Dear Ms. Karretts-Makau, Perhaps I should start by thanking you and Edith. In all honesty, we want an evaluation that will attract ownership from all stakeholders. That is why we want distinguished members of the media fraternity plus a few others from organizations with high moral ground to conduct it. A lot has been writen in this forum but it is only you two who bothered to provide some guidelines. We shall ensure that the committee gets your comments and hopefully at the end of it all, we'll all be happy. Asante sana and have a great weekend.

I trust then that we can leave it in your capable hands to at least ensure that the task force consider that structure and the format of the questions and that they reflect international standards in evaluation procedures.

Permit me to reiterate Edith's comments:

“The four internationally recognized evaluation standards:

1. Utility - who are the intended users? The evaluation should serve the information needs of intended users, who should be defined from the outset. 2. Feasibility - it should be realistic, prudent, diplomatic and frugal. 3. Propriety - it should be conducted legally, ethically and with due regard for the welfare of those involved in the evaluation, as well as those affected by its results. 4. Accuracy - it will reveal and convey technically adequate information about the features that determine the worth or merit of the subject being evaluated.

Lastly, the purpose would need to be clear is it? "on improving rather than on proving, on understanding rather than on reporting, and on creating knowledge for action/policy change rather than on taking credit/punishing."

On 15/2/08 4:55 PM, "bitange@jambo.co.ke" <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:

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The format of the questions will be decided by the task force.

Ndemo

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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:07 To:<bitange@jambo.co.ke> Cc:'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kict

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