotype but the stereotype is actually<br>
> >> contradictory. Most of our members seeking services are small and<br>
> >> medium-sized businesses and each one of them needs to, for example,<br>
> >> get itself a website and maintain it. This need is not necessarily<br>
> >> met by the supply available within the U.S.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Small businesses are always thinking of getting their things done<br>
> >> for a lesser cost, they need to be constantly cost effective. The<br>
> >> service providers on our website provide those services to them at a<br>
> >> fraction of the cost. This enables small and medium-sized companies<br>
> >> to cut costs, become more competitive, and thus helps them grow<br>
> >> their business ? all of which in turn helps the U.S. economy. As we<br>
> >> talk, there are a tremendous number of jobs being created in the<br>
> >> U.S. just, say, in internet businesses, whose back-office operations<br>
> >> are being supported by outsourced hires.<br>
> >><br>
> >> IRT: What are the statistics for the outsourcing exchange on your<br>
> >> website?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Mr. Barrie: Since we started in 2004, we have completed around<br>
> >> 850,000 projects and seen $67.41 million traded. Of the 1.9 million<br>
> >> users we have, 400,000 of them are from India and are service<br>
> >> providers. A similar number are service seekers from the U.S. The<br>
> >> average cost of a job through our website is less than $200. So, as<br>
> >> an example, if someone wants to build a website for their business<br>
> >> they would normally have to pay about $2,000 in the U.S. to get that<br>
> >> job done. On <a href="http://freelancer.com" target="_blank">freelancer.com</a>, we have people who do the job for $200.<br>
> >> That?s one tenth of the actual cost. The U.S. is the largest poster<br>
> >> of jobs for us and India has the largest pool of service providers,<br>
> >> but India is also a significant employer. After the U.S., U.K.,<br>
> >> Australia and Canada, it is India that posts the highest number of<br>
> >> jobs that need to be done.<br>
> >><br>
> >> IRT: What is the future of the outsourcing industry globally?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Mr. Barrie: I think the next five years are going to be extremely<br>
> >> interesting. Labor markets are always in flux and while the big<br>
> >> businesses are doing the bulk of trade, there is already a<br>
> >> fundamental shift in the amount and direction of labor supply. A<br>
> >> huge amount of that labor supply is shifting to small and medium-<br>
> >> sized businesses globally and as that happens there is going to be a<br>
> >> revolution in places like India.<br>
> >><br>
> >> If a person wants to start their own small business, all they have<br>
> >> to do is go online and get someone who can get up a website for them<br>
> >> and manage it ? all this done on a shoestring budget.<br>
> >><br>
> >> With more such businesses coming into being, there will be more work<br>
> >> and the jobs not available previously will be out there. I think the<br>
> >> off-shoring of the work of small and medium-sized businesses is<br>
> >> going to provide an unparalleled opportunity for the U.S. and India,<br>
> >> helping U.S. businesses in being more competitive and helping<br>
> >> Indians get jobs that were not previously available.<br>
> >><br>
> >> IRT: What do you make of President Obama?s statement in Mumbai<br>
> >> Saturday on there being a stereotype in the U.S. about outsourcing<br>
> >> to India?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Mr. Barrie: I think a lot of what he said is rhetoric. He is in a<br>
> >> politically different situation now after having lost the mid-term<br>
> >> elections back home. I think he is pandering to the Indian-American<br>
> >> vote bank back home when he said that, when he goes back to the<br>
> >> U.S., he wants to be able to tell his countrymen that India has in<br>
> >> fact created 50,000 jobs for America.<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Ends<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Paul Kukubo<br>
> >><br>
> >> CEO, Kenya ICT Board<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
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