[UgaBYTES] Kenya Calls - Can you help?

[john Kibuuka]

Kenya calls - can you help?

Being that the situation in Kenya is getting worse by the end, am thinking that this is the time to invite and offer accommodation to our colleagues in Kenya. Probably, most have crossed over to either Uganda and Tanzania and living in very expensive hotels where none of their community expertise is required! 

With a telecenter network of over 300 members, I believe we can comfortably take in all our kenyan counterparts at this moment when they want a place to feel safe. The benefits in having our kenyan colleagues staying with us are innumerable!

Lets all think a little about this and if you got room to offer a colleague during this time when they are going through all the violence in Kenya, please post it here. Remember, tomorrow it could be either Uganda or Tanzania facing the same chaos.

Its your call!

John Kibuuka
Tel: +256 782 028993
W: http://kjohnah.blogspot.com

Ananya Guha <nnyguha at yahoo.co.in> wrote: I pray too for the same.
   
  Ananya.S.Guha.

Damas Ogwe <damasogwe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
  
Happy New year all tecentrians,

A lot has been said about the unfortunate situation in Kenya. Close to three hundred lives have been lost so far and billions of shillings worth of property destroyed or looted in just under one week.

In as much as the Electoral Commission of Kenya Chairman and about other commissioners have publicly accepted in front of the media that the results were released under pressure and that they may not reflect the real outcome of the elections, there is absolutely no reason as to why the violence and killings.

The two parties involved MUST sit down and address the situation ASAP. I am a Kenyan and I love Kenya so much that I cannot bear this violence any further.

We  have co-existed for eons and we should be allowed to continue to co-exist. 

However, all future leaders must agree to live by the truth since as St. Paul says 'The truth shall set you free'. 

But the bottom line is, we MUST shun violence. We MUST shun violence, We MUST shun violence.

Let us all pray for a peedy solution and May God Bless and Save Kenya in what i may call a 'NOT SO HAPPY NEW YEAR'

Damas Ogwe

fadeco at satconet.net wrote:      v\:* {  BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } o\:* {  BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } w\:* {  BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } shape {  BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) }      st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }             Dear Mr. Kamau Kiringai,
   
  Greetings from FADECO Telecentre (and from FADECO Community Radio). Of course we wished you already a happy and prosperous New year 2008- although I know for sure, the year 2007 ended in a very uncertain way while 2008 has started also in a very blick way. Rest assured that we at FADECO have you close at heart and have been following all the events- FADECO Radio has tried to inform the community in Kagera about the events in Kenya over that past few weeks.
   
  It is sad situation in Kenya- a sitaution which is escalating into what we can term "genocidal". The ethnic clashes are heading towards serious civic strifes and I am afraid, kenya will never be the same again. Of course we need to move forward with optmism.. we need not remain skeptics. Optimistically we need to querry ourselves: how do we move forward?  
   
  In light of the events surrounding the elections, I think ICTs played a vital role communicating results and promoting transparency. And now we can conclusively see that there were irregularities. The situation in Kenya has lessons to convey to the rest in Africa: ICTS can help to inform the world about what is happening on the ground. Telecentres therefore are important- but more so, the issue of connectivity. if people are connected, then they are well informed. Then it becomes easy for people to know. Remember the ballot boxes in kenya surprisingly were BLACK- but ICTS were able to tell the whole world waht was the results of the polls although they were cast into black boxes.
   
  Mr. Kiringai, at this particular moment, I am talking about the role played by ICTs in informing the Kenya  community and the world. And every day I see the sad images conveyed to us via TV and SMS. To us outside Kenya, I cannot really understand the reason for the stealing of the show- I think that in all cases, national interest should suprcede personal/ ethinic interests. This is where things are going berseck. 
   
  Sorry but a solution has to be found. Unfortunately, I have read and heard that the Govt is putting sanctions on the Freedom of the press. This is wrong. Under this situation, the role of the telecentres is also compromised. Without freedom of the press, it becomes difficult to do more.
   
  Joseph sekiku
_______________________________________________
ugabytes mailing  list
ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
http://lists.ugabytes.org/mailman/listinfo/ugabytes_lists.ugabytes.org

    
---------------------------------
  Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox._______________________________________________
ugabytes mailing list
ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
http://lists.ugabytes.org/mailman/listinfo/ugabytes_lists.ugabytes.org


          

---------------------------------
 Save all your chat conversations. Find them online._______________________________________________
ugabytes mailing list
ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
http://lists.ugabytes.org/mailman/listinfo/ugabytes_lists.ugabytes.org


       
---------------------------------
Looking for last minute shopping deals?  Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.ugabytes.org/pipermail/ugabytes_lists.ugabytes.org/attachments/20080104/aacafe9c/attachment.html