Daktari,<br><br>You have not talked about prosecution of grand corruption which is where Kenya has failed as a state.<br><br>How do we deal with parastatal chiefs / boards which bought properties (grabbed by their political allies to sell to parastatals at exorbitant prices) -- increasing real estate property prices? This happened before NARC come into power. So this has little to do with the property prices increases over the past 5 years.<br>
<br>If young men in major towns and cities do not have sports grounds to relieve some stress in, what to do? Do we just open more bars?<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:29 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Grace,<br>
I shall try to respond.<br>
<br>
Q: Murigi had raised the concern of how the billions returned annually to<br>
<div class="im">the Treasury could be utilized to provide social goods and services, and<br>
would be possible to set aside 1.5 % of the budget for ICTs?<br>
<br>
</div>A: We need not return monies that have already been set a side for<br>
specific projects. Most of these are either loans or donor funds that are<br>
tied to a specific project. Most of these projects have conditionalties<br>
that do not make sense even in the best of times. "Candidates" Ndemo will<br>
suspend all donor funds that we did not solicit for. You will be shocked<br>
to learn that in some projects you have several competing funds. One good<br>
example is KEMSA. Even if you get the best logistics expert you will<br>
still be innefficient since there are more than 600 donors with their own<br>
conditionalities. It will be much easier to manage things within your own<br>
capacities and avoid running around trying to please every donor. We had<br>
a similar problem in ICT but we said if something does not meet our<br>
projected priorities, we do not want the money. This paid off and you<br>
begin to see logic on what we are trying to do.<br>
<br>
Some donors give aid even when you do not want it then tie it to<br>
conditionalities that will take many months to meet. Further we need to<br>
change the procurement law. Specifically, we need to punish losers who<br>
bring frivoulous appeals that delay implementation. Such suppliers should<br>
be made to pay costs of delaying the project if they lose. We also need<br>
to reduce tender process period. It takes up to six months sometimes to<br>
complete a donor funded procurement process. By the time you begin<br>
implementation you are returning the money. There are also contractors<br>
who do not meet timelines hoping to hurry up the accounting officers to<br>
pay in order to avoid pending bills.<br>
<br>
<br>
Q: Harry Delano to comment on how ICTs be utilized to help confront<br>
tribal and racial profiling.<br>
<br>
A: I have responded to this a number of times. We have begun the process<br>
of developing a public key infrastructure (PKI) that will give every<br>
citizen a unique ID that even used in itself can be a good identifier.<br>
With such infrastructure we do not have to use names that automatically<br>
starts the profile of the citizen.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
George Nyabuga requested for an update on digital migration process. His<br>
questions were:<br>
1. What is the progress on the migration from analogue to digital? Will<br>
the country meet the deadline for the migration?<br>
<br>
</div>A: We have made significant progress and for sure we shall meet the<br>
deadline as promissed.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
2. Has the government released enough funding for the process? How much is<br>
required,and what has the government released?<br>
<br>
</div>A: We have given KBC Ksh. 600 million for the project. They are about to<br>
launch DVBT2 in some parts of the country. This should happen before the<br>
end of the year and we should cover at least 70% of the country by June.<br>
Northern Kenya and other remaining parts will be served via sattelite or<br>
DTH. This means that the entire country will indeed have access to<br>
Digital TV by end of June.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
3. What is the state of digital media uptake in Kenya at the moment?<br>
<br>
</div>A: We slowed down the uptake of DVBT since the technology had changed but<br>
we should get back to an aggressive programme of promoting DVBT2.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
4. What is the position of KBC as far as digitization is concerned?<br>
<br>
</div>A: KBC through its subsidiary Signet is the only current signal<br>
distributor and as stated, we should be ready by June.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
5. Will the public service obligation of KBC change?<br>
<br>
</div>A: No. We shall even improve on the existing programs since we shall<br>
have more resourses. Here I really want help with especially educational<br>
content or edutainment programs. We are in a sorry state with respect to<br>
content as we unlease more resources. George, this is where the<br>
Universities need to come in as a revenue stream. I will donate my time<br>
to content development advisory.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
6. What ‘public service’ obligation will commercial media have any under<br>
the digital regime?<br>
<br>
</div>A: We have always wanted commercial broadcsters to dedicate at least one<br>
minute every hour to public service. We can use that minute to promote<br>
peace for example and many other social interventions.<br>
<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
<br>
Ndemo.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
><br>
> Listers<br>
><br>
> Again, there are requests to allow 'Candidate" Ndemo to continue engaging<br>
> with listers. We have consulted and considering that some concerns raised<br>
> are important, we are now extending it to August 31, 2011. Please raise<br>
> your concerns within this extension period.<br>
><br>
> And now to "Candidate Ndemo". Could you kindly respond the following<br>
> issues raised by listers?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Murigi had raised the concern of how the billions returned annually to the<br>
> Treasury could be utilized to provide social goods and services, and<br>
> would be possible to set aside 1.5 % of the budget for ICTs?<br>
><br>
> Harry Delano to comment on how ICTs be utilized to help confront tribal<br>
> and racial profiling.<br>
><br>
> George Nyabuga requested for an update on digital migration process. His<br>
> questions were:<br>
> 1. What is the progress on the migration from analogue to digital? Will<br>
> the country meet the deadline for the migration?<br>
> 2. Has the government released enough funding for the process? How much is<br>
> required, and what has the government released?<br>
> 3. What is the state of digital media uptake in Kenya at the moment?<br>
> 4. What is the position of KBC as far as digitization is concerned?<br>
> 5. Will the public service obligation of KBC change?<br>
> 6. What ‘public service’ obligation will commercial media have any under<br>
> the digital regime?<br>
><br>
><br>
> And finally in response to Yawe’s concerns on the Somali community, could<br>
> you kindly go ahead and elaborate on the economic implications of the<br>
> issue?<br>
><br>
> Kind Regards<br>
> GG<br>
><br>
><br>
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>> From: <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a><br>
>> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:10:27 +0000<br>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Xenophobia<br>
>> CC: <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a><br>
>><br>
>> Harry,<br>
>> Examine Robert's logic through his metaphor of how long a cow takes to<br>
>> die out of hunger. If he meant that we should have seen it coming then<br>
>> he is a master of contradiction.<br>
>><br>
>> What is happening around Lake Victoria must be stopped. If indeed this<br>
>> were businessmen, then they need not spend money to silencing<br>
>> politicians. Infact some politicians speak like Robert. "Our people are<br>
>> lazy". This is a grave matter. We cannot fight poverty by telling our<br>
>> people to compete in a 200 meter race when the vistors are starting at<br>
>> 100 meter spot (Capital unlimited) and we cannot vouch on the sources of<br>
>> their immense financial strength.<br>
>><br>
>> The impact of excess liquidity in the market affects everyone through<br>
>> inflation and inflated property prices as well as rent. You do not need<br>
>> an economist to tell you this.<br>
>><br>
>> I do not blame Robert's puritanical reaction. This is typical of us when<br>
>> we fail to look at a global picture. If it wasn't the fact that the<br>
>> official "campaign" is over I would have spent more time on the economic<br>
>> implications of the issue at hand.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Ndemo.<br>
>><br>
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