tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74219935084342478732024-03-06T09:12:12.068+03:00REDEFINING THE FUTURES.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-76110301199307161612012-01-03T10:51:00.000+03:002012-01-03T10:51:05.304+03:00Technology Hub, Kenya<div style="text-align: justify;">
Below is a post i have made following a passionate plea from a good friend of mine. In fact i have just copied and pasted what he wanted me to post. You can <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_534530496">click here</a> to find out more if you do not understand the post like i didn't in the beginning. Looking forward to see the products of this technology hub but in the meanwhile, pleasant read! </div>
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<a href="http://www.technohub.co.ke/">Technohub</a> is an IT and Engineering Research and Development firm currently operating in Nairobi and Western Kenya. Our company has a proven track record of implementing information technology projects for a range of companies using state-of–the-art technology available in the field. We continue our Research & development which deals with developing software in all the platforms. Our most excellent IT team ensures seamless solution integration of onsite and offshore developments. We adopt the most efficient, flexible and the most cost-effective approach to development.<br /><br />Our strength lies in our ability to translate your business need into an actionable IT solution that will help you in enhancing customer relation, increasing revenue opportunities, enhance your overall operational efficiency and thus helping you attract, satisfy and retain more number of customers.<br /><br />Our engineering approach uses the latest computer aided design, engineering and analysis tools to provide the most reliable, efficient and accurate analysis and specifications. Each one of our engineers has at least 2 years of application and "hands on" experience in electrical engineering. Their commitment to constant growth and improvement provides advanced value-added and cost effective solutions for our clients.</div>
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<a href="http://www.technohub.co.ke/">Follow this link to discover more</a></div>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-54577266153999227262012-01-03T10:38:00.000+03:002012-01-03T10:38:10.793+03:00Acceptance speech - Kenyanstar's KPL chairman's Award<div style="text-align: justify;">
Besides <a href="http://plussone.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Plus one</a> the other good thing that happened in 2011 was <a href="http://www.kenyanstar.co.ke/" target="_blank">kenyanstar</a> winning the KPL chairman's award for excellent coverage of the Kenya Premier league. . With the help of Martin Luther King archives, i had prepared an acceptance speech but never got to give it. I take this opportunity to share it here;</div>
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Samuel Eyinda’s Acceptance Speech on behalf of kenyanstar, on the occasion of winning the Kenya Premier League chairman’s award in Nairobi, December 07, 2011.</div>
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........................................<br />Hon. Paul Otuoma, the minister of sports, Mr. Sam Nyamwea, the newly elected FkF chairman, Your chairmanship, KPL chair, The KPL sponsors and representatives of various team sponsors, coaches, players, members of the fourth estate, football fans and everyone else gathered here tonight: <br /><br />I’m greatly humbled to stand before you and accept the KPL chairman’s award recognizing the efforts made by kenyanstar in our little but crucial contribution towards the growth of kenyan football. I accept this award on behalf of the entire kenyanstar crew; The editorial team under Timothy assisted by Mwangi, Mulemi, Stephannie, Carray, Francis, Bwana, Kwambo, Emily and the marketing team led by Fanuel, Habiba and Belinda. I accept this award on behalf of every single individual making an effort towards bringing kenyan soccer to age. I am mindful that just a few seasons ago, kenya premier league matches could hardly raise 20 fans at the stadium. I’m mindful that not so long ago a big part of KPL players played football not as a career but as a pass time activity and no one bothered about their pay. I’m mindful that even in recent times, more often than not, our mainstream media will prioritize coverage of European leagues as opposed to our very own Kenyan league. I’m mindful that just a season ago corporate companies would consider investment in local football a waste of money. I’m mindful that in the past we have seen two parallel leagues played due to failed leadership and even this very ended season, we’ve had two parallel leagues at the second tier(nationwide).</div>
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<br />Therefore, I must ask why this prize is awarded to a small outfit that is only driven by passion and nothing else. To an outfit that reaches only to just about 4000 kenyans with no real muscle to effect any considerable change in kenyan football; to an outfit that for lack of better words can be described as a group of passionate fans trying to make a difference in kenyan football.</div>
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<br />After contemplation, I conclude that this award which I receive on behalf of the said outfit, kenyanstar, is a profound recognition that belief, dedication, consistency and yes, passion! is the answer to the desired growth of Kenyan football. At this point I wish to commend KPL for the excellent job they’ve done over the last few seasons of course not forgetting the role super sport has played. Sooner or later the entire kenyan football fraternity will have to realize that we have a starting point and we can only move forward. </div>
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<br />I accept this award today with an abiding faith in Kenyan football and an audacious faith in its future. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that Kenyan football is mere flotsom and jetsom in relation to continental or world Football and that we are unable to influence the unfolding events which surround our game. </div>
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<br />It is my wish that our players share my faith. This faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride towards being a football power house. Kenyan football must and will come of age and you(players) will be able to make a living out of it, better than it happens today. It is possible!</div>
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<br />I stand here today as a trustee, inspired and with renewed dedication to kenyan football. I accept this award on behalf of all football fans who believe in the kenyan game. I say I come as a trustee, because in the depths of my heart I am aware that this award is much more than an honor to kenyanstar as an organization. It is recognition of every other individual who believes in kenyan football, who is dedicated and driven by passion to make the right step in the right direction every single day of their lives in a bid to make kenyan football a success story. </div>
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<br />Thank you<br /><br /><br /></div>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-8966992046317374072011-11-29T22:27:00.001+03:002011-11-29T23:01:37.127+03:00Cleaning out the 'cobwebs'<div style="text-align: justify;">
My sincere apologies for taking forever to do this. Four weeks is a long time without a post given my welcome message. I guess <a href="http://plussone.blogspot.com/">Plus one</a> is keeping me more busy than i expected But seriously that is not the frequency with which i plan to blog. </div>
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Forgetting about Laplace theorems, Frequency and amplitude modulations, Cost of energy calculations and the Fourier series, my posts as any close associate might guess will be more on sports and football in particular. Just in-case it bypassed you, my campus love and pass time activity<a href="http://www.kenyanstar.co.ke/"> kenyanstar</a> is now my employer. Funny right? well i'll do a post on that at a later stage, i.e. after bringing you to speed on what up. </div>
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That said, community posts will also frequent here by virtue of football being a community activity. I also cherish a bit of success i had with the 'Student Engineer' journal as the Editor in chief and would most definitely keep track on what has been happening since i left in 2009. There must be at least seven more issues of that after my Era. Just so that you know, my passion for technical publication did not end with the 'Student Engineer', it continued <a href="http://www.kenyaengineer.co.ke/">here</a> in fact even before i graduated from campus. It is a long story this that i can summarize and tell here.</div>
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I will also keep track, either on demand or at will on my previous posts such as this on<a href="http://edsamich.blogspot.com/2009/06/reading-culture-western-kenya.html"> reading culture</a>, this one on <a href="http://edsamich.blogspot.com/2009/05/biogas-cutting-down-on-cost-of-fuel.html">Biogas plants</a> and maybe, just maybe this one <a href="http://edsamich.blogspot.com/2009/05/locally-manufactured-sanitary-pads.html">sanitary towels</a> If not then i might let 'Plus one' handle that for me. You see most of this posts were made some two years ago in my days as a student. But having met the real world and facing the reality they remain nothing much but ideas on paper. May be it's time we tried again don't you think so? </div>
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I would be interested to know if any of my readers would like me to include any other item on my planned coverage list. Hit me up on facebook, twitter or e-mail.</div>
