+1 Ndemo,<br>I am hoping that 2013 will see serious adoption of the digital signal. If we can have the knowledge that has never been utilized from campus translated and harnessed to develop a digital Set top boxes then we can use this opporunity as a water shed moment in Kenyan Tech .<br>
<br>Have a safe flight back home, and a quick recovery to your loved one.<br><br>Finally May the wonderful cheer of Christmas and the anticipation that awaits the year 2013 when Kenya turns 50 be unto you all.<br><br>Gideon Rop,<br>
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Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 23:26:38 +0300<br>
From: Sammy Buruchara <<a href="mailto:buruchara@me.com">buruchara@me.com</a>><br>
To: Phares Kariuki <<a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com">pkariuki@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:buruchara@mac.com">buruchara@mac.com</a><br>
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and local manufacturing<br>
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Finally I am glad this subject has come up. For a while now I have watched<br>
with horror and utter amazement at the gradual obliteration of polytechnics<br>
as they migrate to offer degree courses. These institutions were the<br>
foundation of manufacturing.<br>
<br>
Today you can hardly find a graduate who can open up an electronic device to<br>
repair it or design a circuit chip. Majority of the workforce being churned<br>
out of the universities are "white collar" managers but there is no one to<br>
manage at the factories.<br>
<br>
Kenya must seriously think about changing the current education system to<br>
return the polytechnics or build new ones if we are to achieve the<br>
manufacturing goals of an industrialized country.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Sammy Buruchara<br>
<br>
From: Phares Kariuki <<a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com">pkariuki@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Monday, December 24, 2012 6:15 PM<br>
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and local manufacturing<br>
<br>
If we need to focus on manufacturing, shouldn't we then, be building more<br>
polytechniques and less universities?<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/articles.php?article=6985&m
agazine=418" target="_blank">http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/articles.php?article=6985&m<br>
agazine=418</a> last section of the article.<br>
<br>
Vocational training is needed.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Thank you Dr. Ndemo for spotting the elephant in the room.<br>
><br>
> Mahatma Gandhi did his country good for preaching self sustainability.<br>
> With proper implementation of brand Kenya initiative, we might use<br>
> more local products and follow India's footsteps. Just remember, "the<br>
> cowards never started, the weak died in the way, only the strong<br>
> arrived. They were the pioneers."<br>
><br>
> Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire Said, "No problem can withstand the<br>
> assault of sustained thinking." I think Daktari you are thinking in<br>
> the right direction.<br>
><br>
> On 24/12/2012, <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a> <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Kivuva,<br>
>> > I am really having a terrible time with internet connectivity here in<br>
>> > India. It cost more than Ksh. 2,000 per an hour for a 512K link. By the<br>
>> > time I read a two page attachment, the time is over with no warning.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I want to thank you for reviving the local manufacturing issue. As Mwale<br>
>> > states, this where I started anticipating migration by 2012. We could not<br>
>> > get support in spite of Dr. Gachigi's effort to develop a prototype. I<br>
>> > personally went round talking to our industrialists. They wanted numbers.<br>
>> > I could not provide attractive numbers since this is a stop gap measure.<br>
>> > Instead I went round talking how we can leverage 3D printing to start<br>
>> > elevating Jua Kali Industries into local manufacturing without necessarily<br>
>> > getting into the economies of scale trap.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > The good news is that Dr. Gachigi is still determined. Just recently I<br>
>> > wrote that he needed Ksh. 15 million to start local manufacturing of hand<br>
>> > sets. I went further and talked to two chip makers who have gracefully<br>
>> > accepted to give us their mobile handset platform. We have no investors<br>
>> > (risk takers) yet but it is going to work and we propel our country into<br>
>> > light electronic manufacturing. It needs the commitment of Kenyans to buy<br>
>> > local. Every 10 vehicles I count here in India, seven are local.<br>
