Thanks Bw. Ndemo. You keep going! We shall attempt to make the manifesto coherent when finalizing the report. This was a summary and we needed you to pick on issues/amend/discuss so that there is no 'I was misquoted' :). Will wait to hear the rest but I am sure Listers might also pick on some concerns you have raised. And as you do that, do you think that the expansion of the roads will truly resolve our traffic menance considering that not all roads will enjoy expansion? Have a great cold morning. 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!
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:41:26 +0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ndemo's Presidential Debate Final Report? From: bitange@jambo.co.ke To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com CC: bitange@jambo.co.ke; kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
Grace, Although the manifesto has the ingredients of "my Presidency" it is not coherent. My main objective was to create a knowledge society where science becomes the centre point of our development. With Internet everywhere in another few months, we can easily begin to use Internet as a development tool that will not only propel our country into a service economy but also help create unprecedented efficiencies in government.
As you are aware capitalism is under the greatest test world over and there seems to be lack of leadership from traditional ideologues. It is a great chance for us to show the way since we do not have legacy issues as it relates to ideology. Just like Franklin Rosefelt did during the great depression, there is need to weave a bit of socialism into capitalism. By this I mean we shall take care of three most important social problems of our time. This is education, health and housing. We shall make Internet a human right issue then pumb lots of content through it to schools and create a level playing field for all.
For this to work we must first deal with energy as I said as a prerequisite. Resources to undertake these projects will come from the efficiencies we create in government when we automate every record and open up thegovernment through the open data initiative. Here you will create an environment for innovation. Further you create jobs especially in the BPO sector. Other areas will include gaming, software development and animation.
Much of the animated content would focus on all syllabi of all African countries for educational content. Of the $84 billion market, we shall first target10 percent of that market. The gaming industry we also target some 5 percent of more than $120 billion industry.
As we develop housing, we shall work to create smarter cities with the aim of fighting decease through prevention. The aim is to limit the more than 20 billion shillings used in testing for malaria and typhoid and also avoid taking people to hospital and changing the health paradigm from curative to prevention.
The world has given us the opportunity to begin to think big but we must do the basics like controlling our population growth. It does not auger well for us to grow at the rate we are at the moment when we already have a problem with food security. Whenever your people are food insecure, it dents your confidence greatly.
We shall have a clear foreign policy with more emphasies on Africa. Our growth is more dependent on Africa as we move forward. We must de-emphasize our dependency on Europe for our economic development and start fighting for apace here in Africa. If we grow our business in Africa, we shall rebuild not only our image but confidence levels. This is what all other candidates lack.
You realize I have not said much about Asia. This is because we can fifgt them without suffering as much as we would if we were to ignore the Western world. This is far more complex to state here.
I will write more later. Just starting to listen to UK Prime Minister, David Cameron.
Regards
Ndemo
Dr Ndemo
Greetings.
Please refer to the attached summary of the issues you raised during the 'Ndemo for President Campaign'. Its been a hectic time for us considering we were all busy with the IGF.
We are now in the process of finalizing this and other reports. We have noted that there were two questions that you did not answer. Do you think you could respond to them so that you allow us to finalize? You can also react to the summary and ofcourse any lister is free to react/respond.
The two questions: 1. How does the government alleviate the fear of making the wrong decision(s) and are there any measures in place for success and tolerance for failure within government?
2. How would you ensure public officers are provided with freedom to make choices, to make mistakes, know the options for redress, and put an exit strategy in place should things go wrong?
A great week to you and to all the listers.
Rgds GG _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
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