Thanx Barrack,
Looks like Day1 had little reaction/comments. Feel free to belatedly post on Policy, Legal/ Regulatory matters but just keep the correct subject line.
Today we to move to Day2a (Human Capital feedback) and Day 2b (Infrastructure feedback to be sent in next email)
Summary feedback on Human Capital was as follows with detailed document attached.
a) 41% of the respondents felt that the government had provided
sufficient ICT opportunities for the youth to a moderate extent. 30% however
felt youth opportunities had not been effectively provided, while 27% felt it
had been done to a large extent.
b) 58% of the respondents felt that the DLP (Laptop Project)
will have a positive impact to a very large extent. 30% felt it would be a
moderate impact while 12% think it will have little or no impact.
c) 40% of the respondents felt that tertiary institutions were,
to a moderate extent providing the requisite skill set for the ICT industry.
34% felt they were to a large extent providing these skills while 24% felt they
were not.
d) 40% of the respondents felt that Konza City will have a
positive impact to a very large extent. 21% felt it will be a moderate impact
while 25% think it will have no impact.
e) Provide general ICT literacy programmes to the public, Coding
as a skill to all students – irrespective of discipline, Continuity in
government offices (rather than sabotage of previous holder initiatives),
Improve Academia- Government-Industry linkages, Cryptography training, Identify
and support Technology Universities, Promote Incubation Center, Have mechanisms
to weed out ICT quacks, Provide ICT scholarships, Standardize ICT Trainings,
Digitization of key services - police occurrence books, land registries should
be availed to the youth.
Toa maoni (let hear your reactions)
walu.
From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>
To: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 1 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues
Listers,
We welcome more feedback on day 1 discussions on how we have
performed as an industry in 2016 . We will start day two this
afternoon after providing a summary of day ones discussion should we
receive feedback by then.
Best Regards
On 11/28/16, Barrack Otieno <
otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Walu,
>
> Many thanks for the email. My humble opinion is that generally the
> government and related agencies have made great efforts in investing
> in ICT's. However it is worth noting that government is never good at
> marketing itself or communicating and i guess this is where the
> Ministry and related agencies need to pay attention. For example the
> issue of IFMIS has really been misunderstood. Software should never be
> blamed for fraud , people commit Fraud. We should always remember that
> ICT's are a means to an end and not an end in themselves.
>
> Regards