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Sports could take center stage this time round but i promise like a very fare father to give every sphere of my life some equal coverage.<br />
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welcome back good people. S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-29827617677260176232010-07-13T10:55:00.001+03:002010-07-13T10:57:14.431+03:00ONLY THOSE WHO CAN SEE THE INVISIBLE CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE<p style="text-align: justify;">“We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength, and we stand in need of all three, for we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds…” so says John F Kennedy in his speech we choose to go the moon. I am not yet acquainted with the scientific rational behind the correlation of knowledge and ignorance as brought out by this outstanding orator, but in the wake of the recently launched vision 2030 roadmap, it’s only prudent to subscribe to the same flight of thought in totality. If you read on I will tell you why.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Today at 5am My Singapore made alarm clock bid me good morning, I get into my Italian attire, and gladly emptied a cup of British processed coffee in a China made mug. I received a call via my Hungary made nokia phone, from a Kenyan brother working in an Indian owned paper manufacturing firm, who finds it imperative to shares with me the sad news of the demise of his Canada made Mp3 player that passed on due to unavailability of spare parts. I then take my South Africa made pen and write to you this letter, heavily quoting an American states man. It is sad, absurd and for lack of a better British phrase bizarre to note that the only Kenyan thing about me is my name, my heritage and my pitiful pride. I beg to be excused for submitting that the answers to Kenya’s development questions largely lie on the innovative capacity of our engineers. Show me an emerging economy, and I’ll show you a country with enterprising engineers. Kenya has four universities with full-fledged engineering departments yet we use cutlery made in china, electronics made in Japan, automobiles made in America…for the love God, where do the over 500 engineering graduates every year go to? For good measure, allow me to assume they put their five years of intensive training to the assembly of motor vehicle parts, procurement of electronics from oversees and only heavens know what else!<br /><br />Shame on us, if we can’t come up with innovative, economic sensible & ecological friendly solutions to the technological quagmire facing this country; shame on us, if 40 years after independence we can still import basic kitchen ware like cutlery; and above all shame on us if we can proudly walk head high masquerading as engineers yet we cant design a simple machine to grind maize cobs so as to produce animal feed. Make no mistake comrades, the challenge to every student engineer today is not to make spoons and knives and export them to the economically ailing state of Zimbabwe; our challenge is to invent an eco-friendly technology of making a spoon of superior quality at the lowest possible cost, and have it compete in the international market; our greatest challenge is not to come up with a machine that can recycle used tyres, our utmost challenge is to identify that used tyres have an economic value and they need to be recycled at a sensible cost. The challenge of today’s engineers is not to see the technological vacuum arising from global warming; escalating population and inflation- It is to anticipate such a vacuum and its economic consequences; our challenge, I insist, is not to do the impossible, it is to see the invisible.<br /><br />Everyday starting yesterday, in the intellectual menu of Kenya’s cream of the crop, vision 2030 has been- and shall continue being- a delicacy. As much as it may be fashionable to sing to the tune of this scholarly in-thing, the million-dollar question to all student engineers and by extension, citizens of good will is, “what is my personal contribution to the realization of this ambitious but feasible dream?” tradition reminds us that dreams only occur at night… and indeed last night that was the past 40 years, we did build castles in the air. But Henry David Thoreau tells us our work need not be lost; let’s now put foundations under them. I can’t agree more. A new day has come, it’s now time to wake up Kenya… and heed to the challenge posed by John F. Kennedy a political icon in the American democracy, said he, “ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country.” I Rest my case.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Contributed by Dan Anthony Ongoma</span><br /></div>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-60509569624263787862010-07-13T10:36:00.002+03:002010-07-13T10:45:30.643+03:00CORRUPTION, HOW FAR HOW LONG?<div style="text-align: justify;">The struggle to end this evil has been on like for ever. One just wonders for how long it will stay on. Sample the conversation below that I happened to witness…<br />Let us start by defining some variables here:-<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span>- city council Askari1<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span>. City council Askari2<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">X</span>- A visiting potential investor who happens to have stayed in Tanzania for some time and perfectly speaks Swahili.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Y</span>- Kenyan host to the visiting investor<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Location: Westlands Nairobi.</span><br /><br />Investor X stops by at his hosts office in westlands for a quick brief before they both head off for a major meeting in town. With the hurry, X does not get a parking ticket from the Nairobi City Council men. Mid way in the meeting, the security guard at the gate walks in to inform the two that Y’s car has been clamped by city council Askaris. The two emerge from their meeting and the following conversation ensues:-<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Y</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Habari zenu wakubwa?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">sisi tuko sawa tu. Hatuna jambo</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Mbona mnatufungia gari. Kuna makosa?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Unauliza swali ama jibu? Hii gari imelipiwa parking?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Oooh pole boss, huyu ni mgeni hakua anajua story za parking. Ni pesa ngapi?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span>:<span style="font-style: italic;">Parking ni ‘one forty’ (ksh 140), lakini vile tushaeka clamp mtaenda kwa office mlipe two thousands five hundred ndio tufungue.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Sasa tufanye hivi kwa vile tuna mkutano tumechelewa, si utufungulie tukupatie hizo pesa.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Boss sisi hatufanyangi kazi hivyo. Endeni town mlipe pesa alafu gari itafunguliwa.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">X: </span>(sounding irritated) <span style="font-style: italic;">Jana jana tu eti mshasahau ufisadi? Sasa tukishalipa hizo pesa kule tauni ndio mfaidike vipi? Zaenda kuibiwa na wabunge wakijiongeza mshahari na nyinyi eti hamfanyi kazi hivyo? Mimi nataka kuwasaidia na hamuoni!! Semeni sahi mwataka ngapi bila receipt niwapatie.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span>:<span style="font-style: italic;"> Leta elfu moja mia tano</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">X</span>: (to Y) how much is that in dollars?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Y: </span>About seventy three dollars.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">X</span>: (to the askaris) <span style="font-style: italic;">Ambazo hamjafanyia kazi? Dollar sabini Ambazo hamjafanyia kazi??</span><br />(he gets to his pocket and chucks a Ksh 1000 note and directs it to A)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span>: (Looking shaken, he declines and to B) <span style="font-style: italic;">Patia huyo</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span>: (Also Shaken looking at A) <span style="font-style: italic;">We chukua tuishie.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">X</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Mwanishangaza sana nyinyi. Nawapatia hela ambazo hamjafanyia kazi na hamzitaki??</span><br />(Sensing the tension, Y gets a Ksh 1000 note and hands it to A. A now takes the money and they unclamp the car)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Forget about the corruption war, why did the Askaris decline the bribe from the mzungu man? Any one??</span><br /><br /></div>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-25355597912365054032009-10-05T11:20:00.003+03:002009-10-05T12:16:28.772+03:00ROBOCON 09 NAIROBI REGION – UNIVERSITIES PLAY SECOND FIDDLE TO THE EXCELLENT KTTC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FSUjNbpbvknugygLIyj-_q3GhEJl9JyyvZXjOds1wI2uheHUh9kukoePZscPTTguUSls5g6kuozBGvA_RMlcbDV1o2QZxF0FU3BPMOiQqF33Di7Ok2N0JNjhXurUrPdqDrIxuCl166c/s1600-h/PIC_0375.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FSUjNbpbvknugygLIyj-_q3GhEJl9JyyvZXjOds1wI2uheHUh9kukoePZscPTTguUSls5g6kuozBGvA_RMlcbDV1o2QZxF0FU3BPMOiQqF33Di7Ok2N0JNjhXurUrPdqDrIxuCl166c/s200/PIC_0375.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389042083804478834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKQ3ZJ_1x2c8WdeOZqsS0dPV0xaEtujsCO0iL7eQYCglVwb0vFdBeRg4uCVEZ7DKWdxd5Ky32TUUGzIZJf4djyGAppV90OBw2OLvd3Lk-qlWyxC8NUBz8nm6-4MyalRv_F7s90bcTkqo/s1600-h/PIC_0398.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKQ3ZJ_1x2c8WdeOZqsS0dPV0xaEtujsCO0iL7eQYCglVwb0vFdBeRg4uCVEZ7DKWdxd5Ky32TUUGzIZJf4djyGAppV90OBw2OLvd3Lk-qlWyxC8NUBz8nm6-4MyalRv_F7s90bcTkqo/s200/PIC_0398.