Dear Esther, That is great. The prices of the box may drop down by more than 50% if locally produced. Just kurias (sp). Did you know the Numerical Maching Complex at Rift Valley Railways and an in-between the fablab and NMC at KIRDI have greater potential? Kind regards, David On 2/23/10, Esther Wanjau <esther_wanjau@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear All,

I am writing to inform you that the University of Nairobi Fablab Visit will be on Wednesday 24th February, 2010 at 10:00am headed by PS Information,Dr. Bitange Ndemo.

Kindly meet up with Mr. John Musasia [0722391607, jmusasia@information.go.ke ], Ms. Gladys Gathera [0720409318, ggathera@information.go.ke ] and Nicholas Awiti 0721793605 from the Ministry of Information and Communications at the Gate of the Engineering section on Harry Thuku Rd of University Way (immediately after Central Police Station gate).

Prof. Kamau, University of Nairobi's Engineering School has successfully reverse engineered the converter box for digital TV and will be demonstrating it with his students and also take you on a tour of the facility.

Regards

Esther Wanjau Senior Assistant Director/Information Ministry of Information and Communications Tel: +254 20 2251152/2250517 Cell: +254 722 867361 email: esther.wanjau@information.go.ke website: www.information.go.ke

-- David Otwoma, Chief Science Secretary, National Council for Science and Technology, Utalii House 9th Floor, Mobile tel: +254 722 141771, Office tel: +254 (0)20 2346915, P. O. Box 5687 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya email: otwomad@gmail.com & otwoma@ncst.go.ke www.ncst.go.ke