Hi The year 2009 came in fast and furious - am sure you still remember KCA amendment and the dust it blew on 2nd Jan 2009 ---- Yes the year is going and shortly will be history. In that history - we , the ICT community , and of course the kictanet community has participated in the writing( or is it reading) that history . in 2009 we recognised convergence, brought in electronic transactions framework , more importantly more bandwidth than we know how to use it and took a major step to show Africa the way towards digital broadcasting , coordination efforts in international fora e.g. IGF, ICANN and on and on-----. A lot or this was conceived , discussed , killed , resurrected , critiqued , on the kictanet platform. The greatest value of the list is the perspective of the vigorous participation on the list or off the list . from a very high level government perspective in govt led by PS Dr Ndemo , ICT industry captains led by their CEOs, regulators , techies , policy makers , the media , consultants, the academia, consumer experts, students, development partners , users etc . Once again KICTANET list lived to its promise - a platform to talk /share even if we do not necessary agree. The message coming out is Kenya is on the verge of take-off in 2010- we expect to see more in BPO industry , more activity on local content both in the internet and broadcasting , more effort to bridge the digital divide in our rural areas and of course realisation of the promise of much much cheaper bandwidth to the consumer and of course a very successful ICANN in March 2010 With such activity in 2009 it was only appropriate to close the year with a visit of one Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the www. We are moving, KICTANET's new year resolution is to bring the inventor of the internet here early in 2010 With that context this is to wish you much love, light and merriment over the festive celebrations ahead! May you thoroughly enjoy yourself, and feel the love, bounty, joy and abundance that is who you are! May you also find time to be at peace with yourself in stillness, and to reflect and experience more of the beauty of your heart. In these quieter times may you receive and seed luminous dreams and wondrous futures, and experience more of the love and truth of your being. Cheers Muriuki Mureithi (MM)
MM, You summed up the year's events and what you expect in the new year 2010. Some us did more of the reading than commented. The year had some black spots we need to check in coming year. Some of these are common with email exchanges-- tendency to be impersonal. I personally pray that in the new year, we engage in MORE constructive LESS destructive discussions. At one point some of us contemplated quiting the group as there was increased personalisation of issues and hitting out at colleagues in the sector. In the new year, I have told myself to read and reread every email I will post here so that I annoy others LESS. I will also avoid using the forum to pour down frustrations from other sources. In this forum, we have our teachers as well as our students; employers as well as employees; admirers as well as those we admire....but some of us are probably strangers to each other! My two heroes and one heroine for 2009 were the CEO of Safaricom, PS Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Deputy CEO ICT Board (gracious lady). You probably know why they stand out. Merry Christmas and Happy 2010 Clement ________________________________ From: muriuki mureithi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, December 24, 2009 3:55:11 PM Subject: [kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010 Hi The year 2009 came in fast and furious - am sure you still remember KCA amendment and the dust it blew on 2nd Jan 2009 ---- Yes the year is going and shortly will be history. In that history – we , the ICT community , and of course the kictanet community has participated in the writing( or is it reading) that history . in 2009 we recognised convergence, brought in electronic transactions framework , more importantly more bandwidth than we know how to use it and took a major step to show Africa the way towards digital broadcasting , coordination efforts in international fora e.g. IGF, ICANN and on and on-----. A lot or this was conceived , discussed , killed , resurrected , critiqued , on the kictanet platform. The greatest value of the list is the perspective of the vigorous participation on the list or off the list . from a very high level government perspective in govt led by PS Dr Ndemo , ICT industry captains led by their CEOs, regulators , techies , policy makers , the media , consultants, the academia, consumer experts, students, development partners , users etc . Once again KICTANET list lived to its promise – a platform to talk /share even if we do not necessary agree. The message coming out is Kenya is on the verge of take-off in 2010– we expect to see more in BPO industry , more activity on local content both in the internet and