<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>Hi,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">A while ago I raised the issue of why we in the technology industry need to become a strong constituency if we are to make a difference and go beyond rhetoric to action. </div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">That outburst was brought about by the fact that I was unable to participate in the elections for governor of the ICT Sector at KePSA because I had no supporting organisation as CSK had lapsed in its
membership. As a result the late </font>Evelyn Rono<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> had to offer herself for re-election as the governor even though she had wanted to step down so as to concentrate on her activities at the board level of KePSA.</font></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Now as I write this, as a sector, we do not have independent representation on the board of KePSA, at the next election to replace Evelyn I and many other independent candidates will not be able to participate as we have no sponsoring organisation. The sector will likely be led by a partisan player from on of the large vendors in the industry thereby leaving us voiceless.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div
style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">After reading an article recently about the Pirate Party, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Parties_International, I am re-energised and realise that we can make our presence felt if we have the will to do so as we have the technology to act differently from the traditional politician.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I know it is possible as before the censors I participated in the tribeKenya initiative which consisted of less than 20 people yet we got the ministry of planning to change the form and include a category called Kenya for tribe and from the censors results 620,000 homesteads indicated their tribe as Kenya. Assuming each homestead has 5 members that give us a population of 3.1 Million
which means we qualify as the 48th County and the 1st to go virtual, which this space.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Back to us, do we have what it takes to stand and be counted as we make this great country better for ourselves and the future generations?</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Regards</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">PS. Can CSK please run a recruitment campaign to raise its membership contributions so as to meet its obligations at KePSA.</div><div
style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696</div></div></body></html>