Grace…
Na hii list imenyamazeko saana..! Ladies and gentlemen, we now have Mr. Kibati with us. Could I please urge all to
engage with him..
Mr. Kibati, many thanks again for your time, and for the candid response – especially on the benchmarks. Honestly
speaking, a lot of the flagship projects being rolled out within the Vision2030 epitomize some “uncharted” territory for us.
However I believe let’s not fear to be bold since, there are a lot of successful case study stories that we can continue to
learn from, especially those of the South-East “Asian Tigers”, as they are popularly called– where they have failed and
where they have succeeded. As we are constantly reminded, we purportedly at some point in the 60’s or 70’s were on
the same footing, if not ahead of some of them before they overtook us at some lightning speed. Let’s quickly work to
catch up.
But again it would be really important to look inwards as Team Vision 2030 ( I really would love to hear from you on this).
We have had a solid 48 years ( we just celebrated an anniversary). What poignant lessons do we draw..? Why have we
failed to make most of the opportunities we had? How do we address this, and include it in the vision2030…?
I suppose this would be the best point to look at ourselves, and consider the reasons why others succeeded and we
failed – badly.
I’m glad to note that again as you’ve mentioned, there is inbuilt flexibility to refine models, targets ,goals/objectives etc as
this ship sails on since this is very important, to incorporate new ideas/realities on the ground.
On “Energy distribution”, if you’d allow me to go back to this, you’ve mentioned about “unbundling” it. I might not
be certain what this means, but does it indicate stripping away monopoly, or are there various distribution packages
that will need to be decentralized…? Then on the Rural electrification programme, - I will check this out, however
does it mean it’s now an independent entity that does its own electricity distribution to consumers..? If this is a
success model, then let’s liberalize the entire sector..
Grace, it’s quite an honor on the concept paper.. I’d need some experts on the list, in this area to come on board. But
I will take up the challenge..
Harry
From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Grace Githaiga
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To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 2)
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
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