<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3713">@Kieti,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3616"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3617" dir="ltr">I am interested in this type of data. Plse share the actual url for your data. The search tool on the general KBNS website @ <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3716" href="http://www.knbs.or.ke/">http://www.knbs.or.ke/</a> is not returning what the specific data/chart.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3734" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3735" dir="ltr">@Muraya</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3736" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3773" dir="ltr">You sound like you have given up on the ICT sector...plse dont. Bado mapambano, mapambano, mapambanooo... :-)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3779" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3784" dir="ltr">walu.<br></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3777" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3776" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3775" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1421218745822_3778" size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> S.M. Muraya via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 14, 2015 3:56 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Is our ICT GDP growth unable to match national GDP growth?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv1986017970"><div><div dir="ltr">John,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>No doubt, the usual vices have kept ICT from growing as it should in Kenya. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>After being subcontracted by some kickback experts, last year a young technologist/entrepreneur got in the game for government contracts. He has won the approval of some public officers but has lost the respect/trust of decent technologists ): For the Tenderprenuers who dominate our industry, the money is in tender awards, in hardware supplies and software licensing, not in building/providing services which improve the lives of Kenyans.</div></div><div class="yiv1986017970gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="yiv1986017970gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Murigi / Stanley Muraya</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="line-height:13px;color:rgb(0,19,32);font-family:Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(253,254,255);"><span style="background-color:rgb(253,254,255);"><span style="line-height:20px;"><font size="1"><b>"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32</b></font></span><span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(253,254,255);"><br clear="none"></span></span></span></div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv1986017970gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:15 PM, John Kieti via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv1986017970gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv1986017970yqt6325912015" id="yiv1986017970yqt02628"><div dir="ltr">Dear Listers,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>One would expect ICT to be the fastest growing economic sector in Kenya. Incidentally its not. In fact there's a declining trend; according to the rebased national accounts data of 2014 - see visualization attached. The absolute ICT GDP figures have grown modestly from KES 50 billion in 2006 to KES 68 billion in 2013, and quite dismally when compared to national GDP which grew from KES 1.8 trillion to KES 4.7 trillion over the same period.<br clear="all"><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Granted researchers suggest that much of the positive impact of ICT is felt indirectly in other economic sectors, are we seeing a suboptimal growth of ICT's direct contributors to GDP over the years?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>What do pundits here think?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>br</div><span class="yiv1986017970HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><div><br clear="none"></div>-- <br clear="none"><div><font color="#999999">My Blog - <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.gmeltdown.com/">gmeltdown.com</a></font><div><font color="#336666">'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''</font></div><div><font color="#999999">The ordinary just won't do</font></div></div>
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