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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">Dear Listers</font><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">Further to our earlier announcement about the Vision 2030 discussion, we can now confirm that Mr. Mugo Kibati will be available to field questions for four days starting <b><u>Tuesday December 13 to Friday 16 December, 2011. </u></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.6pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">Considering that vision 2030 talks very little about ICTs, we will title the debate </span><b style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><i>Vision 2030 Discussion - ICT & Other sectors</i> (</b><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">thanks to Harry Delano).</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.6pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "> </span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">The debate will be structured along the following themes:</span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span class="ecxapple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "> </span></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><b><u>Day 1 Tuesday December 13, 2011</u></b></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">We will focus on the V<b>ision</b> and the <b>Foundations of the vision 2030</b>. </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Vision: </span><a href="http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/vision" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto; cursor: pointer; ">http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/vision</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto; "> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: justify; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">Foundations of vision 2030: <a href="http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars/index/macro_enablers" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; ">http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars/index/macro_enablers</a> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><b><u><br></u></b></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><b><u>Day 2 Wednesday December 14, 2011</u></b></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><br></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">We will start looking at the the three pillars that underpin the vision.</span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">The first one will be the Economic pillar (tourism, agriculture, trade, Informed technology enabled services etc.) <a href="http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; ">http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars</a> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><u>Day 3 Thursday December 15, 2011</u></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><br></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">Social pillar (education, health, gender and youth, social development etc. </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><a href="http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars/index/social" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; ">http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars/index/social</a> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><u>Day 4 Friday December 15, 2011</u></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><br></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">Political pillar (rule of law, electoral and political processes, transparency and accountability etc). <a href="http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars/index/political" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; ">http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars/index/political</a> </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><br></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">Listers, there is also a special request to you that<b> <u>for the four days</u>, we dedicate this list to the debate of Vision 2030. </b>We could then resume/continue with other issues thereafter. </span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Arial, sans-serif">E-see you on Tuesday next week. </font></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13.85pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2a2a2a" face="Arial, sans-serif">Enjoy Jamhuri weekend and have your questions ready on the vision and the foundations :)</font></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; 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