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But I picked this from the <a class="edited-link-editor enhancr2_d98e7b3c-dd2e-56cb-dbbe-f5d5486078fb" href="http://www.connected.go.ke/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_39021">Connected Summit</a> website:</div><div><br></div><div id="enhancr2_d98e7b3c-dd2e-56cb-dbbe-f5d5486078fb" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="http://www.connected.go.ke/" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium"> <a href="http://www.connected.go.ke/" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important" class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> <table class="card-wrapper" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width:400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="400"> <table class="card-info" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="background:#fff;max-width:400px;border:1px solid #e0e4e9;border-bottom:3px solid #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;"> <h2 class="card-title" style="margin:0 0 4px 0;font-size:16px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Connected 2016</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;"></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_38810"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_38812"><span style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_38798" class="">The Connected Summit, is the brainchild of the ICT Authority in consultation with ICT industry players and key government decision makers. The Connected Summit, first held in 2009, aims at establishing a platform for collaboration, capacity building and knowledge sharing between government and the ICT sector with a view of linking and hastening implementation of government IT projects to world-class standards. 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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_38823">Walu what is the objective of the Summit and who can attend?</div>
<div class="yiv8609556087yqt8065061987" id="yiv8609556087yqt30212"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_38828">On Wed, Mar 23, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet wrote:</div>
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<div id="yiv8609556087me44078yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368"><span id="yiv8609556087me44078yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_31023">All I can say is +1 to all your points.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yiv8609556087me44078yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368"><span id="yiv8609556087me44078yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_31020">Indeed, if it was not for Telkom Orange sponsorship, I would actually not have been at this exclusive resort :-)</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yiv8609556087me44078yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30368"><span>walu.</span></div>
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<hr size="1"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></span> James Mbugua <jgmbugua@gmail.com><br clear="none">
<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></span> Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br clear="none">
<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></span> Wednesday, March 23, 2016 10:06 AM<br clear="none">
<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></span> RELEVANCE, RATIONALE AND TANGIBLE OUTCOMES OF ICT SUMMIT?</span></div>
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<div id="yiv8609556087me44078yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30384">It has been several years since this Connected Summit began in this country and at quite a handsome cost.</div>
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<div>This year. if it was not for Walubengo's article in the Daily Nation, I did not even know it was ongoing.</div>
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<div>Which brings me to a number of questions regarding this Summit:</div>
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<div>1. This many years later, what tangible outcomes or visible achievements can be attributed to this Summit? What for instance were last year's resolutions and how have they been met going into this year's edition?</div>
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<div>2. This Summit is always held in Diani. Initially, it may have made sense to get top government and IT industry execs away together but with rapport having been established and communication channels established, what is the continued rationale for having this conference at an exclusive tourist destination cutting off access to many of our young ICT entrepreneurs who could benefit from it? Shouldn't this Summit be held in Nairobi where we find all the major ICT companies, ICT incubation hubs, Universities and techpreneurs? Slides and sunshine on the beach maketh not a tech nation!</div>
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<div>3. What academic papers, journal contributions or published inventions/innovations have come out of this Summit? Can we begin to see more focused, academic/research breakthroughs being tabled at the conference and not just baseline projections of where we are? How are the dominant topics of the day being handled at this Summit by our best tech brains? The Bitcoin saga in Kenya? Where is the CBK governor and the Bitpesa proponents to give their respective views? The issue of Safaricom's National Police Network....where are the respective government and private sector parties to also give their views? IFMIS and NYS funds scandal? Where are the tech papers to advise on how public funds can best be safeguarded within government information systems? Digital migration and digital dividends? What has been the impact on the broadcast sector one year later?</div>
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<div>These and many more I believe would help contribute to the debate in this vibrant sector.</div>
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<div id="yiv8609556087me44078yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1458707895480_30400">Let us consider making this conference both accessible to the masses and also a forum for debating the major topical issues of the day affecting the country and involving technology.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>JG</div>
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<div>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.</div>
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<div>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.</div>
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