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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ladies and gentlemen…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We seem to be going off on a tangent. Do we call for a cessation of hostilities…?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Practically speaking, and if we are to be honest to ourselves, this list has and indeed continue to cover a diverse <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>range of topics of such immense informative, educative, inspirational, etc – value to every one of us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For instance;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Did anyone just see an informative post earlier on from Washington, regarding the Southern Bypass..?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is it of value to anyone on this list, and beyond. Can it save lives…?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Has it been informative to anyone, and is there anything to be thankful about for being informed…?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Can ICT be part of the solution, to these kind of challenges that face us..?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If anyone would answer yes, to anyone of the questions above, then let’s be sincere to each other and avoid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>burying our heads in the sand like the proverbial ostrich…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrea Bohnstedt<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 09, 2011 12:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] The Word for Your Soul<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>My point isn't religion. I'm all for religious freedom, and I don't aspire to a USSR/North Korea state of affairs. But I have subscribed to this list for ICT issues. If I wanted bible excerpts, or any other religious texts, or celebrity gossip, or descriptions of yoga postures, or information on dog breeds, I'd go somewhere else. <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 9 December 2011 11:35, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <<a href="mailto:solo.mburu@gmail.com">solo.mburu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Muraya, you forgot to mention that twitter has a new interface -<br>another avenue for highlighting our issues.<br>Liz, well, I find it relative, for our redemprion is near - the cost<br>of internet + voice calls will drop soon, the time it takes to<br>register a company will be just 36 HRS, firms which are selling data<br>will be bound by SLA and KPLC will either have a (non-state)<br>competitor or be providing services as it should.<br>By the way, how far is the digital switch going on?<br><br>Andrea, religious issues can sometimes lead to people fighting, but<br>hey, they remain part of our lives - sometimes as they say, a change<br>is as good as a rest (for just a moment), and thus rest my case.<br><br>Siku njema.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On 09/12/2011, S.M. Muraya <<a href="mailto:murigi.muraya@gmail.com">murigi.muraya@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Seriously, Mc Tim is right...no God allowed... Like in the USSR or North<br>> Korea :)<br>><br>> No dog / social club / gansta rap too? These are other off topics that have<br>> been noted in the past -- but there were never any complaints :)<br>><br>> Anyway, PS Ndemo<br>><br>> FaceBook is where most nice people hangout.<br>><br>> Google+ is currently more ideological / technocratic.<br>><br>> Last I checked, Google+ had about 5% of the FaceBook population / niceties<br>> + noise.<br>><br>> If you want reach -- go FaceBook.... If you want ideologues / to be more<br>> technocratic -- Google+<br>><br>> Waiting for you on Google+.<br>><br>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Lizette Kraft <<a href="mailto:lfkraft@gmail.com">lfkraft@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> To All Listers.<br>>><br>>> My apologies for sending the email. I never do send anything religious.<br>>> just thought a for a word of encouragement. No offence meant to anyone.<br>>><br>>> Again my sincere apologies.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Andrea Bohnstedt <<br>>> <a href="mailto:andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com">andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> Right guys. Could we stick to vaguely ICT-related topics, pretty please?<br>>>><br>>>> On 6 December 2011 19:30, Lizette Kraft <<a href="mailto:lfkraft@gmail.com">lfkraft@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> Here is the word of God for today that I felt was so appropriate to the<br>>>>> way many of us who feel so strongly about what's going on in our<br>>>>> country.<br>>>>> Let us pray with one voice, for our God is still and always will be in<br>>>>> Control. He gave us hope and we must believe that all things are<br>>>>> possible<br>>>>> in Him. It is for us to do what is right in His sight that will lift us<br>>>>> up<br>>>>> in our situations.<br>>>>><br>>>>> The word of God is power in itself.<br>>>>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> *Verse: Luke 21:28*<br>>>>><br>>>>> *Look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption (deliverance)<br>>>>> is drawing near.*<br>>>>><br>>>>> *- Sometimes things can get us down.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> - Perhaps we think that things will never change.<br>>>>> - The issue is that things do change.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> - We must look up and expect it to happen.*<br>>>>> *PRAYER: Lord, I look to You. You are my deliverer and You will make a<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> way for me. I will not be discouraged but I will lift up my head and<br>>>>> trust<br>>>>> You. Amen.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> *--<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>>>> Be blessed.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Lizette<br>>>>><br>>>>> Lizette Kraft<br>>>>> P.O. Box 18488, 00500<br>>>>> Nairobi, Kenya<br>>>>> Cell: 0722-800362<br>>>>><br>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>> kictanet mailing list<br>>>>> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">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<br>>>>> <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/andrea.bohnstedt%40ratio-magazine.com" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/andrea.bohnstedt%40ratio-magazine.com</a><br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform<br>>>>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and<br>>>>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT<br>>>>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and<br>>>>> development.<br>>>>><br>>>>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors<br>>>>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and<br>>>>> bandwidth,<br>>>>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy,<br>>>>> do<br>>>>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<br>>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> --<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>>> Andrea Bohnstedt <<a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>>> Publisher<br>>>> +254 720 960 322<br>>>><br>>>> <a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com" target="_blank">www.ratio-magazine.com</a><br>>>> Find/post East Africa<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>>> careers<<a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>>> Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>>> events<<a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Lizette Kraft<br>>> P.O. Box 18488, 00500<br>>> Nairobi, Kenya<br>>> Cell: 0722-800362<br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> kictanet mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">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<br>>> <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/murigi.muraya%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/murigi.muraya%40gmail.com</a><br>>><br>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform<br>>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and<br>>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT<br>>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and<br>>> development.<br>>><br>>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors<br>>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,<br>>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do<br>>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<br>>><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">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/andrea.bohnstedt%40ratio-magazine.com" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/andrea.bohnstedt%40ratio-magazine.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></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Andrea Bohnstedt</span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>Publisher<br>+254 720 960 322 <br><br><a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com" target="_blank">www.ratio-magazine.com</a><br></span><a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Find/post East Africa careers</span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br></span><a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business events</span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>