December 2011 - KICTANet

Fwd:Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Dear all, the suit between Muite & Others versus Moses Kuria, which I understand is proceeding to court, should be a very interesting one to watch. Hopefully it shall give some insights on content control vs freedom of expression. See below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ngunjiri <ngunjiri(a)kikuyusforchange.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:05:07 +0300 Subject: {K4c} Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology To: KC4 <kikuyusforchange(a)googlegroups.com> This will most probably interest some of us, and help all of us be careful about what we write on our blogs. --- Ngunjiri [image: Issa & Co Advocates] Our Ref: M/058/001/L**** **** Tuesday, October 4, 2011**** **** Moses Kuria**** P. O. Box 1838-00200 ‘*Advance copy by email*’**** *NAIROBI***** **** Dear Sir,**** **** *RE: DEFAMATORY PUBLICATION ***** ------------------------------ We have been instructed by our clients, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndung’u Wainaina, Maina Kiai and Hassan Omar.**** **** Our instructions are that you published in your widely read blog the following words of and concerning our clients.**** **** *‘I have said Ocampo has no case. All he has are fake witnesses coached by Hassan Omar, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndungu Wainaina, Njonjo Mue and Maina Kiai.’***** **** Your insinuations are unfounded and baseless and our clients’ professional respective standings, characters and reputations have been severely tarnished by your publication.**** **** Our instructions are to demand a retraction, an apology and an admission of liability on your part for the publication of the defamatory words. This we hereby do. We shall address the issue of the damages payable to our clients upon receipt of your apology and admission.**** **** *NOTE* that if you do not publish an apology and retraction on your blog within the next *Seven (7) Days* of the receipt of this letter we shall proceed to the law for redress at your risk as to costs. **** **** Yours faithfully,**** *ISSA & COMPANY ADVOCATES***** **** **** *MANSUR M. ISSA***** **** cc. Clients**** **** *Issa & Co Advocates* <info(a)issadvocates.co.ke>**** ------------------------------ 5th Floor, City House, Wabera Street P.O. Box *24210 - 00100*, Nairobi, Kenya *ph*: *+ 254 20 340 150 · * *fx*: *+ 254 20 340 151* *em*: *info(a)issadvocates.co.ke · ***** ------------------------------ *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:* This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient is authorized. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, or any information contained in this email is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediatelyand do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.**** -- --- Fear makes men act even against their own interests- changing them from men of reason to blubbering fools. -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)

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Digital to Analog Conversion
by robert yawe 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

Hi, When the migration from analog to digital was initially raised fear was put into the public on how there would be no option but to throw away our analog TV sets and replace them with Digital. Now that digital transmission is finally here we need to look at how to make the migration as painless as possible while at the same time we do not disenfranchise any citizens. It has been mentioned that there are over 1 million TV sets in Kenya today, that means 1 million digital to analog converters will be required over the next 2-3 years. I believe this is a great opportunity for us to go into the electronic assembly business, I would like to propose that we 1st increase duty on converters from the current 35% to 250% so as to discourage the importation of the converters. Then exempt from duty and vat all assembly stations, test equipment and components for anyone who sets up a converter assembly plant, with a 3 year tax holiday. If you setup the plant more than 200 kilometers from Nairobi or Mombasa you receive an addition 2 years tax holiday. I believe this will sort out the issue of substandard converters and will also provide an opportunity for us to develop our electronic devices assembly skills. If you make a net profit of 1,000/- there is a clean 875,000,000/- to be made, close to what the government is spending on purchase of the Malili farm. This is assuming a standard device, there is still a market for those who want high end devices with recording, tuners, USB ports, etc which would mean that the returns could be much higher than projected above. So will we move away from juts being importers and retailers or do we have what it takes to do some value add? Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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GSMA: Calls will remain high between African countries
by Grace Githaiga 02 May '14

