<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">@Ali,<br><br>I used to work for KGB in my earlier life :-)<br><br>But on serious note, we need a unifying framework for government while simultaneously allowing depts and agencies to work independently. Think "Internet" with TCP-IP as unifying framework/standard while different agencies (e.g. IETF, W3C, ICANN, Regional Internet Registry do there thing independently but within this unifying framework/ecosystem) <br><div><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Yes, government has to be careful NOT to adopt the traditional "communist" type of centralization. Otherwise we are all cooked.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new
york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>walu.<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="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;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <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> Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:01 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re:
[kictanet] Merger of Agencies to Streamline ICT in Kenya<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4515794623"><div><div>@Walu</div><div><br></div><div>You must have some vestiges of a communist past...:) Centralization and all! :)</div><div><br></div><div>Seriously though as long as clear deliverables are spelt out af a good team in place it can have profound results for this country. </div><div><br></div><div>I also concur about mini CIOs in every Ministry. </div><div><br></div><div><br><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Ali Hussein</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd</span></div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd</div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 713 601113</div><div><span
style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">"The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb</span></div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jun 11, 2013, at 11:33 AM, <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>It should not be just mergers,it should actually be restructuring and harmonization and new agencies may well come up in the process.</span><br><span></span><br><span>John Kariuki.</span><br><span>Sent from my BlackBerry®</span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: Walubengo J <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span><br><span>Sender: "kictanet"</span><br><span> <<a rel="nofollow"
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