<div dir="ltr"><div style>A much needed conversation.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Whether we like it or not, many people on this list in many ways represent the intellectual capital of the Kenyan ICT sector and the question should probably be 'Where have <u>WE</u> failed at ICT' instead of 'Has the ICT Sector Failed'. The problem has been kicked as upstairs as it can go, and this is the top floor. It is our problem to own. This is the place where we shouldn't be afraid to ask each other the tough questions -- and today the question Edith posed is 'what went wrong?'. As Gilda says, accepting failure is simply unacceptable. This is not a witch hunt or schadenfreude, and I reject the notion that we should just call or txt someone to ask if help is needed. We're not pushing a car, this is a national election.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>So lets figure out where we dropped the ball and keep it moving. Onward.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div style>David.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Harry Delano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Erik,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I think this is where Kictanet Secretariat can kick in and show �relevance in such a critical moment, where the<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">nation seems to find itself waiting with abated breath, or can we mandate Erik to do this on behalf..?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Does the IT team there understand the system deployed and now operational under their watch..? If so, can <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">the ICT fraternity �through our Secretariat write officially to get an understanding on what is happening, how <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">it works?� The flowchart on the system that guarantees integrity of the process despite these happenings..?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Oh by the way, could the PS have some input.....?� The days when we could spend time groping around in pitch <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">darkness are so long gone, or is it ...?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Harry<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in">
<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> kictanet [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bharry" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+harry</a>=<a href="mailto:comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Erik Hersman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 06, 2013 3:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a></span></p><div class="im"><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br></div>
<div class="im"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?<u></u><u></u></div><p></p></div></div><p class=""><u></u>�<u></u></p><p class="">My thoughts exactly Dennis. �Having the facts on how, who and what allows us to understand the situation.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div class="h5"><div><p class=""><u></u>�<u></u></p></div><div><p class="">I'm not sure why it's an issue to try and gather that information, especially when no one at the IEBC is openly sharing it. �<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class=""><u></u>�<u></u></p><div><div><div><p class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Erik Hersman<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u>�<u></u></span></p>
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<u></u>�<u></u></p><div><div><p class="">On Mar 6, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Dennis Kioko <<a href="mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class=""><br><br><u></u><u></u></p>
<p>With a BBC journalist tweeting " "@ggatehouse: Deputy chair of IEBC told me cannot rule out the theory their system was hacked. At the moment they simply don't know. #Kenyadecides" and a local media house running a story alleging hacking yesterday, we do need facts. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>There are people out there peddling info claiming a certain group hacked into the servers, complete with provisional results "analysis" to show the same.� <u></u><u></u></p><p>This really doesn't put us in a pretty information where we can afford to sit and wait. <u></u><u></u></p>
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