February 2013 - KICTANet

Re: [kictanet] [KICTAnet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo,
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

My take, Key future staff and the board members to this agency should be vetted in a more open forum (comprised of key stakeholders such as many in this forum). There should also be an audit on the performance of the 2 outgoing officers and board members and findings forwarded to any other government agency that they wish to join so that it informs the appointing authority in those agencies of their past performance. Edwin ----- Original Message ----- From: eugene(a)synergy.co.keTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 2/20/13 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] [KICTAnet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo, +1 Somebody say Amen! > We need to understand ICT does not and is not confined to mobile and > mobile applications. We need to develop software development, we need > to focus on green energy, we need to talk about nanotechnology and the > like. In other words, we need to totally reengineer the business process of the KICTB. Regards > -----Original Message----- > From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet- > bounces+eugene=synergy.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Kivuva > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:55 AM > To: Eugene Lidede > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo, > > Powerful statement by James and others. I hope Dr. Ndemo is listening. > > On 19/02/2013, James Mbugua <jgmbugua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Can we have a competitive and thorough process to replace Kukubo. > Half > > of the people working there should leave with him. The Kenya ICT > Board > > is not a cash cow, it is a body that should be staffed with serious > > performers who understand their mission. > > > > We need to understand ICT does not and is not confined to mobile and > > mobile applications. We need to develop software development, we need > > to focus on green energy, we need to talk about nanotechnology and > the > > like. In other words, we need to totally reengineer the business > process of the KICTB. > > > > I have always been highly critical of the CEO's penchant for taking > > plane rides across the globe ostensibly to market Kenya when it would > > be cheaper to invite the Peter Thiel's and Pierre Omydar's of this > > world here to meet a large group of techies. > > > > I have also been critical of the staff's penchant for behaving as if > > they exist to be served and not to serve Kenyans. We need proper > > competitive processes to be applied to staff these positions. Let > them > > be appraised by their job description and what they have achieved and > > equally account for these trips they are always making to one > > conference or the other. Can we be told how the country benefitted? > > > > We laud Kukubo for founding the KICTB but not for allowing it to > > become what it has become. We need to clean house. > > > > James > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:59 PM,

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Re: [kictanet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo,
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Stephen, I raised some of the issues that you have below...I was branded an "activist" for bringing that up....maybe we are all better off just singing the positives and look the other way. Edwin ----- Original Message ----- From: smutoro(a)yahoo.comTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 2/18/13 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo, Hi Alice: Interesting you anticipate negative comments on the duo?? I will neither give -ve or +ve. Just fill me in what were the key benchmarks for KICTB and do what extent have they realized that dream? What are the key deliverables? Was it really necessary to have KICTB at MOIC and e-Government at OP? If Konza dream were to ever become reality, would we need KICTB? Why isn't there proper succession planning - as it appears CEO and his deputy leave at the same time? Were they competitively recruited? Why wouldn't the two vacancies to be advertised? Kind regards Stephen Mutoro www.cofek.co.ke On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Alice Munyua <alice(a)apc.org> wrote: http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/02/paul-kukubo-victor-kyalo-set-to-leave-ict-… After five years at the helm of the Kenya ICT Board, Paul Kukubo is leaving his post as CEO and Taking over as the head of the East Africa Commodities Exchange. No website yet but you can read more about it here. Paulâ€™s contract was renewed in 2010 for three years through this Gazette notice. Victor Kyalo, the Deputy CEO at the board is also set to leave, to go back to teaching at the University of Nairobi, but he will probably not take long before he bounces back to the ICT sector He lectures/teaches electrical engineering at the University. Paul and Victor have been leading lights in Kenyaâ€™s ICT industry and are responsible for setting up the board and showing its relevance to other ministries but with the e-gov directorate, you understand why the roles were confused. Now its time for all in the industry to forget all those things we never liked with the board and start with all the nice things, and how we will miss them. Yes, seriously And here I goâ€¦â€¦â€¦ During their leadership, the government of Kenya was able to appreciate technology and innovation, opened its data for developers, and set up the youth fund, which was supposed to supplement venture capital and savings. Who can forget Tandaaâ€¦â€¦. The content grants, they made some folks rich, some skipped town while others realized running business is hard. IBM set up a research lab, government is contributing Ksh 170 million and the staff is being sourced from the best universities globally, given that Kenya has no capacity. During its earlier years, maybe first or second, the board supported BPOs, in fact, I think that was the main reason it was formed, but priorities have changed. Who is taking over? Eunice Kariuki is the deputy CEO and can be expected to take over, if there is no argument that we need fresh blood to be injectedâ€¦â€¦ or some other argument like that. So, what do you have to say about the duo? You can put your nice things in the comments _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/smutoro%40yahoo.com 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.