broadcasting , more effort to bridge the digital divide in our rural areas and of course realisation of the promise of much much cheaper bandwidth to the consumer and of course a very successful ICANN in March 2010 With such activity in 2009 it was only appropriate to close the year with a visit of one Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the www. We are moving, KICTANET’s new year resolution is to bring the inventor of the internet here early in 2010 With that context this is to wish you much love, light and merriment over the festive celebrations ahead! May you thoroughlyenjoy yourself, and feel the love, bounty, joy and abundance that is who you are! May you also find time to be at peace with yourself in stillness, and to reflect and experience more of the beauty of your heart. In these quieter times may you receive and seed luminous dreams and wondrous futures, and experience more of the love and truth of your being. Cheers Muriuki Mureithi (MM)
Thank you Clement for not quitting The heat generated is part of the game , however Kictanet had deployed the services of a bouncer who delisted ( will have an e-jail under KCA 2009) those who hit below the belt . Am sure 2010 will be even more issue driven and am sure you will be in the driving seat contributing . thank you for recognising some of the heroes and heroines in the KICTANET list 2009 , these were key drivers in the debate for the development of ICTs . They set a very high standard of engaging stakeholders in the offices they hold. It is my hope that the example set by the PS, CEO Safaricom and ICT board will be emulated by other officer as stewards of public trust and resources. I also hasten to recognise the great contributions we got from the diaspora and friends of kenya. Cant forget Eric ( Eric here!!) Badru , McTim( a name tells ----) etc etc Cheers MM From: CLEM NYANDIERE [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 24 December 2009 17:07 To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010 MM, You summed up the year's events and what you expect in the new year 2010. Some us did more of the reading than commented. The year had some black spots we need to check in coming year. Some of these are common with email exchanges-- tendency to be impersonal. I personally pray that in the new year, we engage in MORE constructive LESS destructive discussions. At one point some of us contemplated quiting the group as there was increased personalisation of issues and hitting out at colleagues in the sector. In the new year, I have told myself to read and reread every email I will post here so that I annoy others LESS. I will also avoid using the forum to pour down frustrations from other sources. In this forum, we have our teachers as well as our students; employers as well as employees; admirers as well as those we admire....but some of us are probably strangers to each other! My two heroes and one heroine for 2009 were the CEO of Safaricom, PS Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Deputy CEO ICT Board (gracious lady). You probably know why they stand out. Merry Christmas and Happy 2010 Clement _____ From: muriuki mureithi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, December 24, 2009 3:55:11 PM Subject: [kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010 Hi The year 2009 came in fast and furious - am sure you still remember KCA amendment and the dust it blew on 2nd Jan 2009 ---- Yes the year is going and shortly will be history. In that history – we , the ICT community , and of course the kictanet community has participated in the writing( or is it reading) that history . in 2009 we recognised convergence, brought in electronic transactions framework , more importantly more bandwidth than we know how to use it and took a major step to show Africa the way towards digital broadcasting , coordination efforts in international fora e.g. IGF, ICANN and on and on-----. A lot or this was conceived , discussed , killed , resurrected , critiqued , on the kictanet platform. The greatest value of the list is the perspective of the vigorous participation on the list or off the list . from a very high level government perspective in govt led by PS Dr Ndemo , ICT industry captains led by their CEOs, regulators , techies , policy makers , the media , consultants, the academia, consumer experts, students, development partners , users etc . Once again KICTANET list lived to its promise – a platform to talk /share even if we do not necessary agree. The message coming out is Kenya is on the verge of take-off in 2010– we expect to see more in BPO industry , more activity on local content both in the internet and broadcasting , more effort to bridge the digital divide in our rural areas and of course realisation of the promise of much much cheaper bandwidth to the consumer and of course a very successful ICANN in March 2010 With such activity in 2009 it was only appropriate to close the year with a visit of one Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the www. We are moving, KICTANET’s new year resolution is to bring the inventor of the internet here early in 2010 With that context this is to wish you much love, light and merriment over the festive celebrations ahead! May you thoroughly enjoy yourself, and feel the love, bounty, joy and abundance that is who you are! May you also find time to be at peace with yourself in stillness, and to reflect and experience more of the beauty of your heart. In these quieter times may you receive and seed luminous dreams and wondrous futures, and experience more of the love and truth of your being. Cheers Muriuki Mureithi (MM)
