Mwesh,
I think we will have live feeds, from the venue as Lucy and
the Chairman from the ICT Board have promised..
Participants can engage online, to follow the different
discussions and presentations ongoing. I believe this
should next usher us into the era of live video conferencing -
hopefully, as broadband becomes "Real broadband",
and affordable..
One good thing is that this conference is sponsored by one of
the main broadband service providers in the
country.
I suppose the question of Mobile broadband
costing/affordability needs to be covered at this summit
exhaustively
especially given that the theme is "Connected
Government". Simply put, what's causing prices to remain
astronomical,
when several optic fibre cables have landed on our
shores- etc, etc. Is it licensing? Then spotlight needs to
turn
to the regulator to make it easier for the realization of
lowered pricing. Is it overheads costing, as it was
mentioned
earlier on the forum? - hardly. I differ, especially
given the huge profit margins being made. Maybe the
shareholders?
Not really, perhaps it's time we rein in on private
profit interests so that they do not overtake national
interests.
Let's balance them out.
I look forward to Broadband being given airtime, lest it
might be interesting to know how Govt. plans to
interconnect,
without broadband. Or delivery of services over broadband with
price tags hitting the ceilings..
Harry
From:
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[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
Behalf Of lordmwesh
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:46
PM
To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who is ICT
Board?
The ICT meeting at the coast was sponsored by Safaricom, Its a
connected Government summit.
CEOs of all government companies,
ministries (PSs), and big ICT players were invited. The coordination was done
through The Kenya ICT Board.
If you did not get an invite, and feel you
should have, the person to lynch is Kukubo. :)
Regards
Mwendwa
Kivuva
On 26 March 2010 13:29, Solomon Mburu Kamau
<solo.mburu@gmail.com>
wrote:
So there was an invite for an ICT meeting at the
Coast?
Just like somebody has asked, what is the rationale and criteria
for
selecting the participants?
And the invitations?
On
26/03/2010, Emmanuel Khisa <Emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke>
wrote:
> Harry (Not Hare),
>
>
>
> I asked the
same question. Still waiting for a response, who are the
> invitees for
this very important meeting of minds? And what is the
>
Criterion?
>
>
>
>
Regards
>
>
>
> From:
kictanet-bounces+emmanuel.khisa=kadet.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+emmanuel.khisa=kadet.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke]
On
> Behalf Of Harry Delano
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:11
AM
> To: emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke
> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who is ICT
Board?
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks Solomon, and
Wals, - point taken..
>
>
>
> And while at it;-
"The connected Government summit of 2010" announcement,
> as
released by Lucy of ICT Board on Wed.
>
>
>
> Listers,
whats' your take..? It's all the way in Mombasa - at Leisure
>
Lodge, where I do not think alot of people have been invited
>
>
to take part. Is there any way policy discussants would be able to
follow
> the proceedings from there or in a way participate,
as
>
> most of the ICT practitioners I see on the roll seem to be
multinationals
> (MNC's)..?
>
>
>
> Once again,
I suppose it could be an opportunity to impress on those up
> there,
what the real stakeholders want to see put in place.
> Behalf Of Solomon Mburu Kamau
> Sent: Friday, March 26,
2010 9:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who is
ICT Board?
>
>
>
> On 26 March 2010 08:54, Walubengo J
<jwalu@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
>
> Harry (not the Hare ;-)
>
> As
Jesus once said, let those who have ears, hear...
>
>
> Even
in 'coded messages' that Jesus gave, He would later explain to His
>
disciples and other interested parties.
>
>
> On another
level, I think the link provided by Walu gives an insight on what
> ICT
Board is all about. Methinks we should get to Bw. Kukubo to further
>
explain to us on ICT Board is exactly!!!
>
>
>
>
walu.
> nb: its a coded message but am sure it is quite clear to those
who must take
> action to interven.
>
>
> --- On Thu,
3/25/10, Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>
wrote:
>
>
> From: Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>
>
Subject: RE: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board?
> To: "'Walubengo J'" <jwalu@yahoo.com>
>
>
>
Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>
>
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 2:19 PM
>
>
>
>
Walu,
>
>
>
> Could you please "interpret", I think we
lost you somewhere along the
> way.... It seems some kind of a
"mishmash"
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry
<mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bharry>
>
=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
Behalf Of Walubengo J
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who is
ICT Board?
>
>
> Yawe,
>
> Google brought me the
official answer @
> http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php/theboard/our-mandate-a-objectives
>
>
But I could add my own "unofficial" perspective/personal opinion which
is
> that the ICT Board could be the Ministry of Information
implementing agent
> for ICT Strategies/Projects/Activities. This could
have been occasioned by
> the e-Government Secretariate and GITS
(Government Info Technology Services)
> cold-war and power games that
may have compromised on each others ability to
> deliver on technology
enabled services for Government.
>
> walu.
>
> --- On
Thu, 3/25/10, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
>
>
> From: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>
>
Subject: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board?
> To: jwalu@yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT
Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 11:01 AM
>
> Who is ICT Board and
what exactly is their mandate?
>
>
>
> Robert
Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th
Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel:
+254722511225,
+254202010696
>
>
>
>
>
>
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