Re: [kictanet] ICT4D online discussion-end of session
Hey Fred, thanx for your last minute pitch on this. You and a few others have really kept the session up with your insights. At one time I actaully considered resigning because of the 'silent' majority ;-). Anyhow, I would like to 'officially' close this session and hope you will be there for future discussion. A report on the same will be floated on the list within 2weeks, after which we shall consider announcing a date for the next discussion. thanx all, now we can catch up with a commercial break - Safaricom's free call offers visa-vis Celtel's 3Bob offer? CCKs new DG? Safaricom's IPO -who got what? Telkom Kenya got a new MD? Who wants to shut down the Vernacular Radio Stations? Is there a new law/regulation on SIM card registration? 3G mobile wireless - is it pornography on the move? TEAMs project - where have we reached? So much has been cooking... walu. --- On Tue, 6/3/08, Fred Okono <fredokono@cfsk.org> wrote:
From: Fred Okono <fredokono@cfsk.org> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Public Sector Roles (activities,motives & challenges) Day 8 of 10 To: "John Walubengo" <jwalu@yahoo.com> Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 9:03 AM Hi Walu!
I am jumping into this a little late, having been out of touch over the last few days.
I wouldn't agree with you more - unless INDIVIDUAL Civil Service Officers PERSONALLY embrace ICTs then it does not matter what grand policy is approved at Cabinet, in Parliament or anywhere else for that matter. We need buy-in at the individual level in order to truly mainstream ICTs into our national development agenda.
Policy that facilitates (maybe even enforces) this would be a really great help in achieving such buy-in. For example, rerquiring that all Public Servants have basic computer literacy (by a given date); making computer proficiency a mandatory requirement for all new recruitments; establishing free-access cyber cafes in all major government offices to facilitate email and general internet use; etc.
In short, we need implementable/enforceable policy that applies to the individual Public Officer - not just macro or grand policy at the national level.
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Hi,
Thanx to Barrack and Ndemo for your comments on Civil Society and Public sector. We still have one more day on the Public Sector role.
My take is thatI think the Govt has kicked off in the right direction with regard to initiatives for ICT4D. However, my feeling is that most of these have remained at a fairly high-level. Am not quite sure that the vision and urgency experienced at the top is shared at the bottom ranks of the Public Service.
More specifically, I am not quite sure that the odinary public servants have the right disposition to embrace ICTs. Finally, I doubt if there are sufficient, if any incentives to socialise the wider public service (teachers, nurses, police, chiefs and others) into the information age. It looks we do have the right strategies but lack an 'implementation strategy' i.e. we know what needs to be done but maybe shallow on how it would be done....i stand to be corrected.
walu.
--- Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Members Commisioning of the e-government Secretariat, formation of the ICT board and liberization of the ICT sector have all been fantastic initiatives, however we need to strengthen Public private Sector collaborations if we are to realise more gain, key areas that we may focus on are Entrepreneurship training so that we may tap into the benefits of new technologies before they are obsolete, we must stop experimenting with technology and do business using technology, this brings in another aspect POLICY, there is likely to be a paradigm shift in the way businesses are run if we are to fully embrace technology as a matter of fact some businesses might totally disappear as a result of technology whereas new ones will emerge, the problem is that there are lots of boardroom games that stand in the way of enactment of some of this policies which must be dealt with may be we need some online mass action, the future looks bright but it is important to coordinate all ict4d initiatives whether fronted by Government, private or public sector
On 5/27/08, John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Morning all,
Today we wish to turn our attention to what
(Govt) is doing with regard to ICT4Ds.
From my observation, there has been quite some impetus in the last 5years or so on this regard. What comes to mind in no particular order, is the commissioning of the eGovt Secretariate and the ICT Board, the
sector through the Kenya Comm Act 1999, the gazettement of the the National ICT Policy, the Privatisation of the national Telco Provider and the initiation of
submarine project.
It would be nice for members to share their opinion on
the Public liberalization of ICT the TEAMs, the
activities and challenges surrounding the above and other government initiatives.
The floor is open, we have only today Tue May 27th and tomorrow on this.
walu.
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Dear Walu and colleagues, I apologize for not being able to chip into this discussion sooner. Though a late submission, i hope you can add this to the agenda, if it is not already part of the discussion topics; The aspect of information security policies that i believe should also be highly part of the framework. As there is a more service and convenience driven approach the world of the internet has many dark waters that many may not be really aware of, so as we are discussing ICT4D, an element within corporate and social responsibility would be a good topic to further if not already added. Regards, Patrick On Jun 3, 2008, at 9:39 AM, John Walubengo wrote:
other
government initiatives.
The floor is open, we have only today Tue May
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John Walubengo -
Patrick Mburu