<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Good people </div><div><br></div><div>Don't despair... I can confirm that there is a definite movement to promote Kenyan. What Matunda has said is obviously still true but it's not universal anymore. We even have our own local design labels that are doing well. Fundi Frank anyone? </div><div><br></div><div>What we must however do is up our game in quality and service, it's not enough to just complain about our fetish for all things foreign. Apart from some of us suffering from an inferiority complex there are genuine reasons for why certain countries are known for certain quality products:-</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>1. France for its wine</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">2. Germany for its engineering</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">3. Silicon Valley (note that I mention Silicon Valley not America) for its innovation </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">4. East Africa for the Mara Migration and hopefully soon for our Tech Savvy with all things mobile...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">This is about Branding and I don't mean the advertising kind. I mean actually being good and known for what you do hence you acquire something of a synonymity with what you are good at. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Can we do it? Of course we can. But it requires hard work..</span></div><div><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><br></div><div>+254 773/713 601113</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone®</div></div><div><br>On Jul 28, 2012, at 3:37 PM, Matunda Nyanchama <<a href="mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com">mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>John</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I hear you loudly and clearly. <br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Back in the 1990s we used to get computer parts from Dubai, Malaysia and the like. On weekends, we converted our classroom to an assembly line, and created sufficient inventory for anticipated sales that week.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>In one demonstration, I proudly talked about skills of our technicians to assemble and maintain computers. I didn't realize it was a turnoff for the client. "Computers made in Kenya!" he exclaimed and walked out saying he will come back to us. He never did and completely avoided our follow up. <br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Long story short: one of my techies slapped a "Made in Canada" label on
some of the machines and they were promptly snapped! </span><span>(I have seen a similar streak in encounters in our ICT consulting and publishing business; but again ... what would be more typically Kenyan than this?)</span><span> </span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Back to the present: how many ongoing projects in the country mandate minimum local content/participation? Example: what proportion of the Thika Road construction is mandated to be subcontracted to local firms (engineering design, construction, etc.). <br></span></div><div><span>...</span></div><div><span>Sorry, I could write an entire book on this demonstrating the truth that, as much as we target/blame others for failure we are equal participants and ... need to do our part.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Have a good weekend.</span></div><div> </div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:times,
serif;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br style="font-family:times, serif;"></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:times, serif;">Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; <a href="mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com">mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</a></span><br style="font-family:times, serif;"><span style="font-family:times, serif;">Agano Consulting Inc.; </span><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family:times, serif;" target="_blank" href="http://www.aganoconsulting.com/">www.aganoconsulting.com</a>; </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Twitter: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1298476732_5" style="color:rgb(54, 99, 136);">nmatunda; </span></a></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"></span>Skype: okiambe</font><font size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:'Book Antiqua';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br style="font-family:times, serif;"><span style="font-family:times, serif;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-family:times, serif;"></span><span style="font-family:times, serif;" lang="EN-CA"></span></font></div><style><!--filtered {font-family:"Book Antiqua";panose-1:2 4 6 2 5 3 5 3 3 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";}p
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a copy. Thank you.</font><br></div><br> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Kariuki <<a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Matunda Nyanchama <<a href="mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com">mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, July 28, 2012 2:11 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] KIRDI in onslaught of local products - re Jua Kali<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<div style=""><span style="">Get a world Polytechnic today and you will compete with the world. In my village on the slopes of Mt. Kenya, the local Jua Kali used to make computer desks. Today they do not because they cannot compete with imports!</span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="">John Kariuki.</span></div>
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<div>Aside from these, I have seen products made from bananas, pineapples and avocado ready for large scale agro-processing investment. There is a lot to learn from this institution.<br></div>
<div><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_nSGkt8OYI&feature=player_embedded">KIRDI on the roll</a></span></div>
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<div><span>One more comment regarding Jua Kali: how many of AIE holders on this list have made it a policy to source from Jua Kali e.g. furniture? Not only would this earn this hard working lot a better living but the sourcer can also help lift standards of products Jua Kali produce.</span></div>
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<div><span>Sentiments expressed here about polytechnics are right on. In my Nyamira area we have been arguing about what to press for first: a university or a world class polytechnic? I have supported the latter adding that more should also be done in village polytechnic type skills development. And for reasons that today, we have an inverted pyramid with a lot of graduates without the needed support structure to make them effective. </span></div>
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