Depends who defines it. This is what the World Bank uses: <br><a href="http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications">http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 January 2012 16:07, Pamela <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pamela@cardiacimplants.com">pamela@cardiacimplants.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Just catching up on the blog, been going through old mail and
have been seeing how Kenya can be propelled to a middle income country, via ICT
(ICT & Vision 2030), and of course going by the excerpts of the �economists�
on the list.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Question: What is the definition of a Middle Income Country
Today?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Pamela<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">(economic consumer)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<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+pamela=<a href="mailto:cardiacimplants.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">cardiacimplants.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bpamela" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+pamela</a>=<a href="mailto:cardiacimplants.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">cardiacimplants.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Barrack Otieno<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 16, 2012 7:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pamela@cardiacimplants.com" target="_blank">pamela@cardiacimplants.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Reality-on Media<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Well said Dr. Ndemo.<br>
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Best Regards<br>
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On Sunday, January 15, 2012, �<<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>>
wrote:<br>
> Alice,<br>
> The question of media is often a tricky one. �In my view our media
has greatly matured. �Kenyans gave media freedoms and limitations in the
constitution. �No one should interfere with this. �I will assume they
are a responsible professional group. �In any case as
"President" I shall preserve and protect the constitution.<br>
><br>
> Of course technology has its impact on any professional organization but
it never negates rules of natural justice. �In England for example where
they do not have a prescriptive constitution like ours, people are being
prosecuted for their tweets. �If you recall in 2007, our diaspora brothers
and sisters indeed fueled the crisis from their comfort zones. �We hope
this time around distance does not fool them to fuel a crisis at home.<br>
><br>
> I am confident the social media will not be misused as it was in 2007.
�There are strict broadcast regulations that feeding broadcast from the
social media shall lead to dire consequences.<br>
><br>
> As a citizen I shall continue to ask media to be more analytical and do
more research in order to build this noble profession. �I am a bit
disappointed that journalists do not interrogate political statement so that
the general public can benefit.<br>
><br>
> For example, when URP stated that they are running on family values.
�Good journalism demands that the term Family be defined. �Other
questioned should have included: �What does family constitute? Is what
they mean in consonant with the African values?<br>
><br>
> Further when ODM stated that employment creation will be their platform.
�We need to know how employment will be created. �Whether an
experiment like Kazi Kwa Vijana constitute employment creation. �What
demonstratable experience we can latch on as prove of delivering these promises?<br>
><br>
> Unless media helps us to get to the bottom of these promises, we shall
find ourselves with empty rhetoric. �From when I was little politicians
promised roads, schools, water for all etc. �But even today these promises
remain a pipe dream.<br>
><br>
> We have broken street lights that cannot be repaired because there is no
trained electrician. �We have broken sewers because we have no trained
plumbers. �We import chairs from Italy as we have no carpenters. We have
broken medical equipment that we pay a fortune to get technicians from abroad.
And more. �In my own estimate we need 400,000 artisans if we need to be in
middle income country.<br>
><br>
> One of the greatest weakness of media is what they call news. �In
most cases news depends on the magnitude and how that even varies from the norm
and of course timing.<br>
><br>
> Take for example the unfortunate event at Village market. �If the
even would have taken place on January 23 (during the ICC ruling) it will not
have been covered and all will be fine for Nancy. �It so happened that
Nancy was a very senior woman (a noticeable variance) in Kenyan leadership that
some media may have tried to show that even women are equally as bad.<br>
><br>
> Most men waheshimiwas have altercations with airport security but none has
ever been pursued as the Village Market event. �Media has not given this
parallel so far. �The same waheshimiwas with greater responsibility have
threatened police with guns but it never gets that far.<br>
><br>
> Do not get me wrong here that I am supporting Nancy. �I am raising
points that media (which brought out the issue) should have considered.
�Unless we do proper analytics, some of us may never understand the
intricacies of gender discrimination.<br>
><br>
> Our Media is still better than most. �Let us continue to
constructively criticize it for a better future.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Ndemo.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Sent from my BlackBerry�<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Alice Munyua <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org" target="_blank">alice@apc.org</a>><br>
> Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.keDate:
Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:59:33<br>
> To: <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br>
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