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.

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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

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