MM talking of heroes (unfortunately no heroines as yet ;-) i have several by category, (Govt) Dr.Ndemo - for having the thick skin to survive yet another year on the list, (Media) D. Makali - for sparing no bullets whenever media was mentioned (Academia) Prof. Waema, for joining in 5yrs late, but trying to make up (Private Sector), MJ, love him or hate him Safcom is here to stay (Regulator), ?? this one is still open, maybe Alice may wish take it? (Consumer) Alex G. yeah, for being very aggressive where consumers are being harassed (Tech-Community) Either Rad! or Yawe. Both for being extremely witty, precise and deadly. (Parliament), Rege, Hon, MP, Eng, for paving the way that showed that inded Govt and the public can mix on fairly equal footing. After all, WE are Government. (the rest) for being faithful and silent readers of the many postings, good and bad. Merry Xmas and prosperous 2010. walu --- On Thu, 12/24/09, muriuki mureithi <[email protected]> wrote: From: muriuki mureithi <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010 To: [email protected] Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 6:46 PM Thank you Clement for not quitting The heat generated is part of the game , however Kictanet had deployed the services of a bouncer who delisted ( will have an e-jail under KCA 2009) those who hit below the belt . Am sure 2010 will be even more issue driven and am sure you will be in the driving seat contributing . thank you for recognising some of the heroes and heroines in the KICTANET list 2009 , these were key drivers in the debate for the development of ICTs . They set a very high standard of engaging stakeholders in the offices they hold. It is my hope that the example set by the PS, CEO Safaricom and ICT board will be emulated by other officer as stewards of public trust and resources. I also hasten to recognise the great contributions we got from the diaspora and friends of kenya. Cant forget Eric ( Eric here!!) Badru , McTim( a name tells ----) etc etc Cheers MM From: CLEM NYANDIERE [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 24 December 2009 17:07 To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010 MM, You summed up the year's events and what you expect in the new year 2010. Some us did more of the reading than commented. The year had some black spots we need to check in coming year. Some of these are common with email exchanges-- tendency to be impersonal. I personally pray that in the new year, we engage in MORE constructive LESS destructive discussions. At one point some of us contemplated quiting the group as there was increased personalisation of issues and hitting out at colleagues in the sector. In the new year, I have told myself to read and reread every email I will post here so that I annoy others LESS. I will also avoid using the forum to pour down frustrations from other sources. In this forum, we have our teachers as well as our students; employers as well as employees; admirers as well as those we admire....but some of us are probably strangers to each other! My two heroes and one heroine for 2009 were the CEO of Safaricom, PS Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Deputy CEO ICT Board (gracious lady). You probably know why they stand out. Merry Christmas and Happy 2010 Clement From: muriuki mureithi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, December 24, 2009 3:55:11 PM Subject: [kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010 Hi The year 2009 came in fast and furious - am sure you still remember KCA amendment and the dust it blew on 2nd Jan 2009 ---- Yes the year is going and shortly will be history. In that history – we , the ICT community , and of course the kictanet community has participated in the writing( or is it reading) that history . in 2009 we recognised convergence, brought in electronic transactions framework , more importantly more bandwidth than we know how to use it and took a major step to show Africa the way towards digital broadcasting , coordination efforts in international fora e.g. IGF, ICANN and on and on-----. A lot or this was conceived , discussed , killed , resurrected , critiqued , on the kictanet platform. The greatest value of the list is the perspective of the vigorous participation on the list or off the list . from a very high level government perspective in govt led by PS Dr Ndemo , ICT industry captains led by their