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Good idea.</div>
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On Monday, November 07, 2011 1:35 PM, "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:</div>
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Dear Listers,<br />
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Suspect it is going to take 15-20 years before Kenyan counties become like 60% effective in the utilization of funds.<br />
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When KES 150 Billion (15% of a KES 1 Trillion budget) is devolved to 47 counties, each county (factoring populations in each) will get at least KES 2.5B per annum.<br />
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In 5 years this is at least KES 12.5 Billion per county.<br />
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With 40% (of KES 2.5B = KES 1B) to be lost per annum lost through mismanagement and theft, we MUST legislate / create posts of County Chief Information Officers.<br />
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The CIO should head a committee of at least 5 people from different "constituencies" in each county to be accountable for the deployment of Information systems and services.<br />
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A technically literate person / committee responsible to to make sure basic (accounting and project management) reporting systems are in place in each county within 2-3 years.<br />
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Have looked at hundreds of pages of past US tenders / requirements in the past two weeks regarding Information and Collaboration systems and I am confident we are locally able to deploy the same standards / products. We just need to make sure we keep people who live in technical and ethical darkness out of County IT Committees.<br />
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In the US, 2007 ICT budgets range from 3% for Government up to 8% (in the finance and education sectors) per anuum<br />
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<a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-571-generating-business-value-from-information-technology-spring-2009/lecture-notes/MIT15_571s09_lec21.pdf">http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-571-generating-business-value-from-information-technology-spring-2009/lecture-notes/MIT15_571s09_lec21.pdf</a><br />
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A good gauge of the quality of an IT Manager/ Director is projects deployed well (enough to CONVENIENTLY provide required business intelligence or transparency) under their watch in the private of public sector.<br />
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This has more to do with work ethics + practical experience or knowledge / certification.. NOT the outdated academics that are over-emphasized in Kenya.<br />
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It seems to take a good IT Professional in Kenya, 2-3 years to convince ignorant Business Executives, Organizational Leaders and Public Officials to deploy basic Information Systems.<br />
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Which kind of companies were contracted under their watch? Were local skills developed and certified in their department / organization?<br />
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Typically an IT Manager / Director oppressed with very low budgets (or needing a cut in the budget), cannot deliver Quality Network, Computing and Information services.<br />
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What kind of CIO do you want in your County?<br />
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