<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Victor</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Thanks for sharing the very inspiring story of Estonia's journey to e-Governance.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The last paragraph struck me most:-</div><div><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>And this is what the United States, along with many other countries struggling to <i>get the</i> Internet, could learn from Estonia: the mindset. The willingness to get the key infrastructure right and continuously re-invent it. Before you build a health-insurance site, you need to look at what key components must exist for such a service to function optimally: signatures, transactions, legal frameworks, and the like.</b></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Ultimately, the states that create these kinds of environments will be best positioned to attract the world’s increasingly mobile citizens. </b></span></p>What was also inspiring about the Estonia story is the debunking of the notion that with Digitization goes privacy. Estonia's drive to eGovernment is firmly anchored on the premise that the citizen owns his/her information and any government functionary snooping on my data will have to answer why he is doing that. This of course presupposes one's innocence.</div><div><br></div><div>Great inspiring story.</div><div><br><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Sent from my iPad</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><div dir="ltr">Happy belated birthday Ali.<div><br></div><div>Additional lessons can be learnt from Estonia.</div><div><br></div><div>Read: Lessons from the World's Most Tech-Savvy Government - <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/lessons-from-the-worlds-most-tech-savvy-government/283341/?single_page=true">http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/lessons-from-the-worlds-most-tech-savvy-government/283341/?single_page=true</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Then check out the Estonia E-government portal, and more so the services section - <a href="https://www.eesti.ee/eng/start">https://www.eesti.ee/eng/start</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Our people from E-government should get in touch and learn / adopt a similar system.</div><div><br></div><div>Victor</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Victor Kapiyo, LL.B</span></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><br>====================================================<br><i>“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar</i></font><br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 September 2014 13:03, Network of non- formal Educational institutions via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Happy Birth day Ali</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span>Jane</span></div> <div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div class="h5"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> On Monday, September 8, 2014 12:48 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> </div></div><div><div><div class="h5">Happy Birthday Ali,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">This is good news. I hope the government continues engaging<br clear="none">stakeholders as has been the case in the last ten years, this will<br clear="none">help in greater adoption of this electronic services. I was sad last<br clear="none">week when i could not get a critical government service because the<br clear="none">relevant government website had been hacked. This are issues that can<br clear="none">be addressed collaboratively. We are what we are because a couple of<br clear="none">years ago we embraced the multi-stakeholder model and worked together<br clear="none">and this is the same spirit we should maintain.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best
Regards<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 9/8/14, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> Andrea<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Now did you have to go and splash my birthday like that? :)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> The power of social media I guess...:)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Thanks Andrea. And for those of you who are wondering how old I am - 21<br clear="none">> years. :)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Ali Hussein<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Twitter: @AliHKassim<br clear="none">> Skype: abu-jomo<br clear="none">> LinkedIn: <a shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><br clear="none">> Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will<br clear="none">> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Sent from my iPad<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> On Sep 8, 2014, at 10:39 AM, Andrea Bohnstedt<br clear="none">>> <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com" target="_blank">andrea.bohnstedt@ratio-magazine.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Happy birthday, Ali :)<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>>> On 8 September 2014 10:34, Ali Hussein via kictanet<br clear="none">>>> <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>>> Listers<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> Interesting article. Although a lot still needs to be done we must take<br clear="none">>>> stock and see how greater engagement between the private and public<br clear="none">>>> sector can grow this important aspect of public-private partnerships.<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/8735/the-scorecard-government-across-africa-2014" target="_blank">http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/8735/the-scorecard-government-across-africa-2014</a><br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> Ali Hussein<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim<br clear="none">>>> Skype: abu-jomo<br clear="none">>>> LinkedIn: <a shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><br clear="none">>>> Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a><br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will<br clear="none">>>> have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> Sent from my iPad<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>>> kictanet mailing list<br clear="none">>>> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br clear="none">>>> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at<br clear="none">>>> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/andrea.bohnstedt%40ratio-magazine.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/andrea.bohnstedt%40ratio-magazine.com</a><br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform<br clear="none">>>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and<br clear="none">>>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT<br clear="none">>>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and<br clear="none">>>> development.<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> KICTANetiquette :
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