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Off topic: COFEK
by Brian Munyao Longwe 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

I'm sorry but I must bring this up here as there was a recent discussion involving COFEK. Today I saw COFEK on social media calling consumers to join them in a protest outside Govt printerr office. I followed the link indicated in their post to find out what the fuss was about and found this: * The Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) is concerned at the poor performance by the office of the Government Printer headed by Mr Andrew Rukaria (pictured). Since assent of the Consumer Protection Act on December 13, 2012 the Government Printer's office has been giving endless excuses from backlog to lack of films and other materials. Meanwhile the Act remains unpublished and it cannot be operationalized as a result. Our numerous calls and letters have only yielded in unfulfilled and indefinite pledges of printing the same. Mr Rukaria has also taken to avoiding our calls. >From the foregoing, we hereby demand for his voluntary resignation within seven days. Failure to do so, Cofek will simultaneously seek for judicial intervention. Cofek, will after this ultimatum, mobilize consumers to physically eject him from his office for his consistently poor and unacceptable performance. *What I don't understand is: 1. Since when was it that an Act cannot be operationalized simply because it hasn't been printed by Govt printers? 2. Isn't there an electronic version of this Act that can be used/referred to in case of legal issues/action? 3. Is there anything stopping COFEK from printing their own copies of the Act? (If they need it so badly) Please enlighten me? Mblayo

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FW: IGF Fellowship Programme - call for candidates
by Grace Githaiga 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Dear Listers The IGF secretariat has released its application for the IGF fellowship aimed at Internet Governance capacity building in developing and transitional countries. The application form is attached. Each country is expected to nominate at-least 3 candidates. The names will then be sent to the IGF secretariat for the final selection. Our own Mich and Barrack are beneficiaries of this fellowship. We therefore look forward to another Kenyan participating. Considering that this list is multistakeholder, we would appreciate nominations from the different stakeholders. To avoid inundating the list with too many messages, kindly write to me offline if you are interested. With Kind RegardsGG -------- Original Message -------- Subject: IGF Fellowship Programme - call for candidates Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:02:25 +0100 From: Chengetai Masango <cmasango(a)unog.ch> To: Paul Wilson <pwilson(a)apnic.net>, fmakane(a)gmail.com, Hisham Aboulyazed <hyazed(a)tra.gov.eg>, lara.pace(a)comnet.org.mt, "Mark.Carvell(a)Culture.gsi.gov.uk CARVELL" <Mark.Carvell(a)Culture.gsi.gov.uk>, alice(a)apc.org, keith(a)internetnz.net.nz, judy(a)fossfa.net, andres(a)lacnic.net, Valeria Betancourt <valeriab(a)apc.org>, Lillian Nalwoga <lnalwoga(a)gmail.com> CC: Farzaneh BADII <fbadii(a)unog.ch> Dear All, I am contacting because you are registered with the IGF Secretariat as the contact persons for your respective IGF regional IGF initiatives. As you know we have a fellowship program run by the IGF Secretariat. Its aim is to contribute to Internet Governance capacity building in developing and transitional countries The fellows are placed with the IGF Secretariat in Geneva and while contributing to the work of the Secretariat gain valuable experience and contacts within the Internet Governance space. The duration of the fellowship is 3 months with the possibility of extension of up to 9 months. The fellow is then expected to return to their home country and impart the knowledge that they have gained during the fellowship. Each fellow receives a plane ticket and a stipend that should be enough to take care of their Geneva living expenses (It is not meant to cover their expenses at their place of origin as well) We would like to expand the catchment area of fellows and therefore would ask if the regional IGF's could form multistakeholder selection committees in their respective regions to select up to 3 prospective fellows and send their names, CV's and attached P11 form to the IGF Secretariat for further selection, final selection will take place in NY. The list of protective candidates should be sent to fellowships(a)intgovforum.org. Please also include the date when the prospective fellow will be available. At the moment we would be grateful if you could include a candidate with web programming skills in the selection. Finalists for the fellowship programme will have to go through a telephone interview and will also be sent further forms to fill out. It is likely that we can only have two fellows at a time at the Secretariat but the final number is determined by the availability of resources. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask me of Farzaneh cc'd above. Best regards Chengetai

