Dear Andrea and all We are very pleased to announce that Mugo Kibati will join the list as a guest discussant for a couple of days to discuss and respond to the issues raised regarding our vision 2030. Thanks to P.S Ndemo for making this happen. It would be great if we could list a number of issues/questions/ideas we would like to put forward. Grace Githaiga will moderate the discussions Thank you Best Alice
Tell me about it. Second day of the week, second power cut, KPLC know of nothing - ideal conditions for a company that publishes online content.
I liked Mugo Kibati's quote in the FT - if you can't get power and sanitation to a plot, then Vision 2030 won't happen.
On 6 December 2011 14:27, Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke <mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke>> wrote:
Hey Andrea,
Agreed, though it's clear some issues cannot be cut off from ICT, like the persistent blackouts.
It's a joke that flies smack in the face of the stated visions, which could as well be mere pipe
dreams if we are not serious in building efficiencies that should get us to such destinations..
We very fast need to de-monopolize energy provision in this country. Does anyone remember
"Jambonet"...?
Harry
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Go back to discussing ICT issues on the ICT list? :)
On 6 December 2011 13:44, Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke <mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke>> wrote:
What is the way forward....?
Harry
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Grace, Our media too needs to set the agenda right. Much of what David wrote was heavily influenced from what he read in foreign media. Earlier I made a comparison between what happened in Daffur and in Congo. In 2003 some 5 million people died in the Congo. You may recall the Banyamulenge atrocities inside Congo but in spite the fact that there were indictable people by ICC, the issue was brushed under the carpet.
Congo is a mineral rich country with a government that hadly know what is going on in their country. Some people want it that way. Below see a quote from the Financial Times and see why I made that conclusion.
"Given the muted response to the evolving fiasco in Congo, there is much less international appetite for outrage, or even for an accurate count. Western countries are less enchanted with Mr Kabila than they were in 2006, when he won a UN-supervised election, promising to bring peace and economic recovery. He has done neither.
But unlike Mr Ouattara in Ivory Coast, Mr Tshisekedi does not enjoy significant backing from anyone outside the Congo.
He is his own man. That is one reason a large number of Congolese persist in believing that he might turn things round. At 78, he is representative of a generation of opposition leaders who dedicated decades to the fight against dictatorship. Most, including Mr Gbagbo have proved disastrous in government."
You cannot be your own man in Africa if you need the support of Western countries. This is a worrying statement and confirms that our media has largely failed in setting the African agenda and begin to influence the rest of the world.
Virtually all mineral rich African countries are at war from the west to central and eastern Africa. Is is a coincident?
Ndemo.
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