<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; "><span>I unfortunately do not see a crisis, the only way to offer a cost effective solution is to use a platform that can provide elasticity, yes its called a cloud.</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; "><span>The proposal to have KNEC install sufficient capacity to deal with a 2 day overload a year is a waste of resources that could be better utilised
elsewhere.</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; ">This issue is reminiscent of our complaints about traffic jams in the city of Nairobi which are time specific, flyovers and overpasses should not be looked at as the immediate solution what we need is to spread the traffic by for example implementing flex time.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><font size="3">No one will remember the exam result SMS fiasco come </font>Friday<font size="3"> this week so lets leave KNEC to spend their scarce resources where it will have the maximum impact.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">Regards</font></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<br> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> james ratemo <jratemo@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 15:42<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] KNEC website goes tits up again<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1360809385">Does it mean technology cannot be employed to avert such a crisis? <br><br><div class="yiv1360809385gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:19 PM, robert yawe <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="yiv1360809385gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div><span>Listers,</span></div><div>
<span><br></span></div><div><span>I think we are taking this once a year event too far, what is the difference if you get your results at the end of March instead of 2 minutes after the minister has received the CD or was it a flush disk (pun intended)?</span></div>
<div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Kama ulianguka bado umeanguka, SMS or no SMS.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>As Jimmy Gathu would say "fanya hesabu"</div><div> </div><div>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>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br> <div style="font-size:12pt;"> <div style="font-size:12pt;">
<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kivuva <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a> <br>
<div class="yiv1360809385im"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> <br> </div><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 12:15<div class="yiv1360809385im">
<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] KNEC website goes tits up again<br> </div></font> </div><div><div class="yiv1360809385h5"> <br><div>Year in, year out, we cannot offer our candidates a platform to effectively search their results.<br>
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<br>This must be a very basic function.<br>-- <br>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva<br>For<br>Business Development<br>Transworld Computer Channels<br>Cel: 0722402248<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br>
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