<div dir="ltr">Thank you Dr. Victor Kyalo, we are keen to have the questions answered viz.<div><div><div><br></div><div>1. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15">An ICTA board member </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15">led the committee that performed due diligence on the verification of </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15">the technical evaluation. Can you share the findings?</span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-210aaf7b-d5ff-5a22-d5b6-92e652aebce2"><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2.The </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15">negotiation committee was chaired by an ICTA board member.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15"> Were tender documents leaked to Olive</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap"> as claimed by HP and H</span><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">aier? Why was the tender price inflated from $ 268,899,669 to $ 284,899,669? Does BOFA go down or up?</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">3. As the principle advisor of matters ICT to GoK, has ICTA given the government the best advice on how to tackle the primary school computerisation pledge?</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">4. </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap">We spent taxpayers money to send people to India/China. Did the team that went to India/China find a factory with the capacity to manufacture thousands of laptops, or were they entertained and asked to look the other way?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap">5. I</span>s the government committed to the laptop project or is all this fiasco stage managed?</div></span></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br clear="all"><div>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 March 2014 08:30, Phyllis Nyambura <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pnyambura@ict.go.ke" target="_blank">pnyambura@ict.go.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Colleagues,</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Do note the below response from the ICT Authority, Ag CEO, Victor Kyalo. We thank you for your patience.</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19.200000762939453px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"> </font></p><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">Listers,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">I have followed keenly to discussions surrounding the cancellation of the laptop tender by the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><br></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">While I would like to comment on some of the issues, it will not be prudent for me to do so now when the matter is being looked into by the relevant authorities.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">In the meantime, I would like to leave comments on the issue to the procuring entity.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">I will in due course respond as to our/my role at the appropriate time as demanded by some listers.</font></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Victor Kyalo</font></p>
<font color="#0000ff"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Ag, CEO, ICT Authority</font></font></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Regards,</font><br>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Phyllis Nyambura<br>Communication Writer<br>The ICT Authority<br><br>Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave<br>P.O. Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya<br>t: + 254-020-2211960/62 | m: + 254 (0) 789396433 | e: <a href="mailto:pnyambura@ict.go.ke" target="_blank">pnyambura@ict.go.ke</a><br>
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