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389040336557105730" /></a><br />The Kenya Technical Teachers Training College won the overall best prize at the Nairobi region robotics contest held at the Kenya polytechnic university college on Saturday the 3rd of October. The regional contest was a qualification stage for the national contest which will be held on26th of November 2009. Robocon Kenya is a Kenyan robotics contest organized and sponsored by the ministry of education in conjunction with JICA. The contest is aimed at encouraging Innovation and practical based learning in Kenyan technical training institutions and universities. The contest is happening only for the second time the first time having been last year. Among the contestants on Saturday, only KTTC and Kenya polytechnic had participated in last year’s event with KTTC being the defending champions. The two were hence placed at a higher level pool with the universities namely University of Nairobi and the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology. The second pool had 8 more teams all of them being technical training colleges (TTI) and contesting for the first time.<br /><br />The contest required that the robot made by the students follow a line to a rack placed 7 meters away and filled with blue and red food blocks, select red blocks and drop them to the starting point that represented the community area. Marks were awarded for successful tracking/following the line, picking a food block, turning and dropping it at the community area. More marks were awarded for picking the red food block. Each robot was to do this for autonomously and take only three minutes. The theme being ‘Robotics for enhancing a healthy nation’, the contest rules were analogous to automating delivery of food from a central granary to the people (community).<br /><br />The TTIs set of the competition. Three teams competed in every game and at the end, every team was to have played with the other at least twice. This category recorded very little success with only four out the eight teams being able to follow the line. Only two teams turned successfully upon reaching the rack and no team at all was able to pick a food block. At the end, Machakos Technical Training institute won in this category. <br /><br />The second category was that of the universities and second time participants. Just before the games in this category, there was tension as some teams claimed the field track had been made to favor the host team. The issue was not resolved until the field track was modified to comply with the contest rules. On the start of the competition and KTTC proved to be in a class of their own and ready to defend their title. Their robot did not just satisfy the contest requirements but also entertained in the way that it did so. The contest room was full of cheers as the KTTC robot touched the blue foods and leaves them to search for only the red ones. The maximum number of food blocks that were to be picked was 3 in three minutes. The KTTC robot picked 3 in 3minutes and 22 seconds in their best round. The only other robot that was able to pick the food blocks was that of the University of Nairobi. UON’s robot was however not able to differentiate the food block colors and picked was also too slow, picking only two food blocks in 3 minutes in their best round. Kenya polytechnic’s robot managed to track the line and turn back but was unable to pick the food blocks while JKUATS robot only managed to track the line. At the end, KTTC emerged victorious scooping a record 712 points out of the possible 900, with UON coming in second with 632 points and Kenya polytechnic third with 405 points. The event organizers however said that all the participants in Saturdays contest would proceed to the Nationals. <br /><br />The UON robotics team was so fascinated by the KTTC robot that they gave the KTTC team a standing ovation during the award giving ceremony. Bitter rivalry however ensued shortly after that with claims that the KTTC team had used a remote control to drive their robot. After a brief meeting however the UON programming team rubbished the claims. Thomas Gone a key member of the UON programming team said that looking at the KTTC robot move, one could easily visualize all code modules being executed and there wasn’t any possibility of a remote behind it. He said that the two major reasons his team lost was not including the color sensors and that their robot was meant for a curved line hence making it slow on a straight line. He however promised KTTC a run or their cash come the national competition.S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-40032606722218972562009-08-03T17:13:00.001+03:002009-08-03T17:16:19.182+03:00PUBLIC LECTURE: TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS<div style="text-align: justify;"> <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.0 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --</style>If the optimism in the growth of technology occasioned by the arrival of the under sea fibre cable is anything to go by, then business growth in kenya is inevitable. We need technology, and yet every new technology places new demands upon us and creates new forms of stress. We can't live with it, but we can't live without it. There is no turning back to some pre-technological Eden. Aristotle rightly described man as an animal that lives by technology. Growth of technology has far reaching effects on business in any given country and every business owner has a different opinion on how much new technology impacts on their company needs. On Tuesday the 4<sup>th </sup>of August 2009 starting 2.15 pm, Mr. Luke Ouko will give a public lecture on 'Technology and Business' at the University of Nairobi. Students and interested members of the public will assemble at the FabLab at 2.00 pm. FabLab is situated at the School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ground floor, next to Norfolk Hotel. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Luke Ouko graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab in Media Arts and Sciences specializing in Media Technology. He did most of his research at MIT's Architecture department's E-Commerce Architecture Group as a fellow. Previously he studied Computer Science at Stanford University, Public Policy at Georgetown and Marketing at Nairobi University. Ouko's main research interests are in the areas of technology and it's impact on learning, innovation and development, the semantic web and cellular automata. Ouko is currently in charge of technology at an IT consulting company, Verve, where their main focus is providing information management solutions to local organizations. The company is also building a portal for grey (unpublished material) in the East African region.
<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-56856837760519307792009-08-01T10:53:00.002+03:002009-08-01T11:00:46.654+03:00EICT,THE SITE <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.0 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --</style>Electronics and ICT club is set to go online and make the study of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering more interesting. In form of a website with technology news that will keep the users on track with the latest technological trends. All users of the site will be at liberty to post stories and comment on stories making headlines in technology. the site has three major pages of attraction i.e. Academics, The Club and Forums.
<br /> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The Academics page will for the beginning stay locked to students and lecturers at the department of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Nairobi. On this page, students will find educational resources including free online books and lecture notes from their lecturers. Lecturers will be given exclusive permission by the site administrator to post material on this page. This page also has online simulation software to simulate Electronics circuit and view expected waveforms with so much ease. You do not have to worry about dead oscilloscopes in the laboratory any more. You do not even need archives to do your reports. In the comfort of your room, you will be able to simulate circuits, generate values and plot graphs all in 10 minutes. All you need is an Internet connection and log in to the academics page of our website. Plans are underway to open this page to other colleges and universities. This could however take some time.
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The club section will be open to all users of the website. Besides highlighting various club activities the page has been designed to be a paradise for budding web applications and software developers. Upon the request and acceptance of the club's terms and conditions by the developers, their applications will be incorporated or showcased on the page. This is mainly to encourage development among students in particular and other users in general. To encourage application development, the simplicity of an application will not play part in deciding whether an application is featured or not. As a matter of fact application developers could be given limited administrative permission to do the uploads on their own.
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The forums page is open to all users and will be a platform for discussion of various topical issues (Academic and General). While awaiting activation of their Academics pages, students from all other colleges and universities can use this page to interact and engage in technical discussions.
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Besides these three, the site also has a Jobs\Internship page where Employers will post online, available job opportunities in their companies. Companies willing to partner with the club will have their advertisements run on the website.
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The website is set to actualize online interaction among students, lecturers and professionals in the Information, Communication and Technology fields.
