Thank you Mureithi. Its great to note that its not just Ocampo who is interested in this great country. Best Alice -----Original Message----- From: "muriuki mureithi" <mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:43:26 To: <alice@apc.org> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] landmark visit by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - inventor of the World Wide Web . Hi colleagues Kenya will proudly host Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the World Wide Web who lands in Kenya on 19th to 22nd . Please see his rich resume at http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/ . For the internet enthusiasts and indeed everybody now enjoying the rich experience of the World Wide Web , this visit is an opportunity to review how we are exploiting the invention for our development especially now that fibre has revolutionalised access to bandwidth. As we celebrate the visit, it is also an opportunity to reflect on what contributions we are making to further the invention. In his four day visit Sir Berners-Lee will meet the cross section of the Kenya society , high level government officials , parliament and in particularly committee responsible for ICT, academia , the ICT industry, civil society, the techies and very significantly the physically challenged . I believe a number of KICTANET fraternity will meet and interact with him in some of these events. However, due the limited time of his visit, he may not meet with all of you. As in the past, we want to use this list for you to share the thoughts you would have wanted to share with him during his visit. We shall collate these thoughts and pass them to him during or at the conclusion of his visit. You may wish to read about and refine your thoughts around the World Wide Web Consortium ( www.w3.org) and the World Wide Web Foundation (www.webfoundation.org) institutions he established and continues to support to further the potential of the web to humanity. Cheers Muriuki Mureithi _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: alice@apc.org Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alice%40apc.org

Hon. Rege, You are onto something interesting here...parliament using new media (blogs, twitter, sms-based interactios etc) to engage with citizens to enhance democracy and accountability in Kenya. As Chair of the Parliamentary committee on communication, would you be willing (together with the Speaker) to champion this idea with support? Look forward to your views. Edith -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of James Rege Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:27 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] landmark visit by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - inventor of the World Wide Web . Muriuki, That is very well summarized about such a personality, whom we are lucky to host. I think we need to market ourselves more in Kenya/East Africa (the ICT sector). It will be a good thing to do. Our KIKTANET is very much praised out there as having so many ICT experts, and are contributing freely. And I hope the majority of us can code at least in one language, or be able to route even a video monitor. We have just returned from Washington DC together with my colleague Hon Gumbo and Parliament ICT department staff, where we attended the World e- Parliament. There was a lot of talk about ICT development in our region. In fact the feeling is that the region is the one to watch in the 21st century, in this regard. We must encourage our young people who from time to time get opportunity to attend the industry conferences to work very hard and be our ambassadors. ICT will sure sustain our economy, especially if the AG can kindly give us the FOI. In Parliament: Our Speaker, Hon. Kenneth Marende has his head high in his attempt to transform the 10th Parliament. He wants Parliamentarians to be ICT savvy - an excellent idea. The New Media networks such as Blog, Facebook, twitter, and others could surelly be ideal for Parliamentarians and institutions to embrace in enhancing transparency and democracy, although some contributors may not be genuine and serious in their contributions ( we also need to look at cyber law and protectionism). I noticed that City Council is now blogging, and for the first time I learned that there is a law out there since 1940s which stipulates that if your dog bucks in the city, you could pay a fine... It shows that our institutions are serious in becoming transparent. Hon James Rege, MP, Karachuonyo

Hi colleagues

Kenya will proudly host Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the World Wide Web who lands in Kenya on 19th to 22nd . Please see his rich resume at http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/ . For the internet enthusiasts and indeed everybody now enjoying the rich experience of the World Wide Web , this visit is an opportunity to review how we are exploiting the invention for our development especially now that fibre has revolutionalised access to bandwidth. As we celebrate the visit, it is also an opportunity to reflect on what contributions we are making to further the invention.

In his four day visit Sir Berners-Lee will meet the cross section of the Kenya society , high level government officials , parliament and in particularly committee responsible for ICT, academia , the ICT industry, civil society, the techies and very significantly the physically challenged . I believe a number of KICTANET fraternity will meet and interact with him in some of these events. However, due the limited time of his visit, he may not meet with all of you. As in the past, we want to use this list for you to share the thoughts you would have wanted to share with him during his visit. We shall collate these thoughts and pass them to him during or at the conclusion of his visit. You may wish to read about and refine your thoughts around the World Wide Web Consortium ( www.w3.org) and the World Wide Web Foundation (www.webfoundation.org) institutions he established and continues to support to further the potential of the web to humanity.

Cheers Muriuki Mureithi

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Me too, once Parliament is opened to the public (to access the information there) it would be great. The current parliament has done a lot in improving the 'public judgement' of the parliamentarians while in the chambers, although I gather most of the work is done in the committees. The speaker has done a lot in creating an avenue for live broadcasts etc And as Rad has said, 'technology in itself will not help if the people don't have the drive to participate', I concur with him. On 13/11/2009, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:

I would also be very interested in getting concrete commitments from the committee in the opening up of parliament and parliamentary information to Kenyans. They need to walk the talk. I know from personal experience it is extremely difficult to get information out of parliament like hansards, bills, voting positions etc. Even information on parliamentarians is cursory at best - look at the MP profiles on the current site http://www.parliament.go.ke/parliament/members.php.

Parliamentarians and supporting institutions need to demonstrate a commitment to engage the citizens. Technology in itself won't help if the people don't have the drive to participate

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote:

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Hon. Rege,

You are onto something interesting here...parliament using new media (blogs, twitter, sms-based interactios etc) to engage with citizens to enhance democracy and accountability in Kenya.

As Chair of the Parliamentary committee on communication, would you be willing (together with the Speaker) to champion this idea with support?

Look forward to your views.

Edith

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Dear all, I had the opportunity, which I say was an honor to my country Kenya, to chair a Session "Use of The New Social Networks and other Internet Communication tools in the Parliamentary environment" at the World e-Parliament conference in Washington DC, on Nov 4, 2009. I had 4 panelists from: USA, Chile, Brazil, and European Parliament, and for 2 hours the audience paid keen attention to the panelists as they deliver very interesting presentations on how parliaments in their countries use ICT. We noted that with time we can catch on as we have enough experts in the country and the political goodwill. But for now, we are not anywhere close to these countries. Our 10th parliament has started rolling out these gadgets - thanks to our ICT-savvy Speaker Mr. Kenneth Marende. The new Standing Orders is the way to go. Most Committee meetings are now open to the public and as Mr. Clement Nyandiere, the director of ICT in parliament said Hansard contents can now be downloaded from the parliament website. With time, these will be digitized for easy access, and possibly upgraded to use atifficial intelligent software as the driver. We now have Wifi in the coffee lounge. Parliament bldgs are all connected with fibre optics less connection to the under sea cable. The Floor of the House (debating room)is fully covered with state-of-the art video cameras - equipped with feeds to media houses. The answer to the question by Edith Adera is yes, our committees will work closely with the Speaker to spearhead the required commitment to encourage our citizens, institutions and parliamentarians to use the new Social Media, as this is one of the sure ways of enhancing democracy, transparency, accountability and the elimination of graft in the country. I will end my short contribution by asking the AG to deliver the FOI and then we can start working on the Data. Hon. James Rege, MP, Karachuonyo Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: CLEM NYANDIERE <c_nyandiere@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:23:03 To: james rege<james.rege@gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] landmark visit by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - inventor of the World Wide Web . _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: james.rege@gmail.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/james.rege%40gmail.com