<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi Walu, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">My comments inline. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Regards, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><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:16px"><div id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8602"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8602">Summary feedback on Human Capital was as follows with detailed document attached.</div><div id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8602"><br></div><div style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;line-height:21.3pt;text-autospace:none" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8997"><i id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8998"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#fb0007" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8999">a) 41% of the respondents felt that the government had provided
sufficient ICT opportunities for the youth to a moderate extent. 30% however
felt youth opportunities had not been effectively provided, while 27% felt it
had been done to a large extent.</span></i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">I look forward though to the day when we move from quantity matters( how many youth were provided with opportunities) to quality matters (who are these youth? how did the opportunities change their communities? has providing youth with opportunities helped us to curb rural urban migration etc) </div> </div><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:16px"><div style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;line-height:21.3pt;text-autospace:none" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8997"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9000"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9002"><i id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9003"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#fb0007" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9004">b) 58% of the respondents felt that the DLP (Laptop Project)
will have a positive impact to a very large extent. 30% felt it would be a
moderate impact while 12% think it will have little or no impact.</span></i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">I have great faith in the DLP project. I hope that by the time DLP children complete KCPE, many will be curious about technology and that those who join youth polytechnics will be able to assemble rudimentary computers, or whatever we shall be calling them in those days. </div> </div><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:16px"><div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9002"><i id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9003"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#fb0007" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9004"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9005"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9007"><i id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9008"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#fb0007" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9009">c) 40% of the respondents felt that tertiary institutions were,
to a moderate extent providing the requisite skill set for the ICT industry.
34% felt they were to a large extent providing these skills while 24% felt they
were not.</span></i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">Maybe it is a bigger problem with the education system but really, the gap between graduates and markets still exists. I wonder what impact technical education through TIVETs and Technical universities is having in bridging the gap</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">. And overall, what tech is coming out of universities anyway since the role of the universities cannot be relegated to merely churning graduates....</div></div><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:16px"><div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9007"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9010"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9012"><i id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9013"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#fb0007" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9014">d) 40% of the respondents felt that Konza City will have a
positive impact to a very large extent. 21% felt it will be a moderate impact
while 25% think it will have no impact.</span></i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">Konza city will also have non ICT related impacts....most obvious being the value of land around that area. </div> </div><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:16px"><div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.0pt;text-autospace:none" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9012"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9015"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8602">
</div><div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:17.5pt;text-autospace:none" dir="ltr" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9017"><i id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9018"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#fb0007" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9019">e) Provide general ICT literacy programmes to the public, Coding
as a skill to all students – irrespective of discipline, Continuity in
government offices (rather than sabotage of previous holder initiatives),
Improve Academia- Government-Industry linkages, Cryptography training, Identify
and support Technology Universities, Promote Incubation Center, Have mechanisms
to weed out ICT quacks, Provide ICT scholarships, Standardize ICT Trainings,
Digitization of key services - police occurrence books, land registries should
be availed to the youth.</span></i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">In addition, let Government lead from the front by purchasing/promoting local ICT products....Is there an e-citizen app yet? </div> </div><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:16px"><div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:17.5pt;text-autospace:none" dir="ltr" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9017"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9020"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="m_-4549389277969283706qtdSeparateBR" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8676">Toa maoni (let hear your reactions)</div><div class="m_-4549389277969283706qtdSeparateBR" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8676"><br></div><div class="m_-4549389277969283706qtdSeparateBR" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8676">walu.<br><br></div><div class="m_-4549389277969283706yahoo_quoted" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8675" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8674"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8673"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8672"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8734"> <hr size="1" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8733"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:47 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Day 1 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues<br> </font> </div> <div class="m_-4549389277969283706y_msg_container" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_8750"><br>Listers,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">We welcome more feedback on day 1 discussions on how we have<br clear="none">performed as an industry in 2016 . We will start day two this<br clear="none">afternoon after providing a summary of day ones discussion should we<br clear="none">receive feedback by then.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best Regards<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 11/28/16, Barrack Otieno <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" id="m_-4549389277969283706yui_3_16_0_1_1480411200667_9186" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi Walu,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Many thanks for the email. My humble opinion is that generally the<br clear="none">> government and related agencies have made great efforts in investing<br clear="none">> in ICT's. However it is worth noting that government is never good at<br clear="none">> marketing itself or communicating and i guess this is where the<br clear="none">> Ministry and related agencies need to pay attention. For example the<br clear="none">> issue of IFMIS has really been misunderstood. Software should never be<br clear="none">> blamed for fraud , people commit Fraud. We should always remember that<br clear="none">> ICT's are a means to an end and not an end in themselves.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Regards<br clear="none"><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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