Many thanks Mugo for your candid response i hope the national value system can be availed as soon as possible, i think this is one area we need to invest resources in as a country, we can leverage ICTs through crowdsourcing in which we bring on board community champions, we could also use social media to whip Kenyans into being Kenyan. Kindly let us know how we can be part of this transformational process in whichever small ways moreso through ICTs, meanwhile i am satisfied with your response to my question. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Mugo Kibati <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Barrack - see my response below.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barrack Otieno Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:57 AM To: Mugo Kibati Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 1)
Many thanks Grace,
I agree with Harry and other listers on the grounds we have covered through the ICT sector, my question to Mugo is what is his Secretariat doing about inculcating national values which to me are the real base for the success of vision 2030? and which are this national values, i will cite a non-ICT example in which we tried out the national dress and it flopped whereas teams like Gor Mahia and FC leopards are able to implement such projects using their uniforms with ease, where did we go wrong from a national perspective? I ask this because our Ps, Bitange Ndemo has moaned over our peculiar habits which stem from a poor value system for a while on this list and i am sure this is a great impediment to the success of vision 2030, thank you for putting up the wonderfull billboards bwana Kibati but i am sorry to say that the common man may not be connecting with the message being spelt out currently, look at the way Infrastructure crumbled under the recent heavy rains, gaping holes on all our main roads yet we are reknown for feasibility studies and due diligence before awarding contractors jobs, i could continue ranting but i would like to start with the basics.
[You raise many issues but the national values question is most key. The National Economic and Social Council NESC is working on a National Values System to be introduced some time next year. Moreover, the constitution has a whole chapter 6 that addresses Leadership and Integrity and Article 10 which lists our "national values". However, I do not believe that values can be legislated. Rather we have to all make a decision that we want to engage with the values articulated in the constitution. Beyond working on enforcement of the law, rules and regulations (which is very weak in this country), there is nothing much else the Secretariat or indeed the government can do. With the ongoing Judicial, Police and Electoral reforms, enforcement should become better and better and we are doing our best to sensitize the various responsible agencies. Your help in this area is needed, however. For instance, I have been engaging the Roads Board and the Police on the Thika Super highway because it not merely an infrastructure project, but a social transformational project. Matatus and (indeed all drivers), pedestrians, etc all have to change the way they behave if this Superhighway and others planned are to function as they ought to. This would mean changing driving school systems, even how we live and the commercial arrangements along the highway. This is a clear example of what we mean when we ask all Kenyans to Wakilisha for a Better Kenya and Vision 2030. To use an example you highlighted, while we are doing reasonably well on highways, the quality of our urban and rural roads leaves a lot to be desired and has to be the next frontier of roads development. But both public entity engineers as well a private sector contractors let us down. Where is the professional ethics of the Engineers Registration Board or IEK whose members are responsible for the substandard work? What value system do professional bodies such as the ERB, LSK or Architects bodies subscribe to if they do not feel compelled to sanction errant members whether they be roads contractors or lawyers who are the oil and grease of a legal system that needs overhaul?
Changing value systems will be a collective national effort in which the constitution and enhancement of enforcement by government organs will have to be complemented by values inculcation in schools and a citizen activism that is seen at the polls but also in our own individual lives.]
Thank you
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <[email protected]> wrote:
Listers,
This is an opportunity to highlight on what the Vision 2030 has so far achieved... in the Medium Term Plan (2008-2012) and how much is remaining to be achieved.
Regards,
Solomon
On 13/12/2011, Harry Delano <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Listers - Ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning, and herein lies an opportunity to take part in shaping what should be a very important vision for
this nation. I personally trust that opinion and important suggestions here are of huge value, and that it is not late
for the Vision 2030 Team to incorporate some in their blue print, and also that this blue print has inbuilt flexibility
to make adjustments as much as it is desirable as we move forward to implement.
Dear Mr. Mugo Kibati,
Welcome on board, and as a vision for this country, we congratulate the team for being bold. I believe the forum here
will focus heavily on the ICT Sub-sector. But, just as the Vision 2030 correctly correlates interdependence between different
projects on the map, we will not hesitate to point out that ICT needs the rest as enablers, just as the rest needs it.
My first question is, what are the clear bench marks to achieve the stated vision for the country, looking at the project
pillars listed? How do we measure and audit achievements to date to ascertain whether this ship is on course..?
We have been on the website checking out the Key pillars and the enablers;
I note that, under the Macro Enablers section, the project in which we have had keen interest falls under the heading
" <http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/projects/details/Macro_enablers/2> Energy Generation of 2300MW and distributed at competitive prices"
While the endeavor towards generation of enough power, for adequate, quality, reliable and affordable energy is
laudable and ongoing, we urgently need to address the question of "distribution" of the same to go lock-in-step
with these valiant efforts.
I believe Energy distribution should be listed as a "Macro-Enabler", then this way we can now address the question
of the monopolized aspect of it that currently is almost crippling and reducing the project to naught, at the expense
of progress in other project areas. No doubt ICT sub-sector will be a huge victim.
Left unchecked, a monopolized energy distribution network on which everything else hinges as we go forward, could
as well be equated to a "national security disaster-in-awaiting". Can the team review the objectives in this area to focus
heavily on this aspect also, and propose, pursue and lobby unrelentingly towards a de-monopolized energy distribution
design. Let this nation have the benefit of redundancy in this area. Short of this, we are left at the mercy of the current
national distributor. At the very best, it might remain a cog in the wheel of this Vision2030.
I would wish to draw the team Vision2030 to the tremendous success that we've all witnessed in the Telecommunication
subsector, since liberalization was introduced from around 2002/3 and competitiveness brought about the huge
dividends that we now reap. We herald this as one of the greatest turning points in this industry. Let's go that route in
the energy subsector.
Harry
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