<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>Egypt is a major IT and Global services provider in Africa. Indeed IBM recently opened a major outsourcing delivery centre. Shutting off the Internet and cell phone provision sends signals that your business continuity is not guaranteed. At the moment we have many IT friends in Egypt and therefore must watch it closely. Egypt has been building up strong skills sets in SAP, Microsoft and Oracle based engineers, supporting outsourcing in this space.</div><div><br></div><div>The events in the north africa and the middle East demand our attention because outsourcing decision makers can go two ways;</div><div><br></div><div>1. The decide we are all risky as countries and become more cautious. </div><div>2. Decide to spread their risks. Here we can then position ourselves.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Paul Kukubo</div><div>CEO Kenya ICT Board</div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 29 Jan 2011, at 12:16, "Edwin Onchari" <<a href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com">eonchari@lynxbits.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Washington,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I agree with you. While a fairly internet savvy and informed individual as myself and you are able to read and understand the law and what rights accrue to us, majority of Kenyans do not. Our Police (and to a great extent because of the horrid conditions under which they serve) have taken advantage of this to extort Kenyans. The Mututho law in principle is meant to protect us, but how it is being enforced is what I question. That said, how can we harness the power of ICT to change that?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Edwin<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Odhiambo Washington [mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> Edwin Onchari<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] what is the role of ICT in in governance<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Edwin Onchari <<a href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com"><a href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com">eonchari@lynxbits.com</a></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-style:normal">Hi Listers,</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-style:normal"> </span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-style:normal">Anyone have suggestions on how ICT can/should protect Kenyans from the “overzealous” Kenyan Police? esp, from punitive and to my personal opinion, “not well thought through laws “ like the “Mututho” law? These cops/crooks are extorting Kenyans!!</span></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Maybe ICT can protect you, but the surest way is to ensure that you first understand the law itself.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">So we need to identify what loopholes are there for the cops to abuse and address them. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254733744121/+254722743223<br>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <br>Damn!!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>This message was sent to: <a href="mailto:pkukubo@ict.go.ke"><a href="mailto:pkukubo@ict.go.ke">pkukubo@ict.go.ke</a></a></span><br><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pkukubo%40ict.go.ke"><a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pkukubo%40ict.go.ke">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pkukubo%40ict.go.ke</a></a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>