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] ICT Masterplan dubbed Connected Kenya 2017 launched
by Brian Munyao Longwe 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

It was actually launched by the ICT Board, not by CCK On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 5:58 PM, dan wanjohi <nadwanjohi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone with the Cybersecurity Masterplan CCK launched recently. > > Thanks > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear Paul, >> >> Many thanks for this, indeed it is a step in the right direction my only >> concern is that we still have some self styled consultants and brokers at >> Sheria house at the name searches area which begs the question as to >> whether we are heading towards digital empowerement, is it just resistance >> to change or is this a sign of mwanainchi not plugging in? Why cant we have >> basic services like name search for companies going online? . >> On another note i find the document to be very high level and i doubt >> whether the common man would easily plug in , yet i understand that 70% of >> the local populace is Jua Kali, how do we get them to plug in ? i write >> this from the point of each Kenyan having a role in the success of Vision >> 2013, any other lister who may be in the know can also enlighten me. >> >> Best Regards >> >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo(a)ict.gony.ke<pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> >> > wrote: >> >>> Listers >>> >>> Full Master Plan Document Can be Downloaded Here..<http://www.ict.go.ke/docs/MasterPlan2017.pdf> >>> >>> The government’s effort towards transforming the country into a >>> knowledge based economy through<http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php/ict-masterplan/516-government-launches-the-n…>digital empowerment was on 14th February 2013 endorsed with the launch of >>> the first National ICT Masterplan, Connected Kenya 2017. A five year plan >>> that seeks to drive citizen adoption of the Vision 2030 priorities through >>> ICT policies and initiatives, the master plan projects that by 2017 >>> Kenya’s ICT industry will be contributing an estimated US$2 billion (some >>> 25 percent of Kenya’s GDP) and have created around 500 new tier-1 ICT >>> companies and over 50,000 jobs. >>> >>> “As a step towards its realization, the ministry is working on >>> standardizing business processes and developing sub-plans that will allow >>> the delivery of innovative public services within government” said >>> Information and Communication Ps., Dr.Bitange Ndemo“ >>> >>> Strong governance and increasing engagement between the government and >>> private sector will help to remove barriers that would impede execution in >>> order to deliver a society based on knowledge”, added Dr.Bitange Ndemo >>> >>> >>> Guided by the ministry’s policy objectives and to achieve the intended >>> full benefits of ICT, the Masterplan plugs into the vision 2030’s social >>> and economic pillars in seven keyintervention areas. Under the social >>> pillar are Education and Training, Health sector, Water and sanitation, >>> Environment, housing and Urbanization, Gender, Youth and Vulnerable groups, >>> Social Equity and poverty reduction. >>> >>> The economic pillar shall deliver on Tourism, agriculture, Wholesale and >>> Retail Trade, Manufacturing, Business process outsourcing and financial >>> services and the creative industry. >>> >>> What began as a stakeholder engagement on the hypothesis of what had >>> been adopted in countries like Singapore has taken two years, culminating >>> in the birth of the ICT Masterplan. >>> >>> “Indeed, the plan is ambitious and it is an attempt to infuse ICT s and >>> knowledge into the Vision 2030 by enhancing citizen value. How? by availing >>> channels that will stimulate the set-up of ICT related businesses and >>> therefore employment creation” said Paul Kukubo,ICT Board CEO., >>> >>> At the core of this Masterplan are three strategic pillars that will be >>> used as a measure of success. Enhancing public value through service >>> delivery and access of public service, strengthening ICT as a driver of >>> industry by establishing an ecosystem for ICT adoption and the development >>> of ICT business that lead an understanding of the emerging market needs. >>> >>> “The plan is really just a guideline and availing it to the public means >>> that we are open for further deliberation and feedback .We intend to review >>> the document annually to review progress and realign the same to the day’s >>> priorities”, added Paul Kukubo >>> >>> The Launch of the National ICT Masterplan comes just two days after a >>> draft National Cyber Security Masterplan roundtable, a final review session >>> for the country’s first document that seeks to establish a regulatory and >>> policy framework in information security. The Strategy and Plan play a >>> fundamental role in managing risks to government processes through securing >>> the information assets. >>> >>> . <http://www.ict.go.ke/docs/MasterPlan2017.pdf> >>> Paul Kukubo >>> Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board >>> PO Box 27150 - 00100 >>> Nairobi, Kenya >>> >>> 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street >>> >>> Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 >>> Fax: +254 20 2211962 >>> website: www.ict.go.ke >>> local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya >>> twitter:@tandaaKENYA >>> BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke >>> Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke >>> >>> >>> personal contacts >>> _______________ >>> >>> Cell: + 254 717 180001 >>> >>> >>> skype: kukubopaul >>> googletalk: pkukubo >>> personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke >>> personal twitter: @pkukubo >>> >>> >>> ____________________ >>> Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub >>> >>> Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, >>> through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth >>> for socio economic enrichment >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> skunkworks mailing list >>> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> ------------ >>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Barrack O. Otieno >> +254721325277 >> +254-20-2498789 >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > > > > -- > *......................................................... > No pressure.....No diamonds!!!* > > _______________________________________________ > skunkworks mailing list > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >

