Some of the problems Kenya have are created or ignored by rent seekers. e.g Hunger is big business for some people in government because it provides opportunity to circumvent procurement processes ,they benefit from transportation and buying of the maize. Maize prices is controlled by cartels in government. The energy sector is controlled by cartels. Some drastic, deliberate and courageous leadership is required to achieve the vision of people like Daktari. The other thing is that, Daktari doesn't have to wait till he is president,he can influence those changes now within government. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Wamuyu Gatheru <wamuyu@soko-id.co.ke>wrote:

GG/Barack, thanks for the interesting and important thread. Hopefully, people with vision and integrity will step out to cleanse those weekend public rallies.

This discussion shows that a lot of info/knowledge exists but is not shared. So, in a sense, Kenya's lack of development and even the hunger is about an information/ed imbalance. I would suggest that the PS primarily supports network availability in all corners of the country. I watched some people in Marsabit walk over 30kms to climb a tree where, when lucky, catch a network. With google in Kiswahili, imagine the resource these folks are missing and how that could translate into solving their immediate problems.

On that note, I am looking for the recipe for sorghum ugali (google sites focus on how healthy it is but I cant find a recipe). With the uncertainty on GMO maize, I am weaning myself of that good white stuff and plan on eating the red. I think many perennially hungry folk would also benefit from such info.

Wamuyu

Quoting Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>:

Dr, Ndemo,

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1. Are you satisfied with the current state of affairs with regard to ICT in education? 2. Can you highlight some of the gains the country has attained with

regard to ICT in education, what is your vision for the education sector going forwad?

Thank you -- Barrack O. Otieno

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