--- Judy Okite <[email protected]> wrote:
In the next 7 months,one of these guys is gonig to be the President of Kenya....
Judy- at the risk of sparking off a NON-ICT debate...I can't help saying that the above statement maybe a little bit premature...but Otherwise I do agree with the rest of your submission. walu. --- Judy Okite <[email protected]> wrote:
Chelimo,
The future is ICT and ICT is the future....its not something that you pray it goes away........Is it too difficult to be humble/open minded to say 'Am not all that knowledgeable,in this arena,but I would be more confortable with a discussion,since we are both going to be learning from each other,than an interview!!' In the next 7 months,one of these guys is gonig to be the President of Kenya... .so as the ICT sector, what are we looking at in the next 5 years,if they do not want to mention it or as U said its not of importance?
Kind Regards,
On 5/24/07, chelimo kenneth <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear All,
Everybody seems to be bashing the politicians without
cognizance their (politicans) work schedule. Their diaries are very unpredictable and most of them would give preference to issues or functions which could attract votes or popularity. ICT in my view is not a vote attracting subject under a debate in Kenya as of now. Remember government is yet to extend ICTs to rural areas and other disadvanatged places like slums.The reason is simple given the number of people who are ICT literate or compliant in such areas. Most votes are in rural areas and slums where people have no iota of knowledge in ICT. Unless ICT is popularised first in these areas and make people ask their leaders including presidential aspirants about their blueprints on ICT, you will just be wasting your time trying to attract political leaders for an ICT debate. After all over 90 per cent of current legislators either have very basic or no knowledge of ICT after all. Good day
Ken Chelimo National Coordinator Kenya Network of Telecentres
*Brian Longwe <[email protected]>* wrote:
My personal view is somewhat closer to Harry's. I think
unproffessional, patronising and disrespectful to confirm participation at an event of such stature - and then not show up.
It is more an issue of holding them accountable as opposed to expecting any brilliant and illuminating ideas on how to advance the ICT sector. As mentioned in another discussion it would have been excellent and would have earned lots of mileage if one or some or all had come and simply said "we don't know what needs to be done with ICT, can you tell us?" That would have earned them no end of admiration and respect.
But now they have earned the fury of a spurned ICT sector. Let them pay!
Brian
On May 21, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Harry Hare wrote:
Why are we creating excuses for our so called
not showing up for an activity they had all confirmed to attend? They are embarrass themselves in front of cameras everyday and deny it the next day, why is this different this time?
Lets do it, lets do it right...no velvet gloves
putting into that it is political leaders for please!
Harry
-----Original Message----- From:
[mailto:kictanet-bounces [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [kictanet] Holding our Leaders Accountable
Dear e-colleagues,
As I said last week, our invitees indicated a willingness to come but they found varied reasons not show up. We must find a way to bring them closer. As they need to maximize the use of their time and also to avoid public embarrassment, we need to perhaps do an off-line dialogue first with them to find out how they want their bread battered. and I therefore agree with Kanja's idea. Can we beat our drum louder than the Kigali's one?
Jim Rege Washington, D.C
Original Message: ----------------- From: Kanja Waruru [email protected] Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 02:30:39 -0700 (PDT) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [kictanet] Holding our Leaders Accountable
Judy, My concept was we use a more friendly approach and remove the pressure from the candidates, its scaring to be interviewed by ICT professionals under camera on a subject you are not confident about.
So my 'chai' approach was we call them for a friendly ICT update over a cup of tea with the main objective being to bring them up to speed and more confident on this complex subject. Once they are en-lighted, they will use ICT on their campaign trails countrywide
My worry is that if nobody takes the time now to bring them up to speed on ICT issues we may have a heavy price to pay later on. Cheers. Kanja
--- Judy Okite wrote:
Kanja,
This 'chai' concept......how much accountability are we talking about? a one-on-one based conversation? how does it benefit the Nation? at the end of the day....how does your 'scream' come out? "He told me so?" Or probably we could do it,but the 'Githongo' way!
Kind Regards,
On 5/17/07, Kanja Waruru wrote:
Dear All, Let me comment on this debate.
Its obvious that the main reason why our 'guests' didn't show up was that the subject matter was to sophisticated and nobody wanted to expose their ignorance in front of the cameras.
My suggestion is we should invite them back not
for a
press debate, and no cameras, but for chai and a friendly chat that would bring them upto speed on ICT issues. Regards. Kanja.
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