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<body><font size="3">Good morning Listers</font><div style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style=""><font size="3">Our submission to bunge was covered by Standard.</font></div><div style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style=""><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: SalvoSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3">During the campaigns for the 2013 presidential elections, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto adopted a manifesto that hinged on a narrative of digital transformation that eventually got the two elected.</font></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: SalvoSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: SalvoSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3">At the time, the two candidates told young voters that the existing crop of leaders was out of touch with the needs and aspirations of digital natives - young people under 25 who grew up in an age when smart phones, the internet and social media were becoming mainstream - and that they were best-equipped to drive a digital economy.</font></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: SalvoSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: SalvoSans-Light, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="3">Half a decade later and the narrative of a ‘digital government’ is quickly unraveling. In the last two years, the government has proven to be the most detrimental to Kenya’s digital economy, eroding previous gains made in the journey of making Kenya a Silicon Savannah.</font></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br>
<a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001349701/how-bad-tech-policies-are-killing-dreams-of-young-entrepreneurs">https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001349701/how-bad-tech-policies-are-killing-dreams-of-young-entrepreneurs</a><br>
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Grace Githaiga<br>
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Grace Githaiga<br>
Co-Convenor, Kenya ICT Action Network</div><br></div></body></html>