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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thank you Rebecca for this initiative.
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I wonder whether the ICT board will be conducting its own
evaluation and how this can feed into their process. Peer reviews
are valuable not only to stakeholders involved but also in
informing future decision making processes. <br>
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Best<br>
Alice<br>
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<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Some days back, I
visited the ICT Board to chat with Victor Kyalo about the
digital villages project. I remember when I wrote about the
launch in 2008, there was so much hype and I wanted to find
if the hype was still there.</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">I found that there has
been challenges, from recipients buying cars, investing in
other things to success. I also found out one nice thing;
women recipients showed more commitment, which was good for
women in ICT.</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">I must admit that
lending people Ksh 800,000 to 2 million is a great idea but
if the business case isn't proven, you cant blame the people
who felt it was better to buy a car for public image, or
even to operate as a taxi.</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Why wouldn't such
loans be given to thriving businesses that lack capital to
finance projects? You can imagine Victor gave me a long
winding answer that seemed to say that such a project is in
the offing.</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">I am writing a review
of the board's performance in the various areas, according
to my knowledge and experience. If you have views of how the
board has performed, whether positive or negative, please
share by giving me a blog post.</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">I gave Paul Kukubo and
his team a chance to write weeks ago but he declined or is
yet to keep his promise or (insert your excuse here). </div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Topics that come to
mind:</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">1. BPO</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">2. Chipuka</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">3. Ease of doing
business, how has the board improved government processes in
the last six years?</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">4. Tandaa grants</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">5. Pasha</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">6. Silicon Savannah/
Silicon Kelele, depending on which side you are</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">7. Government
telephony, interconnection, I hear Dimension Data got a
contract or Ksh 32 million or $ 32 million (ksh 270 million)
depending on who you talk to. If you know anything, please
share.</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">8. Most exotic place
that board has gone to present about Kenya's success- this
is a humour piece.</div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">9. Most outrageous
promise made or achieved </div>
<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">10. An open letter to
the next board CEO</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia,
'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Send your
contributions to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rebecca@wanjiku.co.ke">rebecca@wanjiku.co.ke</a> </div>
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transparent; font-style: normal; "><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/04/reviewing-the-ict-board-six-years-later-guest-writing/">http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/04/reviewing-the-ict-board-six-years-later-guest-writing/</a><br>
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