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">To follow proceedings on this site, send a blank e-mail address to <a href="mailto:electronicsict@ymail.com">electronicsict@ymail.com</a>. or join our facebook group <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=163327040064&ref=ts&__a=1">here</a>. The site is set to go online for a test host mid next week. If you would like to check out the site, send a blank e-mail to the above address or join our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=163327040064&ref=ts&__a=1">facebook group</a> and we will send you the link to the site once it is up and running. </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-63015805525384301872009-07-24T13:44:00.002+03:002009-07-24T14:05:44.461+03:00CCK'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY – My pick<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPczX2EkjFTuPzpqkpBdcCH6tWRiRmVXYfk_Cw4Ex1wVSjrQPG7dcCz-TZiT1UUoR9qRtHg_KOxvLCRsW0B2HWzQ3x8A8DIaY2yuKBkbVVRY17_QXcwND6HOIW34dHyLzwyCWKBnmDDOk/s1600-h/PIC_0134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPczX2EkjFTuPzpqkpBdcCH6tWRiRmVXYfk_Cw4Ex1wVSjrQPG7dcCz-TZiT1UUoR9qRtHg_KOxvLCRsW0B2HWzQ3x8A8DIaY2yuKBkbVVRY17_QXcwND6HOIW34dHyLzwyCWKBnmDDOk/s200/PIC_0134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361980990976756786" border="0" /></a>
<br /> <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.0 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --</style>Despite having a million complains about the industry especially with respect to unsatisfactory services from Internet and Mobile phone Service Providers, I at least acknowledge substantial progress made by CCK in improving communication services in Kenya. My best pick of what I sampled at KICC is as below
<br /> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DIGITAL AGE INSTITUTE;</span> Digital Age is a software development company that also offers training at diploma level of students in programming and software development. At the EXPO, they exhibited among others, the anti counterfeit software. The Anti-Counterfeit detector is a software that consumers can use to check whether products being purchased are counterfeits. In implementing this software, Digital Age will sell it to the manufacturers. The software works by remotely accessing the manufacturer's database via an APN number that would be provided by (read 'purchased from') a mobile phone operator. To check the product, the consumer simply sends a short message with the products serial number to a specified(by the manufacturer who in this case has purchased the software) APN number. If the serial number is available in the manufacturer's database then the consumer receives a message that the product is genuine. If the serial number is however not found then the consumer will receive a message informing him that the product is a counterfeit. On the manufacturer's side a log for all the serial numbers tested is created enabling the manufacturer to asses to what extend counterfeit products exist in the market. Among many questions that a willing purchaser of the software include; What if a counterfeit manufacturer bought one product and used the the product's serial number on all the counterfeits they produced? </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">For more information about Digital Age(The Company/Institute),<a href="http://www.digitalageinstitute.com/"> go here>> </a>
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">INTERSAT AFRICA</span>; In partnership with Google, Intersat Africa have successfully researched and developed the Internet Kiosk product. Picture the kiosks you see around town, from which you often buy airtime. The Internet Kiosk is similar with a number of computers on it. It is a free standing/ lobby type kiosks. It’s durable construction, easy going design and expected high level performance in quality will be proved the selling features of the product. It can accommodate up to 5 users at one go. Made of high quality steel and weather proof keyboard and monitor the kiosk can be located anywhere one choses to work from. The kiosk has and works with a solar panel and a satellite dish at the top for provision of power and Internet connectivity respectively making it suitable for rural areas. Independent of the price of the solar panel and the satellite dish, Intersat are selling the kiosk at 450,000 Kenyan shillings. A personal observation, it is PEV(Post Election Violence) proof! <a href="http://www.intersatafrica.com/">Read more on Intersat Africa here>> </a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DIGITAL VILLAGES</span>; Despite the slow progress that the PS in the ministry of information Dr. Bitange Ndemo has attributed to lack of funds, ICTvillage and Kenya Data Networks are not about to give up on the Digital Villages project. The project is meant to optimize Kenya's benefits of the availability of Internet connectivity that will be occasioned by the arrival of Fiber Optic cables in Kenya. It is also meant to bridge the Internet gap by providing access to Internet for the rural dwellers. Under the Digital villages project, KDN will offer Internet Connectivity and unlimited technical support at a cost of 58,000/= Kenyan shillings. This connectivity comes with free unlimited access to local content i.e. all sites hosted in the country will be accessed free of charge, the reason I'll drop the freebie blogger, register a domain name and host my site at home. More details about <a href="http://www.ictvillage.com/default.asp">ICTvillages here </a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">And just to sum up, the SEACOM secretariat was present and upbeat about the arrival of the fiber cable to the African Coast line.<a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/628294/-/u8x1cvz/-/index.html"> Read more here>> </a>
<br /></p> S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-26245753374658477682009-07-24T13:38:00.002+03:002009-07-24T13:43:17.201+03:00GREEN ENERGY – Mobile Phone ChargerMobile phone owners, especially those in rural areas, may no longer need a regular power supply to charge the gadgets. Mr Pascal Katana, of the fish calling the fisherman fame, and Mr Jeremiah Murimi, fourth year Electrical and Information Engineering students at the University of Nairobi, have designed a simple, yet sophisticated device that could dramatically change lives in rural areas and boost the boda boda industry.<br /><a href="http://warutumo.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/kenyans-expect-more-from-the-villages/">Read more here>></a>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-37117385862602504612009-07-17T17:26:00.002+03:002009-07-17T17:30:42.802+03:00IMPORTANT NOTICE <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">Due to the death and Funeral of Mr.</span></em> Kinuthia Murugu, (May his Soul Rest in Peace), The CCK organized <a href="http://edsamich.blogspot.com/2009/07/cck-ict-expo.html">ICT Industry expo</a> was postponed to Monday the 20<sup>th</sup> of July 2009. </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-23837586357490775682009-07-09T23:55:00.004+03:002009-07-10T00:11:38.228+03:00IEEE AFRICON 2009 - IEEE ENGINEERING STUDENTS EXHIBITION 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6-CLugJazpw-NWYEdSEBlLvi-UpeVKYRXPbVkSmeb3T4vk7fmnP74t1bRxhJxXLiqp4KuzeBu-jk1DaNleO24dQVOCBjelM1x9FF7DWuelNx6nzIaa3oH08MoJpZF35WXELoI0HXrzM/s1600-h/ieee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 50px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6-CLugJazpw-NWYEdSEBlLvi-UpeVKYRXPbVkSmeb3T4vk7fmnP74t1bRxhJxXLiqp4KuzeBu-jk1DaNleO24dQVOCBjelM1x9FF7DWuelNx6nzIaa3oH08MoJpZF35WXELoI0HXrzM/s320/ieee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356569110044202866" border="0" /></a><br />AFRICON, the top-event of IEEE in Africa, is a forum for professionals, academia and industry to exchange ideas, present their newest research findings and to network. After the recent successful AFRICON Conferences in Botswana and Namibia, the 9th IEEE AFRICON returns in 2009 to where it was first held, back in 1983: Nairobi, Kenya.<br />The IEEE Engineering Students Exhibition is the biggest ever of its kind in East and Central Africa. Students from different countries in the region get together annually to share ideas, meet with personalities in their industry and showcase their prowess in using technology and innovation to solve problems facing the society as defined and dictated by the provided annual theme. The event is held annually in September at the Sarit Center Expo.<br />Plans are in top gear to have the above two named events run co-current this year. Be there for experiencing top-notch science and a vibrant social program in the beautiful Kenya. AFRICON 2009 is set to happen at the Safari Park Hotel from 23rd to 26th September.<br /><br />WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE DETAILS...<br /><br />Some important links:-<br /><br /><a href="http://www.africon2009.org">Africon2009 1<br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.africon2009.co.za/">Africon2009 2</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=846319252&v=feed&story_fbid=129345022467#/group.php?gid=32214455171">Join the facebook group here</a>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-43621012060345431512009-07-09T23:13:00.005+03:002009-07-09T23:42:16.458+03:00CCK ICT EXPO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTl0FhvOYfclGDiSoe_qiGqvPe4sIi8819d6rHSoNVGDfvxJBoVLIswu82bhmNa2cft5sMPTSRjKcEbBczLCMa-BWYOhyNbAutBV_lC9k1xD-v_xJooSspsiAMWqmEhp7ExQR2lrM9Y8/s1600-h/cck.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 62px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTl0FhvOYfclGDiSoe_qiGqvPe4sIi8819d6rHSoNVGDfvxJBoVLIswu82bhmNa2cft5sMPTSRjKcEbBczLCMa-BWYOhyNbAutBV_lC9k1xD-v_xJooSspsiAMWqmEhp7ExQR2lrM9Y8/s320/cck.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356562791090884066" border="0" /></a><br />“Celebrating Ten Years of Quality Service and Growth” this is the theme of the CCK organized ICT Expo that will be held at the KICC from 15th to 17th of July 2009. The Expo seeks to highlight the importance of communication as the world constantly undergoes technological transformation. The exhibition will unveil various players under the CCK mandate and key suppliers and partners in the industry. The three-day expo will see players in IT, telecommunications; broadcasting, postal and courier interact with clients at a launch pad for newcomers in the Kenyan market. Besides the expo, the organizers have lined up a series of presentations on the various ICT sub sectors including the new fibre optic project, the regulatory vision for the next decade and discussions by leading players in the various subsets of ICT.<br /><br />Keep it <a href="http://edsamich.blogspot.com/">edsamich</a> for details on the expo as it happens.S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-60152962583409901642009-07-09T18:44:00.001+03:002009-07-09T18:48:41.718+03:002ND STRATHMORE MOBILE BOOT CAMP<div style="text-align: justify;"> <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --</style>A mobile boot camp is a crash-course session usually spanning 2 – 3 days, whereby participants will gain insights on mobile application development as well as acquire practical skills on the use of current platforms, frameworks and tools used for the development of mobile applications. Strathmore university is hosting for the second time a mobile boot camp starting from 9<sup>th</sup> to 11<sup>th</sup> July 2009. <a href="http://omingoobiko.blogspot.com/2009/07/2nd-strathmore-mobile-bootcamp.html">Read more...</a>
<br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Live blogging for the event is being done by Edward Obiko on his <a href="Http://omingoobiko.blogspot.com">blog here</a>. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-22122836261303347462009-07-07T23:13:00.002+03:002009-07-07T23:26:10.143+03:00U.O.N COMMUNITY SOCIAL NETWORK, the butterfly portal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyM4id9ju7BJcup1e0KtN5dw99GXshG1pe4lZIcCfiKnZQgLbeesTYLegtiOI2cbIlbtb0WOCB8afJB4Wny893_VAl4a1hx7bq_NJXFdFKHVnLB7SpId_ZMtWdXPtWCvaTRm3zpbPnN8/s1600-h/logo.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 27px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyM4id9ju7BJcup1e0KtN5dw99GXshG1pe4lZIcCfiKnZQgLbeesTYLegtiOI2cbIlbtb0WOCB8afJB4Wny893_VAl4a1hx7bq_NJXFdFKHVnLB7SpId_ZMtWdXPtWCvaTRm3zpbPnN8/s320/logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355816105289706818" border="0" /></a>
<br /> <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>I'm no personal friend to Mr. Wulff and neither have I been paid by KDN to market the butterfly portal but this guys just won't stop amazing me. And I'm really hoping this is no obsession.
