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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am alarmed that the statement that Kenya has come to be known as an ICT powerhouse largely through the hard working efforts of the private sector. This cannot be correct? The private sector has played a major role yes. But how far would they have gone if the government sat on its hands? We should point out where the problems are. Blanket condemnation is not the way to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To succeed, all the sectors, akin to all parts of an engine, must fire well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eric Aligula Magolo, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Programmes Coordinator & Ag. Head, Infrastructure and Economic Services Division<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>P.O. Box 56445, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya<br>Telephone: +254-20-2719933/4<br>Fax: +254-20-2719951<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:jairah@kippra.or.ke"><i><span style='color:black'>jairah@kippra.or.ke</span></i></a><br>URL: <a href="http://www.kippra.org/"><i><span style='color:black'>www.kippra.org</span></i></a><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=137 height=122 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCA9E4.CE232870" alt="Description: http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/315921_2204829722683_1305583717_32015056_8138703_n.jpg"></span><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Proudly Kenyan, Kenyan by Nature!</span></i></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility……….I welcome it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John F. Kennedy <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“To allow other people’s assessment of you to determine your own self-assessment is a very big mistake” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Columbia University President Lee Bollinger<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory, nor defeat."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Theodore Roosevelt</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"Ex Africa semper aliquid novi"<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“Per aspera ad astra!”</span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet-bounces+jairah=kippra.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+jairah=kippra.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>[ Brainiac ]<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> Eric Aligula<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Speed Cameras<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I think @robert it is this monster, vested interests or whatever is causing such issues to come up that is causing us to lag behind in ICT especially governance. Kenya has come to be known as an ICT powerhouse largely through the hard working efforts of the private sector, I feel the government as a unit needs to do something to make the environment more friendly for private sector participation... yes? no?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:40 PM, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>So long us we cannot even activate all the street lights on Uhuru Highway we will never get rid of the policeman.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>You can tell from some of the posts by Dr. Ndemo that even he has raised his hands in surrender, the best way to move some of this agendas forward is to get those directly affected such as insurance company to spearhead.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>I am collocating a PRPS who is providing data to the police and TLB inspectors on TLB licenses, he is currently being fought by KRA, Treasury, KICTB and GITS. With such resistance what chance do we really have to get technology to provide solutions on the public sector?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> [ Brainiac ] <<a href="mailto:arebacollins@gmail.com" target="_blank">arebacollins@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 10:25<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Speed Cameras<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>@robert it is this third component that i am proposing we eliminate by my proposal. I bet it will bring sanity because it pinches where it hurts, in the pocket. Imagine a matatu making 100k in a month and paying a fine of 200k.... <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:01 AM, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Dennis,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>You forget the 3rd component on our roads, policemen.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Dennis Kioko <<a href="mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Sunday, 20 November 2011, 20:34<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Speed Cameras<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>A peculiar observation about Mombasa Road, when we have dignitaries flying in the morning, there is no traffic.Does this mean that traffic is ignored on other days as not being critical? <br><br>A recent article on Business Week says roundabouts are developed to eliminate traffic light delays making traffic flow faster. How comes this is not the case in Kenya, and why do we have both lights and roundabouts?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">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><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br><br>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">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>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/arebacollins%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/arebacollins%40gmail.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br><br>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='background:#EDF1F7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:3.75pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great <b>political </b>importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate <b>power</b>, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate <b>power</b> against democracy”</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:3.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~ Alex Carey ~<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:3.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel No: 0x2af23696<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='background:#EDF1F7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:3.75pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great <b>political </b>importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate <b>power</b>, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate <b>power</b> against democracy”</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~ Alex Carey ~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel No: 0x2af23696<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>