Folks, At this rate, I would suggest why not host ALL the environments (Start at Mukurwa-kwa-Njenga, head to Umoja, passby Buru and then Karen and finally Sun n Sand?) I guess its all a matter of what you think is the most efficient and effective way of hearing and collating data from the people (public) - given certain constraints like time, budgets and availability of "knowledgeable" of participants. Which begs the question that many Policy experts on this list could answer: Is the Quality of a Policy a function of the Number of Participants? Alternatively, what are the Key metrics/indicators for a good Government Policy? walu. disclaimer: host environments were randomly selected and not necessarily ordinal ;-) --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Wainaina Mungai <wainaina.mungai@gmail.com> wrote: From: Wainaina Mungai <wainaina.mungai@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Independent Communications Commission of Kenya To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 4:46 AM I second Edith, let us have the consultations at Bomas or other hall(s) in the suburbs of Nairobi. We need to move away from the expensive 'default setting' of having all policy discussions at the Sun-and-Sand Beach Resort. Participation via SMS, web and other modes should be admissible this time round. Wainaina On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote: Bwana Ndemo, This is "music to my ears". It's gratifying to see that citizens are now placed at the heart of policy-making in Kenya! Incidentally, we have just approved funding for a comprehensive study to review "the right to information and citizen participation in parliamentary affairs in Kenya" - we hope that the findings will inform the review of policies and standing orders to entrench citizen participation in parliament. Can we find more effective and less expensive ways of engaging citizens in policymaking processes, must it be Mombasa? why not a decent hall in the suburbs where ordinary Kenyans can also give their views? Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera eadera@idrc.or.ke | www.idrc.ca | www.crdi.ca ________________________________________ From: kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of bitange@jambo.co.ke [bitange@jambo.co.ke] Sent: 16 November 2010 16:54 To: Edith Adera Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Independent Communications Commission of Kenya Listers Talking of reforms. We have posted two Bills, that is the Independent Communications Commission of Kenya and the Independent Media Council, on www.information.go.ke. The two far reaching pieces of legislation were necessitated by the new Constitution. I need your input by mid January before we plan a major conference (the constitution requires comprehensive stakeholder participation before any policy proposal becomes law) in Mombasa. After we establish concesus the Bills will be sent to the Kenya Law Reform then Constitutional Implementation Committee then the AG's office and finally to Parliament. We will get another chance to view the Bills after the first reading in Parliament. The whole process is to take less than six months. The Freedom of Information and Data Protection Bills are making progress too and we shall keep you updated. Regards Ndemo.
Dr. Ndemo, you are right that we are overdue for comprehensive reforms
when it comes to how we run and manage our parastatals.
However, I think that is exactly the kind of change that Yawe is proposing
to bring about. I'm delighted that someone like Yawe who obviously has
extensive experience in converging ICT with business, can be bold enough
to stand up and say I can do it. Barack Obama in his book Dreams of My
Father spoke about how leaders seeking the highest elective office must
have an outsized ego. They must believe that they can do something better
than everyone else, even if that something seems impossible. With Yawe, I
can personally say that he has the brains, skills, motivation and ego to
meet the challenges of being the post-master general.
Look forward to your appointment Yawe.
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General
Jane,
You are right to some extent. Ministries do not have unlimited power over
their parastatals. You recall as Hon. Michuki cleaned the Transport
ministry, the Ports Authority was at the verge of collapse. There are
intricacies in the running of state corporations that you are not aware
of. They are managed by many agencies such as the State Corporations
Advisory Council, Inspector General of State Corporations and not
forgetting the unions. It is not as simple as you think. Several
variables affect the way they operate. Comprehensive reforms may be
necessary.
Ndemo.
Hi Robert,
Thank you for a very well outlined vision.
How I wish the appointing authority would give you an opportunity.
Meanwhile,I choose to strongly disagree with Bwana PS in regard to the
legacy
issues he raised.
Yawe's vision is comprised of income generating ideas e.g.Renting out
banking
hall space, Advertising, Selling airtime etc,very minimal resources are
required
and if anything the organisation would be assured of immediate
returns.From the
vision I also see numerous job opportunities being created through
Ecomerce and
the eventual door delivery of mail.
Listers, I draw inspiration from how Hon Michuki transformed the public
transport sector.
He used the same staff his predecessors had used,no retraining,no
retrenchment
or work force overhaul;just a man who decided to bring sanity on the
roads
and
sanity he brought.
Similarly,it also took one man,same task force,same conditions,to undo
all
what
had been done by Hon Michuki at Ministry of Transport.
Again Hon Michuki moved to Min of Enviroment,we could have heard excuses
of how
much resources were needed to clean Nairobi
river........................again
the river got cleaned.
Personally I believe its all dependent on the person at the top.
Under our current situation I dont expect Yawe to immediately replace
Maj
Gen
Hussein Ali but the least I would have expected is in the meantime Yawe
be
introduced to the Post Master General to share on how some of his ideas
can be
implemented as we wait for the resource and legacy issues to get
resolved.
Jane Kagiri
kagirijane@yahoo.com
Its impossible to build a tribute of success on a foundation of excuses.
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