<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>@Walu</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">:-)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">That's my point exactly.. Reaching out to Google to help us translate our own local language..</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">We need to take a look at what Tanzania is doing regarding Kiswahili..</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><div><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><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><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></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><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>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><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>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 26 Jun 2016, at 1:58 PM, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><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_ym19_1_1466854082216_27878"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27997">Whaaat?!!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27879"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27881"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27995">Anyone reaching out for google translate :-)</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27883"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27886" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27885">But point taken @Wangari, @Ali.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27886" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27886" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28072">Particularly from the perspective of local content. We cannot talk of a vibrant local content industry without considering the question of local languages. Both in print, broadcast and online media.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27886" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27886" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27967">What policy interventions can we have to grow and preserve local languages - one of which happens to be our national language?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27886" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27886" dir="ltr"><span>walu.</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27971"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27975" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27974"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27973"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27972"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_27977"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28008"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 26, 2016 1:36 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of 10: How to Develop Skilled Human Capital<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28015"><br><div id="yiv7065884606"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28014"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28013"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28012">KUENDELEZA UMAHIRI WA MTAJI WA WATU </b> (How to Develop Skilled Human Capital)</div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature">Wangari </div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature">Swala nyeti hilo.</div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature">Lugha ni jambo muhimu ambalo twatakiwa tuliwekee upaji mbele.</div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature">Kuendelezea hayo, Wizara ya Habari, Mawasiliano na Teknolojia ingefaa ihusiane na Wataalamu wa lugha ya Kiswahili hususan kwa miajili ya kuchambua na kuelewa taswira za kiteknolojia.</div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature">Kwa mfano nini maana ya computer virus kwa Kiswahili? au Network Security? au Social Network? </div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature">Ningeendela lakini naona wengine vichwa vitawauma... :-)</div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature">Al-Muhimu ni kuwa Wangari amechangia jambo ambalo lazima sote tulizingatie kwani Muacha asili ni mtumwa.</div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature">Shukrani</div><div id="yiv7065884606AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28089"><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28044"><span style=""><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28098"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28097"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></div><font><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv7065884606yqt8851058960" id="yiv7065884606yqt99914"><div><br clear="none">On 26 Jun 2016, at 10:37 AM, Wangari Kabiru via kictanet <<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>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28066"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28065"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28103">Baraka tele za Jumapili!</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28102">Katika kuchangia mada hii ambayo yahusiana na watu, ujuzi na hali ya kikazi kila siku, ni muhimu kuangalia mswada wa lugha.</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28064">Tukianza na nakala hii iliyotolewa na Ofisi ya Serikali ili iwe ya mazungumzo na nakala zinginezo, ili kuzungumzia jamii kubwa ya wakenya yafaa kuwa na nakala kwa lugha ya Kiswahili ambayo ni lugha ya taifa. Je, ipo?<br clear="none">
La sivyo, washirika ni wale wale wanaoelewa lugha ya kimombo. Zaidi ya hapo na muhimu zaidi, yatenga jamii kubwa sana ya wahusika.</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28100">Tukisonga mbele katika mswada wa "How to Develop Skilled Human Capital", tukilinganisha na lugha, inamaana yakwamba maendeleo yatakayotokana na uchambuzi huu yafaa kuikuza, kueneza na kuendeleza lugha ya Kiswahili katika jamii na nchi kwa ujumla. </div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28104">La sivyo, ni kueneza ukoloni mamboleo kwa utani - chini ya maji. Kwani lugha na matumizi yake katika mambo ya kila siku ndiyo huunganisha na katika hayo kuikuza lugha.</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28106">Hapa pia tukikumbuka yakwamba lugha ya Kiswahili ni lugha rasmi katika bara la Afrika.</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28120">Nawatakia majadiliano mema pia katika wiki ijayo!</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28118">Siku njema yenye baraka tele.</div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28110">Mi mimi wako/ Wangari<br clear="none"></div>
<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466854082216_28108">On Jun 24, 2016 08:18, Walubengo J via kictanet <<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>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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> Listers,<br clear="none">
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> Plse feel free to contribute on previous threads as long as you pick the corresponding title. Also remember, for those wishing to directly edit the Draft ICT policy, visit Jadili platform, register and post.<br clear="none">
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> So onto todays theme:<br clear="none">
> How to Develop Skilled Human Capital <br clear="none">
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> *ICT integration in primary, secondary, tertiary levels,<br clear="none">
> *Specialized Skills (Software /Engineering)<br clear="none">
> *Research & Development Capacity<br clear="none">
> *eLiteracy for citizens/public <br clear="none">
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> The Background:<br clear="none">
> The Digital Literacy Program aka the Laptop project is ongoing and we probably have to wait another 18-20yrs years to see its impact (when today’s std 1s hit the market). But meanwhile, we need skilled human capital to help move us from a net consumer of electronic goods and services into a net producer of the same.<br clear="none">
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> Our R&D output in general is quite low (Global Innovation Index 2015) despite the fact that we are leader at a regional level. What should the Policy capture to ensure Kenya churns out a constant supply of highly skilled manpower necessary to drive the digital society.<br clear="none">
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> Send in your ideas, comments, strategies, etc. <br clear="none">
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> 1Day as usual for the topic.<br clear="none">
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> walu.<br clear="none">
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