>> > Actually even the foreign brands are manufactured locally. This not a<br>
>> > government problem but a serious cultural dilemma.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Ndemo.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>>> >> Dear Dr. Ndemo, wishing you a safe flight back home, and a quick<br>
>>> >> recovery to your loved one.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you too<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> On 21/12/2012, <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a> <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> >>> Stephen,<br>
>>>> >>> I wanted to stay out of this till the ruling in court but I cannot keep<br>
>>>> >>> quiet when you tell the whole world lies on mobile penetration in<br>
>>>> Kenya.<br>
>>>> >>> Virtually every adult Kenyan has access to mobile in 2G. The fastest<br>
>>>> >>> growing market is broadband because of the growing needs by the poor to<br>
>>>> >>> get their produce to market or get the best pricing. This is what the<br>
>>>> >>> many applications that are being developed in Kenya will do. Rural<br>
>>>> >>> schools need the broadband most since education too is going e. While<br>
>>>> >>> mobile coverage in Kenya is at 90% (mostly 2G coverage), land mass<br>
>>>> >>> coverage stands at 40% with 80% mobile penetration. Mpesa is not for<br>
>>>> >>> the<br>
>>>> >>> rich like Mutoro but the poor and is accessible to 90% of the poor.<br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>> The need to migrate to 4G is critical in planning our broadband needs<br>
in<br>
>>>> >>> the next one year. For us to meet the projected demand we must get to<br>
>>>> >>> the<br>
>>>> >>> last mile. This means that getting to the poor since mot of the rich<br>
>>>> >>> have<br>
>>>> >>> fibre connevtivity to their homes.<br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>> I take great exception with your statements. My Key Performance Index<br>
>>>> >>> (KPI)is how many people in Kenya rich and poor have access to internet.<br>
>>>> >>> This is significantly different from your KPI of counting how many >>>><br>
cases<br>
>>>> >>> you have taken to court over the perceived infringement of consumer<br>
>>>> >>> rights. While you can criticise me as a public servant, I am not able<br>
to<br>
>>>> >>> even know your funding sources and the motives for funding. I do not<br>
>>>> >>> question but this is what Kenyans are talking in low tones.<br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>> What we can do for now is to rephrase John F. Kennedy's quote to read<br>
>>>> >>> "ask<br>
>>>> >>> not what the poor may be wanting; ask what you have done to remove<br>
>>>> >>> poverty". Going to court purpoting to represent the poor is a<br>
>>>> bouguasie<br>
>>>> >>> cover up. Let us stand up for the poor and help eliminate poverty by<br>
>>>> >>> teaching them to navigate the high seas of technology and fish for >>>><br>
their<br>
>>>> >>> sustainable living.<br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>> I am in India for some family medical case but I must report that Delhi<br>
>>>> >>> whose per capita income is lower than Nairobi, has fully migrated to<br>
>>>> >>> Digital. The poor are now enjoying watching TV in the languages they<br>
>>>> >>> understand (this is a requirement in our constitution). Three hundred<br>
>>>> >>> new<br>
>>>> >>> channels have come up including one helping consumers understand what<br>
is<br>
>>>> >>> in the market and how it compares with other competitors. Perhaps you<br>
>>>> >>> need to upgrade your approach to consumerism. Only technology will<br>
>>>> help<br>
>>>> >>> be more effective.<br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>> Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year my brother.<br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>> Ndemo.<br>
>>>> >>><br>
>>>> >>><br>
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From: <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a><br>
To: "Kivuva" <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and local manufacturing<br>
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Kivuva,<br>
This time let us not stop here. Somehow let us make this a campaign<br>
issue. We need someone to start talking about educational reforms. I do<br>
not mean changing the system but trying inclusiveness and find a solution<br>
to the majority who do not get admission to college.<br>
<br>
For a start, we must have a polytechnic in every county to offer hands on<br>
training in many thematic areas. It is absurd that we have unemployed<br>
Kenyans when we hire technicians to repair an X-ray machine. We have only<br>
four trained per-fusionists in a country of 40 million. Even in nursing<br>
we only focus in very few areas. In Engineering the situation is pathetic<br>