02 May '14

GSMA: Calls will remain high between African countries By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 29 Sep, 2011 The cost of telephone calls between African countries is likely to remain high and international call volumes will drop with the introduction of taxes, according to a report from the GSM Association. Senegal, Ghana, Congo Brazaville and Gabon have introduced taxes on incoming international calls, leading to higher costs for users and reduced revenue and call volumes for mobile operators. The taxes are also likely to reduce foreign direct investments because the costs of operating businesses such as call centers will probably go up. "The tax takes the form of an imposed fixed price that operators must charge for international inbound termination, of which the government takes a set amount," said the report, issued on the sidelines of the U.N. Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi. A private party measures international inbound minutes terminated by operators and bills them accordingly, it said. While the taxes are different in the four countries, the affect on the operators has been the same. In Senegal, call prices rose by 50 percent. In Ghana, prices rose by 58 percent while inbound traffic fell by 12 percent in the six months after the tax was introduced. In Congo Brazaville, the price of inbound calls rose by 111 percent while the volume fell by 36 percent. In Gabon, prices rose by 82 percent when the tax was introduced in August 2011. The report questioned the benefit of the tax on economies, given that half the money collected is shared with the third-party company that monitors the calls. "The main objective of this taxation is to raise revenues for governments, in this case by taxing users calling from abroad into the country, however, the government transfers approximately 50 percent of the revenue from the tax to the external call monitoring party," the report said. "This leakage should be taken into account when assessing the effectiveness and net benefit of this tax." The report projects that other African countries are likely to reciprocate by raising the cost of inbound calls. In Congo Brazaville, an operator reported that an operator in another African country raised call termination charges by 30 percent. while in Senegal, an operator reported that nine operators in other African countries raised rates by 23 to 80 percent, making the call costs very high. The GSMA further noted that many operators are not making profits because the cost of other services and maintaining rural telecoms infrastructure is high. In supporting its case to remove telecommunication taxes, the GSMA released another report that highlights the benefits that Kenya has gained since it zero-rated mobile handsets in June 2009. This year, the mobile communications industry will contribute US$300 million to the GDP and a further $100 million from intangible benefits to Kenyan consumers. The industry also employs 250,000 people in Kenya. "Since June 2009 when the tax was removed, handset purchases have increased by more than 200 percent and penetration rates have increased substantially from 50 percent to 70 percent, this successful policy confirms that consumption taxes can have a significant impact on consumer behavior in Kenya," said the report. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life is all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go forth and rule the World!

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Commodity Exchange System - Revisited
by robert yawe 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Hi Listers, About 9 month ago (human gestation period) I mentioned the need for developers to start looking into the development of a futures exchange system and as always is with the village madman I was dismissed. On Wednesday 8th June 2011 the Capital Markets Authority advertised for a futures exchange system, rfp is open to both international and local vendors. Regards Hi, The National Cereals and Produce Board together with the East African Grain Council are working towards the creation of a commodity exchange to trade futures. This process is at an advanced stage which begun with a process called warehouse receipting and currently Equity Bank offers credit against the receipts. What does this have to do with us in the IT field? When the Nairobi Stock Exchange tendered for the automated trading system (ATS) and more recently for the Broker Back-office System no local IT company made it past the 1st round. The fact that companies like Virtual City are winning international awards for systems development and others like PesaPal are receiving large direct foreign investments means that we do have the skills to develop world class solutions. This is an appeal to all ICT experts in the country to prepare ourselves to make sure that the grain exchange system is locally developed and we stop being spectators in our own country. I know it is said that a prophet is never recognised in his own town, it is time we made this phrase redundant. NCPB and others are already shopping overseas for a solution so be warned that time is not in our hands and if we are to have an impact we need to move quickly. The proposed system is supposed to provide a trading platform, depository system, GIS for land information, settlement system, warehouse management, weather monitoring and seed planting information system (acreage, seed type, fertiliser, etc). Lets get off our high horses and put a together a world class solution for a local problem. No tears after the horse has bolted. Useful links http://dn.nationmedia.com/DN/DN/2010/09/03/ArticleHtmls/03_09_2010_030_014.… http://allafrica.com/stories/200904271171.html http://www.ratin.net/mainfeature.asp?id=40 http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Smart%20Money/-/688614/899436/-/bypmdxz/-… http://www.unctad.info/upload/SUC/LusakaWorkshop/WarehouseServicesKenya.pdf Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.…

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IIEC: voting for technology
by Andrew Limo 17 Aug '12

