On 6/12/09, Gakuru Alex <
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> Kenya has just changed...
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> From: Alex Gakuru <
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> Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:23 PM
> Subject: [ke-internetusers] SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF
> THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA HON. MWAI KIBAKI, CGH, MP, DURING THE OFFICIAL
> LAUNCH OF THE EAST AFRICAN MARINE SYSTEMS CABLE (TEAMS) ON 12TH JUNE
> 2009 IN MOMBASA.
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> Cc: Erik Hersman <
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>
> Folks,
>
> Mkanda umefika pwani yetu!! Ndugu zanguni, wacha tukague hii speech ya
> mzee kwanza, halafu tujadiliane kesho.. asanteni sana...
>
> thank you all,
>
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> SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA HON.
> MWAI KIBAKI, CGH, MP, DURING THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE EAST AFRICAN
> MARINE SYSTEMS CABLE (TEAMS) ON 12TH JUNE 2009 IN MOMBASA.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> I am gratified to be with you today at an event of truly historic
> proportions. The landing of this fibre-optic undersea cable project in
> Mombasa is one of the landmark projects in Kenya’s national
> development story. Indeed some have compared this to the completion of
> the Kenya-Uganda railway more than a century ago.
>
> This comparison is not far-fetched, because while the economies of the
> last century were driven by railway connections, the economies of
> today are largely driven by internet and other I.C.T. connections.
>
> The East African Marine Systems project is an innovative
> public-private partnership between the Government of Kenya and
> corporate stakeholders. The project has connected our country with the
> rest of the world and harnessed the power of Information Communication
> Technologies. This is a great enabler for growth, and development of
> our country.
>
> The arrival of this cable in the penultimate year of the first decade
> of the 21st Century signals the beginning of a new beginning in the
> telecommunications sector, particularly data services, in our country
> and the region. Until now, the Eastern Africa coast was the longest
> coastline in the world without a fibre-optic cable connection to the
> rest of the world.
>
> This project comes with many attractive benefits. The TEAMS project
> marks a crucial turning point in our efforts to bridge the Digital
> Divide. It will empower Kenyans and other East Africans to become
> fully digital citizens of the 21st Century. It redefines modernity and
> efficiency and is a big step in the delivery of quality service in the
> I.C.T. sector.
>
> I am confident that the people of our region, especially the youth,
> will be the first to rush to savour the joys and high resolution
> qualities of the fastest Internet connections that will be offered by
> the undersea cable project.
>
> The TEAMS project will be a great boost to the worlds of learning,
> work and play. I.C.T. serves all generations. Those of the older
> generation will recall that the world rocked by the first global
> economic meltdown, the Great Depression of 1929 that lasted deep into
> the 1930’s was soon followed by the World War that started in 1939.
>
> Today we are witnessing the global recession that began with the
> American sub-prime mortgage and banking crisis of last year. But there
> is a crucial difference this time round: the prevailing worldwide
> recessionary conditions are the first such downturn to happen in the
> age of I.C.T.
>
> As such, I believe that a world equipped with I.C.T. and
> interconnected by fibre-optic cables has much better disaster
> preparedness and turnaround capabilities than the world of the 1930’s.
> Thanks to I.C.T. the world now is truly a global village with better
> communication and now better informed.
>
> I am confident that timely solutions to the ongoing economic crisis
> will be found using the crucial tools of I.C.T.. Future downturns will
> be easier to foresee, contain and overcome, in good time.
>
> With the TEAMS project, Kenya and the Eastern Africa region are
> finally joining what the American author Thomas Friedman called a
> flattened world in his bestselling book “The World is Flat. In his
> book he analyses the convergence of technology and events that saw
> China and India become global centres of the supply chain for services
> and manufacturing. Mr Friedman explains how a seamlessly
> interconnected world is making a positive impact on nations,
> companies, communities and individuals.
>
> In addition to the marine installation that we are celebrating here
> today, the next step is the full completion of the construction of
> land-based infrastructure. This will make I.C.T. the main pillar of
> our national economic blueprint for the new millennium, VISION TWENTY
> THIRTY.
>
> The opportunities that are about to be opened up by the TEAMS project
> are tremendous. Readily accessible bandwidth will not only lower
> telecommunications costs but also provide new opportunities
> practically in all sectors. The concept of a working nation will
> translate into a much stronger economy befitting this millennium.
>
> To address these challenges, I am directing the Ministry of
> Information and Communication to come up with programmes for the
> training and development of youth nationwide, to catch the first
> generation of truly digital Kenyans. Similarly, I direct all the
> Ministries to speedily adopt I.C.T. in their strategic plans in order
> to realise the full benefits of technology, for the good of our
> country.
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
> Affordable telecommunications technologies and infrastructure are
> critical to our nation’s development. The phenomenon of business
> process outsourcing which is a mainstay of the I.C.T. sector, is
> something that the Government wishes to see take hold in Kenya as soon
> as possible.
>
> Under business process outsourcing, engineering and scientific
> research, computer programming, accounting and telemarketing, the new
> global enterprise, can be based anywhere in the world. This is what a
> knowledge-based society is about. And it is possible because I.C.T.
> enables you to deliver services and products anywhere in the world.
>
> I.C.T. therefore is a necessity that we must embrace as it helps Kenya
> to move with the changing times in a rapidly evolving world. With the
> launch of this project Kenya is now equipped with one of the most
> advanced and cost effective, nation-building tools.
>
> With these remarks it is now my pleasure to officially launch the East
> African Marine Systems Cable.
>
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