CEOs, regulators , techies , policy makers , the media , consultants, the academia, consumer experts, students, development partners , users etc . Once again KICTANET list lived to its promise – a platform to talk /share even if we do not necessary agree. The message coming out is Kenya is on the verge of take-off in 2010– we expect to see more in BPO industry , more activity on local content both in the internet and broadcasting , more effort to bridge the digital divide in our rural areas and of course realisation of the promise of much much cheaper bandwidth to the consumer and of course a very successful ICANN in March 2010 With such activity in 2009 it was only appropriate to close the year with a visit of one Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the www. We are moving, KICTANET’s new year resolution is to bring the inventor of the internet here early in 2010 With that context this is to wish you much love, light and merriment over the festive celebrations ahead! May you thoroughly enjoy yourself, and feel the love, bounty, joy and abundance that is who you are! May you also find time to be at peace with yourself in stillness, and to reflect and experience more of the beauty of your heart. In these quieter times may you receive and seed luminous dreams and wondrous futures, and experience more of the love and truth of your being. Cheers Muriuki Mureithi (MM) -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com
Walu, Amen to that! Although you need some gender training:-) aka Alice Munyua. For creating the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) List! Gilda Odera. Director of Skyweb, Trailbraizing the ISP space Dorcas Muthoni. Receiving the Anita Borg Change Agent Award from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. Catherine Adeya. Chairperson of Kenya BPO and Contact Centre Association etc... Here is wishing one and all a Merry Christmas & a prosperous 2010 not only full of jobs & wealth creation for all Kenyans, but also with a GOK/Private Sector committed to outsourcing, and content creation! Walu's Famous Heros List... (Govt) Dr.Ndemo - for having the thick skin to survive yet another year on the list, (Media) D. Makali - for sparing no bullets whenever media was mentioned (Academia) Prof. Waema, for joining in 5yrs late, but trying to make up (Private Sector), MJ, love him or hate him Safcom is here to stay (Regulator), ?? this one is still open, maybe Alice may wish take it? (Consumer) Alex G. yeah, for being very aggressive where consumers are being harassed (Tech-Community) Either Rad! or Yawe. Both for being extremely witty, precise and deadly. (Parliament), Rege, Hon, MP, Eng, for paving the way that showed that inded Govt and the public can mix on fairly equal footing. After all, WE are Government. (the rest) for being faithful and silent readers of the many postings, good and bad. Merry Xmas and prosperous 2010. walu
I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the sector a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. 2009 was indeed a good year for the sector - the 4 big ICT operators finally got to settle and hopefully we will begin to c some cost savings. The 2 undersea cables finally arrived and therefore we can now access the net at higher speeds. Members xchanged bad n good ideas but finally there was a solemn settlement. God bless us all. Hon. James Rege. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 24, 2009, at 9:00 PM, Lucy Kimani <[email protected]> wrote:
Walu,
Amen to that!
Although you need some gender training:-) aka
Alice Munyua. For creating the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) List! Gilda Odera. Director of Skyweb, Trailbraizing the ISP space Dorcas Muthoni. Receiving the Anita Borg Change Agent Award from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. Catherine Adeya. Chairperson of Kenya BPO and Contact Centre Association
etc...
Here is wishing one and all a Merry Christmas & a prosperous 2010 not only full of jobs & wealth creation for all Kenyans, but also with a GOK/Private Sector committed to outsourcing, and content creation!
Walu's Famous Heros List...
(Govt) Dr.Ndemo - for having the thick skin to survive yet another year on the list, (Media) D. Makali - for sparing no bullets whenever media was mentioned (Academia) Prof. Waema, for joining in 5yrs late, but trying to make up (Private Sector), MJ, love him or hate him Safcom is here to stay (Regulator), ?? this one is still open, maybe Alice may wish take it? (Consumer) Alex G. yeah, for being very aggressive where consumers are being harassed (Tech-Community) Either Rad! or Yawe. Both for being extremely witty, precise and deadly. (Parliament), Rege, Hon, MP, Eng, for paving the way that showed that inded Govt and the public can mix on fairly equal footing. After all, WE are Government. (the rest) for being faithful and silent readers of the many postings, good and bad.
Merry Xmas and prosperous 2010.
walu
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