PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 5: ICT IN THE COUNTIES
Dear all, Today's online discussion is on the topic: ICT in the counties. Lets kindly share our experience on challenges and opportunities based on the following questions : - To what extent are county governments adopting ICTs? - What are the bottlenecks faced ICT entrepreneurs at county level? - What are those positive or negative experiences that we can learn from? - How can counties better respond to needs of the ICT community? Lets engage, Best regards, Ronald Ojino. -- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
From my experience, the counties’ ICT Departments seem to lack the capacity or funding to implement ICT initiatives well. Even more importantly they seem to struggle to coordinate with other departments in the County that could use ICT effectively. Hopefully the idea of taking PDTP to the County level can help overcome these issues: provide highly skilled talent in the ICT Departments and in the other County Government Departments, whilst also providing job opportunities/talent pipeline for ICT graduates. Another challenge is the procurement issues (politics, processes, budgets); particularly around maintaining or supporting ICT solutions rather than just seeing them as a one-off. On a positive note, some of the Counties do seem to have some very motivated and passionate ICT officers, they are just constrained by the Department itself and its position in the County government hierarchy/resourcing. From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane=huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Ronald Ojino via kictanet Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2017 8:29 AM To: Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> Cc: Ronald Ojino <ronojinx@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 5: ICT IN THE COUNTIES Dear all, Today's online discussion is on the topic: ICT in the counties. Lets kindly share our experience on challenges and opportunities based on the following questions : · To what extent are county governments adopting ICTs? · What are the bottlenecks faced ICT entrepreneurs at county level? · What are those positive or negative experiences that we can learn from? · How can counties better respond to needs of the ICT community? Lets engage, Best regards, Ronald Ojino. -- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
Dear all, Today's online discussion is on the topic: ICT in the counties. Lets kindly share our experience on challenges and opportunities based on the following questions : - To what extent are county governments adopting ICTs? - What are the bottlenecks faced ICT entrepreneurs at county level? - What are those positive or negative experiences that we can learn from? - How can counties better respond to needs of the ICT community? Lets engage, Best regards, Ronald Ojino. -- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
Good morning, Could someone please shed light on the internet prevalence levels in the counties? Do all counties have reliable access to the internet? On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 at 10:16 Ronald Ojino via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear all,
Today's online discussion is on the topic: ICT in the counties. Lets kindly share our experience on challenges and opportunities based on the following questions :
-
To what extent are county governments adopting ICTs? -
What are the bottlenecks faced ICT entrepreneurs at county level? -
What are those positive or negative experiences that we can learn from? -
How can counties better respond to needs of the ICT community?
Lets engage, Best regards,
Ronald Ojino.
-- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
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I have seen some counties on the ecitizen platform which i think is a good thing. I think Nairobi also has improved its revenue collection through the e-payments system, complete with an app. Plus there was a time i read about Nakuru implementing public wifi within its CBD, i dunno if that's still working. Victor *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* Advocate of the High Court of Kenya & Commissioner for Oaths *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar* On 4 July 2017 at 10:44, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning,
Could someone please shed light on the internet prevalence levels in the counties? Do all counties have reliable access to the internet?
On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 at 10:16 Ronald Ojino via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear all,
Today's online discussion is on the topic: ICT in the counties. Lets kindly share our experience on challenges and opportunities based on the following questions :
-
To what extent are county governments adopting ICTs? -
What are the bottlenecks faced ICT entrepreneurs at county level? -
What are those positive or negative experiences that we can learn from? -
How can counties better respond to needs of the ICT community?
Lets engage, Best regards,
Ronald Ojino.
-- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
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Dear all, Adam has raised some very important issues...Is the capacity in the counties really to the task? Is ICT prioritised in the counties? I remember in Kisumu, free WiFi was launched but it barely worked. Are there any reps from the counties or ICT Authority who can shed light on internet prevelance and the implementation of the ICT roadmap?? as raised by Kanini Regards, R.Ojino On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I have seen some counties on the ecitizen platform which i think is a good thing. I think Nairobi also has improved its revenue collection through the e-payments system, complete with an app. Plus there was a time i read about Nakuru implementing public wifi within its CBD, i dunno if that's still working.
Victor
*Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* Advocate of the High Court of Kenya & Commissioner for Oaths *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ====================================================
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On 4 July 2017 at 10:44, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning,
Could someone please shed light on the internet prevalence levels in the counties? Do all counties have reliable access to the internet?
On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 at 10:16 Ronald Ojino via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear all,
Today's online discussion is on the topic: ICT in the counties. Lets kindly share our experience on challenges and opportunities based on the following questions :
-
To what extent are county governments adopting ICTs? -
What are the bottlenecks faced ICT entrepreneurs at county level? -
What are those positive or negative experiences that we can learn from? -
How can counties better respond to needs of the ICT community?
Lets engage, Best regards,
Ronald Ojino.
-- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
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KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. A belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
Dear members, A summary of today’s discussion: • To what extent are county governments adopting ICTs? Some counties have adopted ICT quite well while other lag behind (statistics needed!!). Success in this area is evidenced by: - A few counties offering services via e-citizen. - Nairobi has improved its revenue collection through the e-payments system - Some counties are (tried) offering free WiFi to residents. • What are the bottlenecks faced ICT entrepreneurs at county level? - Lack of capacity - Lack of funding - Procurement issues • What are those positive or negative experiences that we can learn from? - Maintaining ICT solutions remains a challenge. - Struggle in coordinating with other departments that could use ICT effectively. - Some counties have passionate ICT officers How can counties better respond to needs of the ICT community? - Taking the presidential digital talent programme may alleviate issues faced - Provision of highly skilled talent in the counties. Open issues to be addressed: - What are the internet prevalence levels in the counties? - Do all counties have reliable access to the internet? - What is the implementation progress of the ICT roadmap in the counties? Thank you all for taking part in the online discussions, the channels are open..lets continue engaging. Do have a blessed evening, Ronald Ojino
On Jul 4, 2017, at 4:14 PM, Ronald Ojino <ronojinx@gmail.com> wrote:
the implementation of the ICT roadmap?? as raised by Kanini
participants (4)
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Adam Lane -
kanini mutemi -
Ronald Ojino -
Victor Kapiyo