<br /> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Well straight to the point, my facebook activity is headed for a sharp decrease. This is because of the <a href="http://www.uoncommunity.com/">new social network</a> created by KDN on the butterfly portal and tailor made for the U.O.N Community. I have no development details as of the moment but the product looks pretty much like a replica of FB. Talk of local content and application development, why use FB when we have an exact local product, maybe even better(even though I agree with one of the users that it needs a bit of pimping).
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It comes with the usual Apps; Groups, Blogs, Chat ... bla! Bla! Just like FB, one can make friendship requests that have to be approved. There is a message app, via it you can send and receive messages. Of particular interest to me tho' and I suppose to many others will be Jobs, and U.O.N. TV applications. While unsure of the content to be aired on the TV, I suppose the jobs section will be a platform for companies to list job opportunities and students to upload their C.V.s. Isn't this cool?
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Well the <a href="http://www.uoncommunity.com/">social network</a> is young and thus far I suppose in about one month it has 168 members. I just <a href="http://www.uoncommunity.com/">joined</a>. There is an option to invite your friends once you have <a href="http://www.uoncommunity.com/">joined</a> plus always feel free to add me as a friend. All you need is a working e-mail address.
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Click <a href="http://www.uoncommunity.com/">here </a>to join.
<br /></p> S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-48037324400523940602009-07-04T21:58:00.003+03:002009-07-04T22:07:32.096+03:00INTERNET RADIO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhit861fY_v7qs-LTZECDVZluRSt0S6MSL0gu0myg3qU2oV2FvVL6MM0zJMQ9dx_0i7jcALM5nNyAsV9ePMNRb5UfSMklbpXqnU-uvNupjNfIuahh9DNxcQagFRh95K_CUJ6pwOw5EjnuM/s1600-h/radio2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhit861fY_v7qs-LTZECDVZluRSt0S6MSL0gu0myg3qU2oV2FvVL6MM0zJMQ9dx_0i7jcALM5nNyAsV9ePMNRb5UfSMklbpXqnU-uvNupjNfIuahh9DNxcQagFRh95K_CUJ6pwOw5EjnuM/s320/radio2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354683499074129522" border="0" /></a>
<br /> <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } H3 { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p><b>Hallo hallo! </b><span style="">Fiber is here, oops! Again allow me to say its about to get here, meaning to Arrive in Kenya(just trying to accommodate both sides of the 'professional' divide). In a previous post, I gave an example of local content and application in the <a href="http://edsamich.blogspot.com/2009/07/butterfly-portal-by-kenya-data-networks.html">butterfly portal</a>. The Internet is quite broad though and capable of revolutionizing beyond data. Video and voice also take up a big share of the revolution.</span></p> <p><span style="">Well, I write rejoicing that my <a href="http://www.mulembefm.co.ke/">favorite radio station</a> is now on-line. This simply means that Frequency limitations can not deny me a chance to listen to Vero all week days between 1 and 4 pm regardless of my location anywhere in the world. All I need is the time, the laptop or a PC and an Internet connection.</span></p> <p><b>Internet radio,</b> also known as streaming radio, is an audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting on the Internet is usually referred to as web-casting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. Internet radio involves a streaming medium that presents listeners with a continuous "stream" of audio over which they have no control, much like traditional broadcast media; in this respect, it is distinct from "on-demand" file serving. Many Internet radio "stations" are associated with a corresponding traditional (or "terrestrial") radio station. There could however also be Internet-only radio stations.</p> <p>Internet radio has <b>no geographic limitations</b>, so a broadcaster in Nairobi can be heard in Laval France on the Internet. The potential for Internet radio is as vast as cyberspace itself. </p> <p>In comparison to traditional radio, Internet radio is <b>not limited to audio</b>. An Internet radio broadcast can be accompanied by photos or graphics, text and links, as well as interactivity, such as message boards and chat rooms. This advancement allows a listener to do more than listen. The relationship between advertisers and consumers becomes more interactive and intimate on Internet radio broadcasts. This expanded media capability could also be used in other ways. For example, with Internet radio, you could conduct training or education and provide links to documents and payment options. You could also have interactivity with the trainer or educator and other information on the Internet radio broadcast site. </p> <p>While for the most part Internet radio is a great service, it does have some disadvantages including sound quality, shoddy connections or software and the inability for dial up Internet users to access certain stations. While the majority of Internet radio stations provide near CD quality, some Internet radio stations stream a lower quality sound due to bandwidth limits. The higher the sound quality, the more data is necessary to produce high quality sound. The higher the quality, the more data you must send, for Internet radio stations looking to save on bandwidth costs, these stations usually send a lower quality signal. While most Internet radio stations can stream programming to users with only a dial up connection, you will usually need a broadband Internet connection to receive high quality transmissions.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">My personal favorite stations include <a href="http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/">capital fm</a> and <a href="http://www.mulembefm.co.ke/">mulembe fm</a>. Other kenyan fm stations online can be found <a href="http://www.surfmusic.de/country/kenya.html">here</a>. </p>
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<br /></p> S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-48636682954215003912009-07-01T19:09:00.003+03:002009-07-01T20:05:19.094+03:00ROBOCON KENYA 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmgL3l4lGRoaTfEclqsf3r_np2OAUzHHgPTkT_XyH1ID5KZ4kG0ABpv_I2K4dmetkh3uLrYkHGuITtDHD06RfKgQP1puI-hQgbVwPDme7eDhUwzrhDnwphJhuEKWH9t8zUB4Y45pF-fI/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmgL3l4lGRoaTfEclqsf3r_np2OAUzHHgPTkT_XyH1ID5KZ4kG0ABpv_I2K4dmetkh3uLrYkHGuITtDHD06RfKgQP1puI-hQgbVwPDme7eDhUwzrhDnwphJhuEKWH9t8zUB4Y45pF-fI/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353525939891546722" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif;">The ministry </span><span style="font-family:Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif;">of higher education has organized a Robo</span><span style="font-family:Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif;">t Contest between kenyan universities and middle level colleges. <span style="font-size:100%;">The contest will be based on the need to provide sufficient food to the Kenyan communities for their upkeep. For this to be achieved the food must be transported from the granary to different communities by a community leader referred to as </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>“MFADHILI” (our robot in this case).</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>MFADHILI</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> is to ensure that the best food reaches his community. Given that all communities living in Kenya must benefit, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>MFADHILI</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> has to beat the odds and feed his community with the most nutritious food. The theme indicates that for this country to realize the aims of vision 2030 then food security is mandatory and automation technology can be used to achieve this food security. Therefore the theme of ROBOCON KENYA 2009 will be “</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>ROBOTICS FOR ENHANCING ACCESS TO A HEALTHY DIET”.</b></span></span>
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The task of competing teams is to implement a Robot that will follow a straight line to a rack that has food stuff in it, pick the food and deliver it to the community. The line to be followed is a straight white line 7 cm wide. The racks are placed 6.5 cm away and extend 50 cm upwards. The Robot should not exceed 30kg in weight and should be able to fit in a packet of 50 by 50 by 50 (cm).</span></span>
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The University of Nairobi team of which I'm part assembled some two works ago and have been working on their 'MFADHILI'. Details of their progress, from start to finish, I will post later on probably after the contest for obvious reasons. I will however keep posting crucial updates on concerning the Contest. Besides the competition, the team members look forward to develop practical skills in mechanical and electronic design, stepper motor and micro-controller programming and the need for precision and accuracy in Engineering design. Precision and accuracy will play a big part when different divisions of the team bring together their components for the Robot to be finally assembled. The team has an advantage of having the Fabrication Lab at their disposal. The UON team is working under Mr. Joseph Makokha and Mr. Vincent Musau who is also the ministry's national adviser on Robotics. Besides making the Robot, the team will also participate in a high school outreach program of the Fab Lab.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Attached with this post are pictures clip of the UON team at work</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%;" align="justify">