forty nine years after independence. Numerical Machining Complex lies<br>
virtually idle as we keep on importing every item the machine can make.<br>
<br>
Our greatest dilemma is in dealing with the supply-side of labour, without<br>
thinking about the the demand-side of it. This is the only thing we want<br>
our politicians to remember to avoid past mistakes. Let me elaborate.<br>
After Independence Kenya had the best educational system which absorbed<br>
many high school graduates into middle level colleges such as the Kenya<br>
Science Teachers College, Egerton and all other agricultural institutes,<br>
Medical training institutions, water engineering in South C, Utalii<br>
College etc. We never had issues to do with food security as agricultural<br>
extension officers dotted the country. The surplus of our labour went to<br>
neighbouring countries.<br>
<br>
Botswana's beef industry was built by Kenyans. The road networks in<br>
Swaziland was done by Kenyans. Our Utalii college graduates are in every<br>
hotel in Dubai today. All these countries have done well. Take for<br>
example, Dubai. By comparison, Dubai receives seven million visitors a<br>
month. Why? because they have balanced demand and supply for labour by<br>
building a world class transport hub, building world class hotels and<br>
ensured security. To do this they had to free their mind from a<br>
minimalist approach to broad thinking. In Kenya we build a four lane<br>
Highway we call it a super highway and almost want to take a break to<br>
admire it. There is no drive replicate the same throughout the country.<br>
<br>
In Tourism we failed and that is why our labour is glob trotting in search<br>
of greener pastures and maintain a competitive advantage for their adopted<br>
countries. Kenya needs more than 200 new hotels and superior airports in<br>
order to scale up our tourism to levels where we can become a major<br>
player. I mean like receiving 2 million visitors a month. We cannot<br>
attain this with our selfish approach to development. Where individuals<br>
build hopeless structures they call hotels instead of aggregating<br>
resources with others to build proper and aesthetically built hotels that<br>
can attract better returns (in other words we have the resources but<br>
because we have not been schooled to embrace aesthetics, we keep on<br>
wasting our resources and getting poorer even those who should not be).<br>
If you want to know more visit our peri urban centers like (Ngong,<br>
Kiserian, Kiambu, Kitengela, Ruiru, Thika) and see the amount waste that<br>
has gone into these structures. We have done the same since independence<br>
building shops in market center that are never put into any economic use.<br>
In my earlier studies, we have put in excess of $15 billion into such<br>
waste and people ask why Africans get poorer as they get older.<br>
<br>
In the proposed education reforms we must cover such courses such as<br>
investments formats, resource mobilization, entrepreneurship, patriotism<br>
etc. This is what Kivuva referred to in Mahatma Gandhi. Indians did not<br>
revere Gandhi for his non violence call but because he successfully<br>
managed to decolonize the minds of Indians by asking them to burn any<br>
imported clothes and embracing their own; in leaning his people to salt<br>
mines to make their own salt. In Kenya only Ngugi wa Thiongo tried but<br>
failed because he was too academic in approach. We needed simpler methods<br>
of decolonizing the mind. To date we continue to create a rift among our<br>
people by allowing two educational systems, that is, the Kenyan and the<br>
British. When shall we begin to build a harmonious Nation? Tell your<br>
preferred candidate to make this a priority.<br>
<br>
<br>
Ndemo.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
> Thank you Dr. Ndemo for spotting the elephant in the room.<br>
><br>
> Mahatma Gandhi did his country good for preaching self sustainability.<br>
> With proper implementation of brand Kenya initiative, we might use<br>
> more local products and follow India's footsteps. Just remember, "the<br>
> cowards never started, the weak died in the way, only the strong<br>
> arrived. They were the pioneers."<br>
><br>
> Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire Said, "No problem can withstand the<br>
> assault of sustained thinking." I think Daktari you are thinking in<br>
> the right direction.<br>
><br>
> On 24/12/2012, <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a> <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Kivuva,<br>
>> I am really having a terrible time with internet connectivity here in<br>
>> India. It cost more than Ksh. 2,000 per an hour for a 512K link. By<br>
>> the<br>
>> time I read a two page attachment, the time is over with no warning.<br>
>><br>
>> I want to thank you for reviving the local manufacturing issue. As<br>
