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Went through the report and have following observations<br>
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<li>ICT budget which is said to have been preset by the government
at 0.3% of the organizational budget- isn't this too little
considering IT is a heavy spender.</li>
<li>Lack of an elaborate disaster recovery business systems even
with all those branches interconnected by fiber.</li>
<li>The PCK branch network is a gold mine, they just need to build
confidence and all the financial services agencies go to them. I
was surprised in my recent visit upcountry to discover that
Equity is already using shopkeeper as agents in small shopping
centers where you can deposit as well as withdraw money. With
PCK branch network they would be the best to offer these
services.<br>
</li>
<li>The potential to act as government agency to do tasks like
helping in filling of forms by citizens and their delivery to
government, collecting tax on behalf of government, delivering
title deeds as someone suggested.</li>
<li>Poor labeling of houses, estates and buildings is not an
excuse anymore for failure to offer door to door deliveries as
there new technologies to solve that are already there like
Google maps, GIS systems and of course the cheap calling rates
as a result of mobile telephony. If you consider DHL for example
they call you once they receive your documents to confirm where
to deliver them and they have delivered my documents safely in
my office whenever I have imported a car. In any case they could
start small with offices and then move to homes latter. Nothing
stops them from doing that. </li>
</ul>
my thoughts<br>
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On 7/7/2011 4:18 PM, robert yawe wrote:
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<div>Hi Listers,</div>
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<div>After the mention of IBM I searched online for the report
and found it on the KICT website <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ict.go.ke/IBMTalentStudy/Postal%20Corporation%20of%20Kenya%20Strategic%20directions%20for%20a%20new%20era.pdf">http://www.ict.go.ke/IBMTalentStudy/Postal%20Corporation%20of%20Kenya%20Strategic%20directions%20for%20a%20new%20era.pdf</a></div>
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<div>Please read the report and give your comments and
observations. The report makes interest reading and confirms
that PCK is still viable, unfortunately they come short of
saying that the problem stems from the top and instead
concentrate on line management.</div>
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</div>
<div>It is also unfortunate that if I asked to be given access
to a government entity like was given to IBM, my request would
be definitely be denied. </div>
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<div>This is very telling of the attitude that we have of our
own capabilities, with a couple of you experts out there we
would have produced a more comprehensive report of what ails
PCK and offer more home grown solutions.</div>
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</div>
<div>Regards<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
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<div> <b><span>From:</span></b> Odhiambo Washington
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com"><odhiambo@gmail.com></a><br>
<b><span>To:</span></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>
<b><span>Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"><kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke></a><br>
<b><span>Sent:</span></b> Thu, 7 July, 2011 11:58:06<br>
<b><span>Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post
Master General - Aluta Continua<br>
<br>
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<div>On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 08:38, Crystal Watley Kigoni <span><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:crystal@voicesofafrica.org">crystal@voicesofafrica.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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And when you become PMG, Yawe please change how
customs deals with packages and the corruption there.
I asked people from the States to stop sending
packages for myself and the NGO because even though
they were NOT for resale we were being charged up to
50 percent of an imaginary retail value (usually the
highest price to be found on the internet). It became
more expensive for me to clear items than it was<br>
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@Crystal,<br>
<br>
The next stop for the big changes after Yawe become PMG
would be Customs/KRA. The outfit is so draconian so much
that you'd think you are an alien from outer space when
you've got to deal with them. They are so secretive about
the way they conduct themselves, like using threats to
create fear in you, and push you into a corner. Their
ultimate aim is to get you to grease their hands --
somehow.<br>
KRA/Customs MUST be reformed to become transparent to the
citizens. They must be clear on the tax schedule (I mean a
list detailing the categories of items and the tax levied
on them), which should be published for public scrutiny.
This idea of googling prices should never arise. There are
times you find a Customs officer trying to force you to
believe that a CCTV camera is a camcorder!<br>
KRA/Customs must also respect the citizens. They so far
behave like the Police, who always think (mistakenly) that
they are God, forgetting who their employer is.<br>
<br>
Maybe our "PMG" should also handle the Customs docket!<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Best regards,<br>
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>
Nairobi,KE<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true">+254733744121</a>/<a
moz-do-not-send="true">+254722743223</a><br>
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I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.<br>
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lang="EN-US">Please consider the environment before
printing this email. </span><br>
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