<br /></p> S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-82625287001587649092009-07-01T19:01:00.003+03:002009-07-01T19:09:24.618+03:00THE BUTTERFLY PORTAL By the Kenya Data Networks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBmnAJl-wfoPXnxmg6C_UEUWcjFRYRYZhP-fH31b3ykdgAbGCeWNYWARh5DIFUPtVzLPk3WMRKQ9N6ItvNAGKmi-czZ19vBgcfQY-DeS8YbKgKZEhBtWSxK1QWntb-F46MIFfDcaFlnY/s1600-h/butterfly.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 89px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBmnAJl-wfoPXnxmg6C_UEUWcjFRYRYZhP-fH31b3ykdgAbGCeWNYWARh5DIFUPtVzLPk3WMRKQ9N6ItvNAGKmi-czZ19vBgcfQY-DeS8YbKgKZEhBtWSxK1QWntb-F46MIFfDcaFlnY/s320/butterfly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353524382415060354" border="0" /></a><br />Even as the fiber optic cable arrives, or shall I say awaited to arrive, in Kenya, the debate on the country's ability to provide self beneficial local content and applications refuses to go away. It is feared that the cable's arrival could provide more opportunities to foreign companies and individual as compared to the locals. Perhaps in a move to make a positive contribution towards the issue, KDN developed a portal where the users can access all types of information from news, real estate, autos to music and videos amongst others. It is an interactive site where one can start their own blogs, interact and chereherehat with friends, access the latest information on fashion, places and sites to visit, health tips among others. This is a superb combination of both content and application development.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.butterfly.co.ke/">butterfly portal</a> includes applications such as<br /><ul><li>butterfly web mail</li><li>Izzy talk, where you can make both local and international calls from the website and enjoy the cheapest call rates ever. Log on <a href="http://www.izzytalk.co.ke/">here</a> and talk to your loved ones.</li><li>Blog – enjoy communicating your thoughts and ideas, share them with other individuals and have pleasure of expressing yourself.</li><li>Chat service</li><li>on-line shop</li></ul><br />The butterfly site is like a one stop shop for everything that you need, on my first visit, I came out with an e-mail; edsamich@butterfly.co.ke check out the site <a href="http://www.butterfly.co.ke/">here</a>.S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-33324102067334844852009-06-23T00:52:00.001+03:002009-06-23T00:58:05.009+03:00SONY PLUGS BLU-RAY ON A BUDGET WITH NEW VAIO<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXj8_FsLFao4qgX1aoOlvzXsXvoTPDMqmdBICc4kC7Ln6u_yeo_B2pJci0_SDGc_jwTpI1cweXjUVRX6LntxZDWvgSAGbIgNOL1eqYcJqBJh3fpN14kMerUC6bnPPR1qfbiCzulazlQKU/s1600-h/sony2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350274293350741026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXj8_FsLFao4qgX1aoOlvzXsXvoTPDMqmdBICc4kC7Ln6u_yeo_B2pJci0_SDGc_jwTpI1cweXjUVRX6LntxZDWvgSAGbIgNOL1eqYcJqBJh3fpN14kMerUC6bnPPR1qfbiCzulazlQKU/s320/sony2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFP11fissuYIi91v-jIvN46JrAdzxuiR9kRKYKvuTkaJrAKnWYFwsdMNJb7rYY87nwlLiIo0lWoLCGJBjkr4EHoaeKno0mRAOLNprcEBaQu6BlmpA7W5XnM2kSkNekzCl6rlfmpgaIsyY/s1600-h/sony+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350274295731688466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFP11fissuYIi91v-jIvN46JrAdzxuiR9kRKYKvuTkaJrAKnWYFwsdMNJb7rYY87nwlLiIo0lWoLCGJBjkr4EHoaeKno0mRAOLNprcEBaQu6BlmpA7W5XnM2kSkNekzCl6rlfmpgaIsyY/s320/sony+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Blu-ray won the hard-fought format wars, and then not much happened. Consumers have been slow to adopt the high-def disc format, perhaps expecting that high-definition movie downloads and streaming will soon become widely available. Sony is bets the technology will be around long enough to stoke demand for its new budget-priced Blu-ray equipped Vaio notebook. Amid questions about consumer enthusiasm for Blu-ray technology, Sony went ahead and announced a new notebook computer positioned by the electronics giant as an entry-level Blu-ray player for mobile viewing.</div><br /><br /><div><br />The VAIO NW notebook series carries an US$880(roughly Kshs60,000) starting price tag for a Blu-ray equipped model, and comes with a 15.5-inch widescreen display, as well as an HDMI output connector for use with a larger screen. It includes the ability to turn the screen display off while allowing the laptop to continue running, saving battery life while allowing a quick return to movie-watching or other computing tasks, and also allows users to launch directly to the Internet without waiting for the PC's operating system to load, according to Sony. The PC comes equipped with three USB ports and ExpressCard, SD card and Memory Stick Pro slots. It comes in three colors -- brown, white and silver -- and includes software designed to help users make easy home movies and music mixes. </div><br /><br /><div><br />Check out more on this at the <a href="http://www.sony.com/">sony page</a>. </div></div>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-11480521477414008022009-06-22T22:34:00.005+03:002009-06-23T00:24:51.897+03:00THE READING CULTURE (WESTERN KENYA)<p align="left"><strong>BACKGROUND</strong></p><p align="left">"If you want to hide information from Kenya, put it in print" This is a phrase extracted from the dean’s message in his address submitted for publication in the <a href="http://www.scribd.com/full/16382459?access_key=key-dwu74g95ab0pv6adnzv">Student Engineer journal April-June 2009 edition</a>. As simple as it may sound, it lead to a whole restructuring of the journal layout and earned its position immediately after the Editor in Chief. The statement plainly says that Kenya suffers from a poor reading culture. At higher levels (ages) this situation is a stampede to a smooth flow of information through print media. While the importance of information flow is probably a whole topic better reserved for another session, it remains a fact that for better flow of information, a reading culture has to be natured and maintained.<br />Poor reading habits are picked up in early childhood, more specifically in primary schools, depending on policies put in place by people who shape lives of children (Teachers and parents). As a small boy, the only time I got to open my books was either when I was doing my homework or when I’m with a teacher in class. This was the same scenario for most of my colleagues throughout primary school life. This happened despite the fact that a well natured reading culture would improve academic standards of the individuals in question.</p><p align="left"><br />Read on, <a href="http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2008/10/07/reading-culture-in-kenya/">Promoting a culture of reading in Kenya </a><br /></p><p align="left"><strong>THE OPEN LIBRARY()</strong></p><p align="left"><strong>INTRODUCTION</strong><br />The open library project is an initiative to nature and maintain a reading culture. The major target group, at the beginning, is the primary school going pupils. The initiative plans to bring on board existing libraries within the larger Butere (Butere, khwisero, matungu and Mumias constituencies) as the resource centers and the primary schools in the region as the outlets. Under this initiative, schools are to obtain free of charge reading materials from the said libraries, distribute them to their pupils for a designated period of time and bring them back to pick another bunch of books and reading materials. An expansion to this program would be inclusion of secondary schools and the general public. Besides nurturing the reading culture, this initiative will aim at raising the academic standard in the region of coverage. In its implementation, the project will count on support and sponsorship from allied organizations and all likeminded and interested individuals. </p><p align="left"><br /><strong>OBJECTIVES</strong><br />Nature and foster a strong reading culture<br />Raise the academic standards in the regions of coverage<br />Improve flow of information<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>WORKABILITY</strong><br />This is an initiative that will depend on all the stake holders to play their part effectively in order for it to succeed. The various stakeholders will be as listed below:-</p><p align="left"><br /><strong><em>THE LIBRARIES</em></strong><br />To reduce the cost of operation, libraries that accept to participate will take on part of the duties of the would be secretariat of the initiative. The library management will receive books and reading materials from all sources. They would then be responsible to moderate distribution to assigned schools (each participating library will be assigned schools with which it will work). Records of resource distribution will be well kept for monitoring purposes. </p><p align="left"><br /><strong><em>THE SCHOOLS</em></strong><br />They play the crucial roles of interfacing the pupils and the library/initiative. The person in charge of the program in each school as may be picked upon by the school itself shall make sure that the resources obtained from the library are handled with utmost care.