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ICT Masterplan dubbed Connected Kenya 2017 launched
by Paul Kukubo 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Listers Full Master Plan Document Can be Downloaded Here..<http://www.ict.go.ke/docs/MasterPlan2017.pdf> The government’s effort towards transforming the country into a knowledge based economy through<http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php/ict-masterplan/516-government-launches-the-n…>digital empowerment was on 14th February 2013 endorsed with the launch of the first National ICT Masterplan, Connected Kenya 2017. A five year plan that seeks to drive citizen adoption of the Vision 2030 priorities through ICT policies and initiatives, the master plan projects that by 2017 Kenya’s ICT industry will be contributing an estimated US$2 billion (some 25 percent of Kenya’s GDP) and have created around 500 new tier-1 ICT companies and over 50,000 jobs. “As a step towards its realization, the ministry is working on standardizing business processes and developing sub-plans that will allow the delivery of innovative public services within government” said Information and Communication Ps., Dr.Bitange Ndemo“ Strong governance and increasing engagement between the government and private sector will help to remove barriers that would impede execution in order to deliver a society based on knowledge”, added Dr.Bitange Ndemo Guided by the ministry’s policy objectives and to achieve the intended full benefits of ICT, the Masterplan plugs into the vision 2030’s social and economic pillars in seven keyintervention areas. Under the social pillar are Education and Training, Health sector, Water and sanitation, Environment, housing and Urbanization, Gender, Youth and Vulnerable groups, Social Equity and poverty reduction. The economic pillar shall deliver on Tourism, agriculture, Wholesale and Retail Trade, Manufacturing, Business process outsourcing and financial services and the creative industry. What began as a stakeholder engagement on the hypothesis of what had been adopted in countries like Singapore has taken two years, culminating in the birth of the ICT Masterplan. “Indeed, the plan is ambitious and it is an attempt to infuse ICT s and knowledge into the Vision 2030 by enhancing citizen value. How? by availing channels that will stimulate the set-up of ICT related businesses and therefore employment creation” said Paul Kukubo,ICT Board CEO., At the core of this Masterplan are three strategic pillars that will be used as a measure of success. Enhancing public value through service delivery and access of public service, strengthening ICT as a driver of industry by establishing an ecosystem for ICT adoption and the development of ICT business that lead an understanding of the emerging market needs. “The plan is really just a guideline and availing it to the public means that we are open for further deliberation and feedback .We intend to review the document annually to review progress and realign the same to the day’s priorities”, added Paul Kukubo The Launch of the National ICT Masterplan comes just two days after a draft National Cyber Security Masterplan roundtable, a final review session for the country’s first document that seeks to establish a regulatory and policy framework in information security. The Strategy and Plan play a fundamental role in managing risks to government processes through securing the information assets. . <http://www.ict.go.ke/docs/MasterPlan2017.pdf> Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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Voter register on OpenData
by robert yawe 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hi, Does anyone out there know if the new electronically acquired voter register is available in electronic data or on the Open Data platform? 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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Re: [kictanet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo,
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Why would you limit an entire forum to only the positives? Why would we focus so much only on the positives? They occupied public offices, paid by public funds, let everyone express themselves OPENLY! Edwin ----- Original Message ----- From: alice(a)apc.orgTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 2/18/13 1:33 PM Subject: [kictanet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo, http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/02/paul-kukubo-victor-kyalo-set-to-leave-ict-… After five years at the helm of the Kenya ICT Board, Paul Kukubo is leaving his post as CEO and Taking over as the head of the East Africa Commodities Exchange. No website yet but you can read more about it here. Paul’s contract was renewed in 2010 for three years through this Gazette notice. Victor Kyalo, the Deputy CEO at the board is also set to leave, to go back to teaching at the University of Nairobi, but he will probably not take long before he bounces back to the ICT sector He lectures/teaches electrical engineering at the University. Paul and Victor have been leading lights in Kenya’s ICT industry and are responsible for setting up the board and showing its relevance to other ministries but with the e-gov directorate, you understand why the roles were confused. Now its time for all in the industry to forget all those things we never liked with the board and start with all the nice things, and how we will miss them. Yes, seriously And here I go……… During their leadership, the government of Kenya was able to appreciate technology and innovation, opened its data for developers, and set up the youth fund, which was supposed to supplement venture capital and savings. Who can forget Tandaa……. The content grants, they made some folks rich, some skipped town while others realized running business is hard. IBM set up a research lab, government is contributing Ksh 170 million and the staff is being sourced from the best universities globally, given that Kenya has no capacity. During its earlier years, maybe first or second, the board supported BPOs, in fact, I think that was the main reason it was formed, but priorities have changed. Who is taking over? Eunice Kariuki is the deputy CEO and can be expected to take over, if there is no argument that we need fresh blood to be injected…… or some other argument like that. So, what do you have to say about the duo? You can put your nice things in the comments