>> Mwale<br>
>> states, this where I started anticipating migration by 2012. We could<br>
>> not<br>
>> get support in spite of Dr. Gachigi's effort to develop a prototype. I<br>
>> personally went round talking to our industrialists. They wanted<br>
>> numbers.<br>
>> I could not provide attractive numbers since this is a stop gap<br>
>> measure.<br>
>> Instead I went round talking how we can leverage 3D printing to start<br>
>> elevating Jua Kali Industries into local manufacturing without<br>
>> necessarily<br>
>> getting into the economies of scale trap.<br>
>><br>
>> The good news is that Dr. Gachigi is still determined. Just recently I<br>
>> wrote that he needed Ksh. 15 million to start local manufacturing of<br>
>> hand<br>
>> sets. I went further and talked to two chip makers who have gracefully<br>
>> accepted to give us their mobile handset platform. We have no investors<br>
>> (risk takers) yet but it is going to work and we propel our country into<br>
>> light electronic manufacturing. It needs the commitment of Kenyans to<br>
>> buy<br>
>> local. Every 10 vehicles I count here in India, seven are local.<br>
>> Actually even the foreign brands are manufactured locally. This not a<br>
>> government problem but a serious cultural dilemma.<br>
>><br>
>> Ndemo.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>> Dear Dr. Ndemo, wishing you a safe flight back home, and a quick<br>
>>> recovery to your loved one.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you too<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 21/12/2012, <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a> <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>> Stephen,<br>
>>>> I wanted to stay out of this till the ruling in court but I cannot<br>
>>>> keep<br>
>>>> quiet when you tell the whole world lies on mobile penetration in<br>
>>>> Kenya.<br>
>>>> Virtually every adult Kenyan has access to mobile in 2G. The fastest<br>
>>>> growing market is broadband because of the growing needs by the poor<br>
>>>> to<br>
>>>> get their produce to market or get the best pricing. This is what the<br>
>>>> many applications that are being developed in Kenya will do. Rural<br>
>>>> schools need the broadband most since education too is going e. While<br>
>>>> mobile coverage in Kenya is at 90% (mostly 2G coverage), land mass<br>
>>>> coverage stands at 40% with 80% mobile penetration. Mpesa is not for<br>
>>>> the<br>
>>>> rich like Mutoro but the poor and is accessible to 90% of the poor.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The need to migrate to 4G is critical in planning our broadband needs<br>
>>>> in<br>
>>>> the next one year. For us to meet the projected demand we must get to<br>
>>>> the<br>
>>>> last mile. This means that getting to the poor since mot of the rich<br>
>>>> have<br>
>>>> fibre connevtivity to their homes.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I take great exception with your statements. My Key Performance Index<br>
>>>> (KPI)is how many people in Kenya rich and poor have access to<br>
>>>> internet.<br>
>>>> This is significantly different from your KPI of counting how many<br>
>>>> cases<br>
>>>> you have taken to court over the perceived infringement of consumer<br>
>>>> rights. While you can criticise me as a public servant, I am not able<br>
>>>> to<br>
>>>> even know your funding sources and the motives for funding. I do not<br>
>>>> question but this is what Kenyans are talking in low tones.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> What we can do for now is to rephrase John F. Kennedy's quote to read<br>
>>>> "ask<br>
>>>> not what the poor may be wanting; ask what you have done to remove<br>
>>>> poverty". Going to court purpoting to represent the poor is a<br>
>>>> bouguasie<br>
>>>> cover up. Let us stand up for the poor and help eliminate poverty by<br>
>>>> teaching them to navigate the high seas of technology and fish for<br>
>>>> their<br>
>>>> sustainable living.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I am in India for some family medical case but I must report that<br>
>>>> Delhi<br>
>>>> whose per capita income is lower than Nairobi, has fully migrated to<br>
>>>> Digital. The poor are now enjoying watching TV in the languages they<br>
>>>> understand (this is a requirement in our constitution). Three hundred<br>
>>>> new<br>
>>>> channels have come up including one helping consumers understand what<br>
>>>> is<br>
>>>> in the market and how it compares with other competitors. Perhaps you<br>
>>>> need to upgrade your approach to consumerism. Only technology will<br>
>>>> help<br>
>>>> be more effective.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year my brother.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Ndemo.<br>
>>>><br>
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