<br />The schools are crucial in the actual implementation of the project. Suggestively on a rotational basis, the concerned individuals in the schools must ensure that obtained books are read averagely by at least all the pupils in the selected group as may be decided by the school in consultation with the library/secretariat.<br />Schools are also to submit, periodically, their own assessment reports on the impact of the initiative relative to the objectives defined.</p><p align="left"><br /><em><strong>SPONSORS AND INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS</strong></em><br />This group will be greatly counted upon if the project is to register success more especially in terms of coverage area. Among others, the main duties of this group will be as listed.<br />Donate books and other reading resources such as magazines and journals to identified libraries and or centers.<br />Reach out or suggest libraries or academic centers that would be suitable in implementation of this project.<br />Inform schools within the defined region about the initiative and encourage them to take part.<br /><br /><strong>TESTING</strong><br />The elementary way of testing the impact of the project is introducing a writing competition within the participating schools. </p><p align="left"><br /><strong>CONCLUSION</strong><br />A theory goes that at class 8, many pupils in the rural areas are still unable to read and communicate effectively in English. English is hence the mostly affected of the two examinable languages. Unfortunately, save for Kiswahili itself, all the other subjects are examined in English. Obviously, this tells of what a tough job, a science or any other subject teacher for that sake, has. If a strong reading culture is successfully put in place, albeit at primary level, the academic standards will improve while the workload on teachers will be scaled down. I extend a passionate plea to anyone who gets to read this to put forth their best foot and make this happen.<br />Imagine a society with over ten thousand people with only 10 to 20 who will love reading. Flow of information from print media to the ten thousands will depend on only the 20. “if you want to hide information from Kenyans, put it in print”<br /><br />Look out for more posts on this project as it unfolds (i.e. information on signed up schools and libraries, contact info for the “virtual” secretariat)…<br />Initial enquiries can be directed to Samuel, <a href="mailto:edsamich@ymail.com">edsamich@ymail.com</a>, +254724517177.</p>S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-34798592192423680512009-06-13T22:26:00.000+03:002009-06-13T22:41:12.210+03:00THE STUDENT ENGINEER <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">The Student Engineer is a quarterly publication of the Engineering Students` Association(ESA) at the University of Nairobi's School of Engineering. The journal aims developing and maintaining a functional link between the Engineering student and the industry and by extend the lecturers. This is done by profiling relevant engineering and technology firms and various personalities in their management. The journal also highlights relevant technology stories and report on the newest technological trends keeping the students abreast of the happenings in the industry. The journal's Editorial Board at a very basic level is charged with collecting articles, editing the articles, sourcing for sponsorship and advertisements, designing the journal and liaising with the printers to finally put the end product on the table.
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">Due to professional demand, I feel compelled to give a documentation(albeit in summery) of the last one year in office as the Editor in chief of the journal. Getting to office with five other colleagues in June 2008, I must give a thumps up for this team as constituted by the then ESA(Engineering students' Association) executive 07/08; Ochola David, Loise Mbaria, Laibuta Ritah, Angela Hiuhu, Obiko Edward and not forgetting the late addition, Obanda Samo, whose efforts and contribution largely defined the third and final edition(April – June edition). While the improvements made to this office and the journal in particular are massive, I must appreciate the previous office bearers for the role they played in defining what we were to achieve, and the ESA executives 07/08, 08/09 for their functional input towards our publications. Most of all my heartfelt appreciation to Engineer Archie McCorkindale, the Chairman of the editorial committee of the Kenya Engineer Journal, for his unconditional support through out my term. </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><b>THE UPS</b></p> <ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Improved volume of the Journal(from the traditional 20 pages to between 28 and 32 pages)</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Great improvement on the print quality of the journal.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Increased production from the traditional 300 copies to 1000 copies per edition.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Increased frequency of publication from one journal in a year to a record three journals in a year.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Improvement in the quality of the articles.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Increased Interest and participation by the students.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Increased awareness of the journal to technology firms and the general public.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Increased distribution among students and firms in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> On line presence of the journal.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Successfully keeping together a team with vast and varied ideas.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Development of the journal's Editorial Policy.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Effecting a smooth transition. </p> </li></ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><b>THE DOWNS</b></p> <ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Inability to setup the journal website.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> 0 (zero) investment in desired tools of tread I.e. Personal computer, Laptop, Digital Camera and Internet connectivity.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> 0 (zero) appreciation to article contributors and no pay to Board members.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> No headway attempted on lecturers.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Visible imbalance between the five departments at the school of engineering.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Instability within the board during work on the third edition(Appreciated though as a normal working condition.)</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> A compromised print quality for the third edition. (circulation actually had to be halted and the printer had to print 500 more copies of acceptable quality)</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Laxity in making editorial crossovers with other established journals.</p> </li></ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><b>IMPORTANT SECTIONS OF THE FORMULATED POLICY AND GENERAL GUIDELINES OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD.</b></p> <ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> The board shall be composed of the Editor in Chief, the Assistant Editor in Chief, the Managing Editor and between three to five Associate Editors.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> Persons holding the above named personalities shall serve a one year term and reapply for their positions if they wish to serve for another term.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> A new board shall be setup by the outgoing board and be approved by the ESA Executive of the day. The approval shall be done after the Executive meets the new board. The ESA chairman of the day shall then sign a letter written by the outgoing Editor in Chief through him(the chairman) to the Dean of Students, University of Nairobi.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> The board will meet, regularly as decided or urgently as may be convened by the Editor in Chief or His/her assistant, to journal publication progress and the Editorial policy. Decisions agreed upon in such meetings shall be passed as policy.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> The Editor in Chief is solemnly responsible of all editorial and journal activities. He/She can Veto any board decisions if it is deemed fit to do so for the sake of the journal. He/she reports to the ESA executive and gives progress of the board in relevant and related issues. He/she will have the last say on any contentious issues in the board meetings. He/She will be the chair of such meetings. He/she will make the board/journal financial transaction on the advise of the Managing Editor.</p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> In the absence of the Editor in Chief, His/her Assistant will take over the duties. </p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"> The Managing Editor will be responsible for the boards finances and will advise accordingly on expenditure. </p> </li></ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