17 Aug '12

The Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) will hold a two-day conference and exhibition on election technology at the KICC grounds in Nairobi on 22nd- 23rd Sept., 2012. Over 40 firms dealing with election technology, both local and foreign, have been invited to showcase their innovations to the Commission and the public. Electoral management bodies from East African Community (EAC), professionals in electoral technology, political parties and other interested parties have also been invited to the open forum on election technology. Participants will be expected to interrogate and evaluate the solutions offered by the various vendors and share their findings with IIEC. The aim of the open day is to expose voters to election technology and give them an opportunity to try out some of the solution on offer. In looking for the appropriate technology, the electoral management body would like to make informed decision based not only on expert advice but also the user experiences. It is apparent that the expanded 2012 general elections, which will require voters to vote for six elective positions in a single session instead of the traditional three, will require a fast and reliable solution. The appropriate application of technology should increase administrative efficiency, reduce long-term costs and enhance political transparency.Since technology is always designed to solve problems, and elections are not short of problems, technology is therefore first port of call by the Commission. We would be happy to have the ICT fraternity visiting and sharing with us their views. Welcome all, Andrew

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Bitange for President? Reality-on Media
by Alice Munyua 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear P.S Ndemo, I would like to take you back to the question on media. The role played by media, mobile phone sms's, internet, (e-mail, blogs, websites, etc) during both the pre and post-election period in 2007-2008 is well documented, with media picking up and printing/broadcasting uncensored statements by politicians and sometimes government that amounted to hate speech, which helped to create the right kind of environment that exploded into our bloody violence, but also promoting good civic behavior, peace and human rights campaigns. Government has so far responded with various media related policies and the new constitution is set to radically change the environment within which media operates. But taking into consideration the ever changing nature of new technology and how it affects media policy and regulation, how would you ensure that policy and regulation keep up? -What has been the impact, has there been any additional policy/regulatory processes? -How would you/your government address this challenge (hate speech etc) if it were to occur again? Best Alice

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Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 3)
by Eric M.K Osiakwan 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