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Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo, set to leave ICT Board
by Alice Munyua 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/02/paul-kukubo-victor-kyalo-set-to-leave-ict-… After five years at the helm of the Kenya ICT Board, Paul Kukubo is leaving his post as CEO and Taking over as the head of the East Africa Commodities Exchange. No website yet but you can read more about it here <http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Commodity-exchange-planned-for-Rwanda/…>. Paul's contract was renewed in 2010 for three years through this Gazette notice <http://www.kenyalaw.org/klr/index.php?id=173>. Victor Kyalo, the Deputy CEO at the board is also set to leave, to go back to teaching at the University of Nairobi, but he will probably not take long before he bounces back to the ICT sector :) He lectures/teaches electrical engineering at the University. Paul and Victor have been leading lights in Kenya's ICT industry and are responsible for setting up the board and showing its relevance to other ministries but with the e-gov directorate, you understand why the roles were confused. Now its time for all in the industry to forget all those things we never liked with the board and start with all the nice things, and how we will miss them. Yes, seriously :) And here I go......... During their leadership, the government of Kenya was able to appreciate technology and innovation, opened its data for developers, and set up the youth fund, which was supposed to supplement venture capital and savings. Who can forget Tandaa....... The content grants, they made some folks rich, some skipped town while others realized running business is hard. IBM set up a research lab, government is contributing Ksh 170 million and the staff is being sourced from the best universities globally, given that Kenya has no capacity. During its earlier years, maybe first or second, the board supported BPOs, in fact, I think that was the main reason it was formed, but priorities have changed. Who is taking over? Eunice Kariuki is the deputy CEO and can be expected to take over, if there is no argument that we need fresh blood to be injected...... or some other argument like that. So, what do you have to say about the duo? You can put your nice things in the comments :)

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Mocality closing down?
by robert yawe 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Hi, Can someone confirm if this is true and also what might be the reason. Hello Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and Mocality, including Mocality Deals, is one of them. We hereby give you notice that Mocality will cease to render its services on the 28th February 2013. Of course, the fact that our site and related services is shutting down does not affect any coupons you may have purchased via our site. Coupons remain valid until they either expire or are redeemed in full by you at the relevant merchant. However, please log into the system between now and the 28th to retrieve any coupons or information that you may need as Mocality Deals will not be available after the 28th February 2013. If you are due a refund for any reason, you will be contacted individually to facilitate that refund. We would like to thank you for your patronage and your support, and bid you a fond farewell. If you require any more information please email support(a)mocality.co.ke Regards Team Mocality. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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