John, You have echoed my sentiments on how ICT should be working in government. So, do we have the required competencies in government to achieve it? Has this been included in the many PPP initiatives ongoing (how many of these are running by the way)? Is this an e-government initiative (where can one access a detailed progress report on e-gov initiatives)? R's Edwin From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of John Kieti Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:57 AM To: Edwin Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] GOK Making progress Listers, Indeed we need to recognize the progress with GoK ICT over the years. Although the skeptic will question the efficiency at which the progress has been achieved (resource wise), we need to give credit for at least having the intention to progress and getting somewhere with the intention. Government departments and parastatals also need to move away from achieving the easier task of setting up physical infrastructure (networks, communication equipment, PCs, printers, laptops etc) to facilitating flow of GOK data for evidence based decision making. Merely running email and financial management systems remains basic in my view. More structured data and information needs to start flowing across departments and amongst its customers (esp. the public) to foster a culture of evidence driven decision making across the board. The government also needs to take the concept of 'Open Government Data' (eg <http://www.data.gov/> http://www.data.gov/) more seriously. Regards On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:52 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi, Today I met a government official who gave me his card, you wonder what is so major about that, well the phone number was ISDN, well PS Ndemo it is clear that there is light at the end of the tunnel as relates to the government having a single contact number. This is at the office of the Prime Minister which is a clear indication that there was more done to the building than just interior refurbishments. Regards PS. But they need to be educated about DID? Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: jkieti@gmail.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jkieti%40gmail.com -- My Blog - www.gmeltdown.com ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Keep on doing what you know is right ...