> Dr. Ndemo, if you may some commentary under your submission.....also from my iPhone so please pardon any errors. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 30, 2011, at 6:12, bitange(a)jambo.co.ke wrote: > >> From the Blackberry (forgive unintended mistakes). >> >> Grace, >> Allow me to wish everybody a prosperous 2012. > I join myself to this wish and extend it beyond the wish that in 2012 we would rise up and DO the things we have been discussing and planning in this forum. > >> My year did not end well having lost a dear friend and mentor, Prof. Donald Woods. > You have my condolences and let Prof. Woods rest in the assurance that those of us they have handed the baton to would build on their works and do greater works. > >> I have followed the debate but I must say here that I was rather disappointed. > Me too but at least there is discussion and hope that we can move in the cause towards DOING. > >> >> Mugo is one of the most accomplished Kenyan having risen to the pinnacle of both Private and Public sectors in Kenya. I got the feeling that we treated him with kid gloves. I did not see any question with respect to our expectation of the public in achieving the vision. Let me elaborate what has happened in developed countries' guiding policies. >> >> Adam Smith thought that politics and the economics are two different activities. That economic activity happens whether you like it or not. That is how he came up with his "invincible hand" (you cannot quite see what guides business in a capitalist society) these thoughts guided especially the Western world between 1776 and 1920. There were many variants of this thinking. That is how Marx thought it cannot survive. And indeed it formented bad things such as slavery and extreme poverty. >> >> The separation of economics and politics ended with British economist, Kynes introduction of new thinking leaning more to social democracy arguing that the role of government was to manage the economy. That is how government intervention in business activity was introduced. Mainly the role of government here was to make laws of market economics and let the citizen do their thing. This thinking thrived for 40 years and led to great success when new thinking close to Adam Smith's emerged. >> >> Milton Friedman assisted by politicians Thatcher and Reagan. Instead of treating economics as a branch of politics they went the opposite and treated politics as a branch of economics. Deregulation set in and massive unemployment crept in. Enterprises made money and greed of couse set in. > Unfortunately this is where I would have to stop you.....Greed has been around for the longest time, even before Adam Smith and has been responsible for the failure of all the economic theories you have outlined above. Am not saying there is anything wrong with greed but when greed is not "regulated" it makes a mockery of the best systems ever invented, please help me in studying global and economic history and before long it would clear. > >> That is how the whole thing came crashing in 2009 and the rise of civil society's demand to occupy Wall Street. > Same way it crushed before, again and again so as a member of the human race, my advise is, let's watch this guy called greed and "contain" it. Otherwise the European crisis would soon get out of hand which would trigger situations in Asia. As a matter of fact in Paul Krugman's last piece in the NY Times, he firmly argues that China would have no choice than to break soon and if you pay close attention to the submission, you would see greed all over it.... >> >> These two competing ideologies have have shaped Western Politics. > Ideologies yes but our human endeavors can undo all ideological underpinning so personally I have moved to the middle with Obama. I think our world would only be sustainable in the 21st century if we avoid "extremism" and find moderation as the key so for example we need to find moderation between "ideologies" and "pragmatism". > >> We have for many years blindly followed the West and assumed our people understand this. > My good old friend Prof. George Ayittey would buy you a beer for making this point which am not ashamed to say he spent his entire life making. George argues and I have spent time to read greatly on this and am convinced that he is saying something that need serious attention, before the colonial master Africa had her own governance and political system that was based on consultation and consensus etc. He then argues that colonialism did a lot of damage but we cannot continue to blame colonialism and then insist on their imported system which in his own words "our African elites do not understand". In Africa Unchained, he confronts Prof. Ali Mazuri's externalist approach and homes in on our need to be internalist. Am a big fan of Ali as I am of George so my verdict is that both are right in presenting the extreme views but WE have to find the middle ground (moderation) to chat our cause for Africa's re-emergence. Let me be quick to add that in some cases we are doing that but need to be more forthright and speedy in implementation because trust me, great ideas are not enough. > >> Capitalism is not bad at all. It is the most adaptive ideology but yet the most misunderstood. > Am still learning and experiencing it and am open to more of such, actually am a student of knowing my experience but that does not mean I don't read.....moderation as always is the key. > >> Take The case of China and Russia. Both are under the assumption that they are opening up their economies to free market economy. China has been successful with a regulated capitalism whereas Russia's approach only led to creation of oligarchs and millions of the poor. > You know am very careful when I speak about these two establishments and I won't for a second pretend I know anything about them because I don't, am still in the process of spending time there, reading and trying to understand what is going on but there is one thing I would stand up to, "only fools doubt results" - so long as China is poised to over take the US in the 21st century, I have no problem reducing myself to learning what they are DOING right. The US's number complaint is China in every form, currency manipulation, you name it. Am not saying it is not true but to my point one needs to strike a balance even between complaining and doing. If China is a "fraud", time would take care of it but for now we in Africa need to ask ourselves, how can we do and do better than them.....:-) > >> >> Clearly in Kenya we need to define what we want. What we expect of the government. What we expect of the people. The private sector is not capable of exploiting the opportunities we have. > You have laid out the foundation of a united Africa but am not sure I entirely agree with your wording of the last sentence. For what it is worth, I would expand. Africa has had steady GDP growth of 5% average over the last decade and the mobile magic also happened over the same period and we have empirical data to support the correlation between GDP growth and fix line, mobile, internet and broadband penetration so something has to give. However we don't yet have basis for coxiality, also if you take the UNDP HDI over the same period, you see a decline which tells me that something is wrong. Now to my point that the growth we have experienced has being purely private sector lead so I disagree with you to extend that you "entirely" dismiss the private sector's ingenuity but I know that not what you meant. I agreed with you that there is more room for improvement. Haven said that let me tell you the Eric Osiakwan foundation of the problem and I think we have debated this before but if members would pardon me. Empirical data tells us that between 35 to 65% of African economies are OWNed by non-Africans, this means that there is massive capital flight so the 5% growth that we are seeing is not reinvested in Africa and you know better than me the economics of capital circulation and for those who do not, George Soros did the best rendition of this in his book "Soros on Globalization". Anyway so my submission is we need to craft a strategic approach towards owning Africa ourselves, otherwise trust me we would be going in circles for much longer, if you don't believe me ask God. > >> If they were they could have invested in Energy. > Energy is a problem because government is "standing" in the way of private sector instead of assuming a posture of how do we (all stakeholders) work together to generate a win-win situation. The mobile magic is a perfect example, it could not have being done by the private sector alone, all had to collaborate so again it is all about striking a balance even between the stakeholders. Just ten years ago, there were more landlines in Manhattan than all of Africa but now Africa has more cellphones than the whole of the US and we lead the world -- the economist cannot help but change it's headline from hopeless to hopeful: folks, something has happened in the last decade wether you like it or not. Mo Ibrahim has become a billionaire from that, I only wish he was living fulltime and reinvesting all that money in Africa. Mark Shuttleworth, MTN etc are all examples whic begs the question why is it that we make billionaires and millionaires on the continent only for them to relocate? These are the issues I expect the African Union to be discussing (not debating...:-) to come out with a plan to change that in from 2012.... > >> If they were they could have put their money in the fledgling ICT sector. > I may be wrong but if you pay attention to the investments in various sectors over the decade, the private sector has done much more for the ict sector than government (this is not to pitch them against each other) and the Ict sector has had more impact on lives than other sectors. Let's take the mining sector, am afraid that it has only made the rich richer from the natural resources in the poor man's backyard and in some cases destroyed farmlands that use to sustain peasant farmers. The mobile magic to the contrary is liberating, empowering and democratizing - my mother calls me and tells me, "Eric I hear Ecobank is selling shares, am going to buy some so why don't you also", before she use to rely on me telling her what's going down - something has changed. >> >> Back to Mugo. > Yes, back to basics... > >> Given the underlying ideological theories and the fact that our peoiple are unaware, > They are becoming aware, i like to recognize little efforts or success as a basis not to be complacent but to do more and better. > >> what do we expect from the people of Kenya in achieving Vision 2030? > The answer is "let's DO - get everyone doing something". Africa is soo good on paper sometimes I wish we could just be in the paper. In 2012, let's start focusing on implementing vision 2030 even if it is not the best. We can be refining it as we implement because we have being planning this for way to long and if we are not careful 2030 would arrive with us still discussing and planning it. > >> >> Ndemo. > Eric here > >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> >> Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.keDate: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:33:52 >> To: <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> >> Cc: <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 3) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emko%40internetresearc… >> >> 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. >> >> 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. Eric M.K Osiakwan Director Internet Research www.internetresearch.com.gh 42 Ring Road Central Accra-North, Accra +233244386792

