My only concern is just what a poor job CCK had done with educating the public on what exactly to expect with the migration, and posting on your website is not enough. My domestic manager told me the only reason she was not going to get the Set Top is because she did not want to incur the monthly cost that is sure to come with it. I had to print her the nation report showing her there was no monthly cost and she proceeded to tell me that there were guys selling Set Tops that did not work, which means there are con-men already at work selling DSTV type devices that will not work without subscriptions, and this is where GOK/CCK should be spending time while we await the court decision on the migration, education (radio, tv, print media, collaborate with churches etc.) and arresting of any con-men selling the wrong devices. I made sure to let her know the migration was going to happen and it was just a matter of when, not if. On Saturday, January 4, 2014 12:32 PM, Gideon <gideonrop@gmail.com> wrote: Happy 2014, Content will always be king indeed, now Africa has the largest yet untapped resource in terms of content, just how fast we want to convert this to monetary and technological value is the question. Its time for governments to take the plunge and switch over to the massive digital platform despite the challenges. The longer its delayed the longer it takes to learn from the challenges. Regards Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:08 AM, <kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Send kictanet mailing list submissions to
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Message: 1 Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 09:33:29 +0300 From: Ohaga JB <durojb@gmail.com> To: Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi@at.co.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Just a thought Message-ID: <CAL3xsmPVapmixEn_xg3trqRZ4AGDLVukJ2671zpkJDRA65eFOA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I do share @Ngigi's opinion, seeking technological solutions to all our bad behavior is a favourite pastime of technological determinists, however, we should view technology as instruments that aid in making the world a better n easier place to live in. So wht we need is behavior change in our midst n basic good manners, so that someone does not back up into your car n then accuse you of having hit them.
In all fairness, does Doc think that the lady in question won't falsely accuse the next driver that she does that to just because she already met one guy whose car was fitted with digital cams? I really doubt it... On 04 Jan 2014 9:20 AM, "Ngigi Waithaka" <ngigi@at.co.ke> wrote:
Aren't you scared of having technology being pervasive in every facet of our lives?
Add to that the fact that our Governments don't shy away from peeping into our privaye lives through all these gadgets we have.
Its quite a slippery road.
I believe in a simple digital world, but not simpler!
Waithaka Ngigi
Alliance Technologies Nairobi, Kenya
http://www.a1.io/ On 4 Jan 2014 08:55, "Barrack Otieno" <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Happy New Year Dr. Ndemo, i agree, technology will help a lot, ATM's are already doing this we should extend the same every where.
Best Regards
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke>wrote:
Yesterday morning as I drove to the city, my trip was disrupted by a woman driving ahead of me. She was most likely driving a stick shift Toyota when at Muthaiga Market (has a small hill as you join on to Parklands) her car slowly sled backwards resting on the front of my VW bug. She realized her mistake too late but when she came out, she said to me "Mheshimiwa umenigonga kutoka nyuma" (Honorable you just hit me from behind). I just had to smile as I opened my door. The vehicles behind us sped off. I knew I had no witness.
Her car had minor damage and as she prepared to call the police, I encouraged her to do it quick since this is a simple matter. She then says to me "a simple matter". I said yes. What do you mean she retorted. It is simple because my car is digital, I said. Digital! what do exactly mean she says. My car has digital cameras all round and when the police arrive, I just will show them exactly what went on. She stops making her call and started to look at my car carefully. This time I tell her that I am calling the police. She then turns to me as says "this digital business is not good, can we just agree that we just cover our costs". I said no. This is the very reason why I mounted a digicam on my car.
She starts to plead with me. She offers to cover my cost. I said no but asked her to put it in writing that she was on the wrong.
Lesson 1: Technology will help us correct our values. Lesson 2: If all our PSV vehicles are mounted with cameras, we shall gather good data to hep us deal with road carnage Lesson 3: There are other benefits that will accrue if car manufacturers were to in-build cameras just like mobile phones.
Ndemo.
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