<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 style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">McTim,</div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">You should have raised that issue over 4 months ago when the Kenya ICT Board invited interested parties to send a proposal for the development of ICT incubators. </div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Just like with chicken egg incubators you cannot have too many, every year our institutions of higher learning pour out thousands of graduates who need somewhere to develop their skills. An incubator only hatches the chicks after that they are supposed to take in new eggs. If the chicks are allowed to stay in the incubator then it purpose and objective are defeated.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">As had been indicated the funding was to come from the World Bank or some other donor. What do you suggest that the KICT Board should do with those funds?</div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new
roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> Can you please also furnish us with some of the ICT incubators in Kenya and also some information on their success cases? I believe many of us on this list would love to visit them to see how they are doing, its possible we are </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">harassing</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> KICTB yet they have done a study and realised that we do not need any more incubators, but at the least they should share that information and that is what is being raised in this post.</font></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Regards<br><br></div><font class="Apple-style-span"
face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Robert Yawe</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">KAY System Technologies Ltd</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Phoenix House, 6th Floor</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Kenya</font><br><br><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">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> McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 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> Mon, 7 February, 2011 14:14:24<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest<br></font><br>Hi,<br><br>We already have several ICT incubators. I'm not sure that there is<br>enough biz to keep all the existent ones going let alone 2 new ones<br>(InfoDev and ICT board).<br><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br><br><br>On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Edwin Onchari <<a ymailto="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com"
href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com">eonchari@lynxbits.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I followed up on Paul as well on the same day, later in the evening, and not<br>> even an acknowledgement to that end. The least they can do is have an update<br>> on the KICTB site<br>><br>><br>><br>> From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=<a ymailto="mailto:lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=<a ymailto="mailto:lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] On<br>> Behalf Of Harry Karanja<br>> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 12:57 PM<br>> To: Edwin<br>> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'<br>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions of interest<br>><br>><br>><br>> I had raised the same issue a week or so back to Paul
Kukubo of the ICT<br>> board through this list. He promised to give feedback on the same.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Harry Karanja n Director n SoftLaw Limited n Genius Executive Centre n 15th<br>> Floor View Park Towers n Utalii Lane n Nairobi CBD n Tel: +254 20 342 225<br>><br>><br>><br>> From: kictanet-bounces+kairo=<a ymailto="mailto:softlaw.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:softlaw.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">softlaw.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kairo=<a ymailto="mailto:softlaw.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:softlaw.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">softlaw.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] On Behalf<br>> Of robert yawe<br>> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 11:58 AM<br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:kairo@softlaw.co.ke" href="mailto:kairo@softlaw.co.ke">kairo@softlaw.co.ke</a><br>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>> Subject: [kictanet] ICT incubator - Expressions
of interest<br>><br>><br>><br>> Hi,<br>><br>><br>><br>> Anyone aware of whether this issue has progressed beyond the placing of the<br>> advert and if so who have been short-listed to move to the next level?<br>><br>><br>><br>> Regards<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>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kictanet mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>><br>> This message was sent to: <a
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