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Nairobi traffic congestion -what is the role of technology
by Titus Ngeno 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Listers, Nairobi is a great regional hub/city but its transport system by the twenty-first century is obviously lagging behind the needs of its economy and its citizens. The population of Nairobi is growing daily and little being done on sustain ability initiative. Can we use technology for traffic management? Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ________________________________ The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is for the intended addressee only. Any unauthorized use, dissemination of the information, or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the intended addressee, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message.

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Robert Yawe for PMG Integrity test
by Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Listers, Disclaimer: This is not to disregard Yawe's candidature. I have been silently following the 'self-campaign' by one Robert Yawe in his quest of becoming the Post Master General, at Postal Corporation of Kenya. I have also noticed the passionate he has of reviving this important agency back to where it was in yesteryears. This passion, I can state, comes as a result of mass wastage the organization does; not changing with times, has more workers but less output, corruption and perhaps political interference. Now, as long as PCK remains a state-run corporation, the PMG, must be someone who is bound by various laws, notably Public Officers Ethics Act etc. In line with this, Bw. Yawe, how does your qualification (Academic & non-academic) relate well with Chapter 6 of the Constitution? PS: Remember our MPs the other day turned down some nominees because they considered them 'impassionate' yet qualified. Thanks Regards, Solomon

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Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 2)
by Grace Githaiga 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Thanks Bwana Kibati for your well articulated responses. As you can see, your responses have raised further queries on energy from Brainiac and we look forward to your responses. A great point you raise on the fact that changing our value systems must be a national collective effort if we are going to have social transformation. We can have all the infrastructure but if we do not have values, then there might not be much meaning to Kenyans. Barrack, Solomon and Harry, you now have it from Mr. Kibati. Harry, I do hope that you will take on the challenge to present the Vision 2030 secretariat with a concept on energy distribution. This will be a great outcome of this debate and I am sure Brainiac and other listers may want to join you. Barrack, i think this is your opportunity to influence. Is it possible to suggest how Vision 2030 can influence national values using ICTs? Tusingojee serikali...:) As we reflect on the responses, we also move on to Day 2. The focus is on the three pillars of Vision 2030. The vision is grounded on three piilars and we will look at the first one which is the economic pillar. The Economic pillar seeks to improve the prosperity of all regions of the country and all Kenyans by achieving Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate by 2012. http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars The Medium Term Plan (2008-2012 identifies six targetted priority sectors namely tourism, agriculture, wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing, IT enabled services and financial services. Over to you listers. Please feel free to still raise concerns on the vision or on Mr. Kibati's responses too. Sasa basi wakilisheni!. Rgds Grace ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life is all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go forth and rule the World!

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