<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"></div><span class="gmail_chip gmail_plusreply" dir="auto"><a href="mailto:judyokite@gmail.com" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:underline">@Judy Okite</a></span><span> just go in for any service at NTSA or Huduma Centre. The Cartels that used to man the lines still seem to be present. There are all manner of system downtimes and shenanigans save for the part where you need to make payments. I think we need Public audits on some of this Citizen serving systems like TIMS, ECitizen and the systems at Ports of entry.</span><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards<br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 8 Apr 2022, 11:33 pm Judy Okite via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_2025318350976951598m_3204827421225776684plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:Otieno.barrack@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">@Barrack Otieno</a> a subset of Finance?? After COVID-19 or is it during? <div>Anyway, as @James has said , its about laying the infrastructure , then others will follow in the next Budget. </div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,<br><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><h1 style="margin:0px"><font size="1"><i><span style="font-weight:normal">'Chance Favors the prepared mind'</span></i></font><font size="2"><i> </i><span style="font-weight:normal">-<font size="1"> Louis Pasteur</font></span></font><br></h1></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 7:31 AM Barrack Otieno via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><span class="gmail_chip gmail_plusreply" dir="auto"><a href="mailto:kivuva@kictanet.or.ke" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">@Mwendwa Kivuva</a></span><span> looks like ICT is still considered a subset of Finance, we are slowly slipping back to analogue. The fact that we are still experiencing lines in places where we have automated functions says a lot.</span><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards<br><span></span><div dir="auto"><span><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span>Regards</span></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 7 Apr 2022, 5:57 pm Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Are you sure David that the national ICT budget was 15.6B out of 3.31Trillion? Because that would be pure sorcery. That is an invisible 0.471% of the budget.<div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">And how much does ICT contribute to the GDP? Between 8% and 15% depending on who you ask. Is ICT sector in Sub Saharan Africa the cow we are eager to milk without feeding</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 7 Apr 2022, 16:32 David Indeje via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Listers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Kenya’s Finance Minister Presented a KSh3.31 trillion Budget for FY2022/23. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Key to note, he said the ICT sector is key as it has the potential to accelerate economic recovery and improve livelihood.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">As a result, the ICT sector was allocated KES 15.6 billion.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">How it was split:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><ol><li>KES 620 Mn for govt shared services</li><li>Konza Data Center - KES 5.2 Bn for Infrastructure development and KES 3.8 Bn for the development of the data center.</li><li>KES 2.7 Bn maintenance of last-mile connectivity</li><li>KES 2.2 Bn National Optic Fibre Backbone (NOFBI) Phase 2 </li><li>KES 1.4 Bn Eldoret-Nakodok fibre optic cable</li></ol></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt"></span></b></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Kind Regards,</b></font><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt">David Indeje <br></span></b></font><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt"><font color="#20124d">_____________________________________</font></span></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-phone.png" alt="" border="0" style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">+254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856</span></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1PHxuwJEKaK1n1oAQ2HbhagcHhazV66kI&revid=0B1d0lIQ45_e5dmFlME9uTWRTT2dmTStPQWwwTUg3OVJ1TlI0PQ" alt=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-indeje/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1_TFECFYwiX8HzE2UA0dQor_TxoWNVuOk&revid=0B1d0lIQ45_e5N04yL1piRUxEVzFieHdscmdRKythcG0rMDVrPQ"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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