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<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">Well the above is what I find important from our two page policy statement and general guidelines of the board. Most of this are flexible though and any board of the day can edit or formulate their own policy to suite their requirements.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><b>TRANSITION</b></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">saying that I have confidence in the incoming board members can be accurately rated understatement. Headed by Alphonse Magati and other team members being Peter Muchiri, Juliet Wanyiri, Nancy Kawira and Rose Nafula, This team has a blend of character, talent and personality. There is no doubt in my mind that they will hit greater heights.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">Read the October 2008 Edition of the Student Engineer <a href="http://www.scribd.com/full/16376226?access_key=key-xh97xkqll3jot8ennft">here</a>.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify">
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Microsoft has unveiled a new search engine called ‘Bing’. Bing updates MSN and Microsoft hopes this will help it gain a bigger share of the search market that is dominated by Google. Well I haven’t been a user of MSN but I’m keenly observing this new development and will be trying it out for a substantial period of time. Initial comparisons with <a href="http://www.google.co.ke/">Google</a> indicates that Microsoft still have a lot to do. I’m however particularly interested in what Bing will be offering in terms of blogging. Not that I plan to quit Blogger but variety is always good. Try out Bing <a href="http://www.bing.com/">here</a>. Look out for more posts on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p> S.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-30689386334509049122009-05-19T18:03:00.000+03:002009-05-19T18:16:45.526+03:00CONSUMER EDUCATION - CCK<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibI8XO2skJ-t_QxeWKgW4xGbYXUALixSidUCNII8EEsuybVVvQQQTIOx4QLBpC2unDWRlE8lMyzGdJodK-qbyZJ-YNfbpR4bUjPTJSvtLKA-z6f_KppbzrUFjIfkPhyahJGKHczkehoXw/s1600-h/poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibI8XO2skJ-t_QxeWKgW4xGbYXUALixSidUCNII8EEsuybVVvQQQTIOx4QLBpC2unDWRlE8lMyzGdJodK-qbyZJ-YNfbpR4bUjPTJSvtLKA-z6f_KppbzrUFjIfkPhyahJGKHczkehoXw/s320/poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337553824195069298" border="0" /></a><br />The communication commission of kenya’s mission statement is to facilitate access to communication services through enabling regulation and catalyze the country’s socio-economic development.<br />CCK has a mandate to protect the consumers of communication services in Kenya with respect to the prices charged for and regard to the quality and variety of the said services. In order to better fulfill this, the commission has embarked on consumer education program geared at equipping consumers with skills, information and knowledge to enable them make informed choices in the market.<br />The public lecture that will be held on 20th may 2009 from 2:00pm at the university of Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Memorial library’s Exhibition Hall is part of this country wide program. Hosted by the Electronics and ICT Club, CCK speakers will seek to clarify and expound on various issues as listed below:-<br />What exactly is meant by consumer education, the need for this education, what consumer protection is, the need for the Kenyan consumer protection and the role of CCK in consumer protection including possible actions that could be taken against service providers.<br />How CCk ensures the delivery of optimum services, manages the frequency sphere, the third generation technology, Type approval of telecommunication equipment, the regulation of tarrifs, the encouragement of competition, the scope of consumer affairs, how to file a complaint with the commission and how the commission deals with complaints.<br />The consumer rights and responsibilities in relation to misleading advertisement, what the consumer should do if he/she believes they have been misled, The consumer responsibility with regard to terms and conditions of the contract, in relation to transactions with regard to electronic commerce. The consumer’s responsibility after purchase.<br />What is meant by quality of service, what levels of service should the consumer expect, why quality of service matters, how to measure the quality of service delivered and how quality of service is monitored.<br />What to know about the internet services and internet service options, methods of connecting the internet, how to choose an internet service provider, making a complaint against an ISP and productive use of the internet<br />Other topics that could be covered include: - Telecommunication tariffs, Mobile phone security, mobile phone etiquette, children and use of cell-phones& internet.<br />For more information go to the CCK site <a href="http://www.cck.go.ke/home/index.asp">here</a>.<br />Find links below to some of the common mobile phone/internet service providers in Kenya.<br />Click<a href="http://www.safaricom.co.ke/"> here</a> for safaricom<br />Click <a href="http://www.ke.zain.com/en/">here</a> for zain<br />Click<a href="http://yu.co.ke/"> here</a> for YU<br />Click <a href="http://www.telkom.co.ke/">here</a> for Telkom orange<br />Click <a href="http://www.accesskenya.com/">here</a> for access Kenya<br />Click <a href="http://www.myisp.co.ke/aboutus/terms.htm">here</a> for my ISP<br />Click <a href="http://www.wananchi.com/home/index.html">here</a> for the wananchi groupS.M.E http://www.blogger.com/profile/05533086700805562987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421993508434247873.post-52814070208994375742009-05-19T17:39:00.000+03:002009-05-19T17:46:27.098+03:00STUDENTS ORGANIZATION OF NAIROBI UNIVERSITY (SONU)<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cedsamich%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" 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{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The SONU elections are here with us once again and I can’t help but reflect on the gap between the expectations and service delivery of the gigantic student body. I feel as students we have failed to clean our mess, we have lost hope and we have given up. I’m writing particularly to protest the culture that has been developed amongst students with regards to SONU elections. As we complain of the political situation on the national platform, it is crucial that we look back to where these leaders are coming from. It is a miss guided thought that the future of this country lies in our hands if status quo is maintained on the manner we conduct our business at student level.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Like many others disturbed by the capacity of the authorities to conduct and oversee a smooth electioneering process (like it should be in an institution of higher learning education), I had decided not to take part in any way in this years SONU elections. I got a quick reminder though (and a brutal one for that matter) that by turning your back to the problem does not exempt you from suffering the consequences. <span style=""> </span>So I’m part of this EIC (Electronics and ICT Club) group that is hosting CCK for a public lecture in campus, we spend some 6000 on publicizing the event but oh no! What a bad timing. Our posters and banners are occupying crucial space for campaign posters. Ok! How is this; banners are only allowed at the main gate after obtaining an authorization from the campus care taker. We get our written authorization on Friday afternoon. We hand it to the security guard (we thought it wouldn’t be necessary but he demanded for it and a friend had to go pick it from his room at the hostels) Then we erect our banner. Tuesday morning and our banner is missing and in its place is a SONU aspirant’s campaign banner. Well the guard(who was still keeping our letter) explained that our banner had been destroyed at night by goons. Well paid campaign goons of course…<span style=""> </span>Nothing much I could do.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Back to SONU, our country is acutely suffering from lack of sound leadership. The supposed people’s voices have turned out to be daytime robbers as corruption entrenches in virtually all the public offices in the country. A view of how SONU carries out its business and believe me the future is dim. The interesting part is that you are given a chance to show what you would do as a future leader and you do exactly that! Show what you would do… but this is only as far as the aspirants and finally the successful candidates go. There is the other group (should I call us the subjects) that will vote for him because he has bought beer (I don’t do alcohol except on very special occasions but beer here could be anything from mrats, keg… and all that other stf!) with this kind of decision making though, we can not bare expectations for the people we put in office other than to recover the cash they used to buy beer, with enormous interests of course. You must have realized by now that I’m squarely placing the blame on no one in particular but we the students. So on one side if any one reading this gets their way to SONU, strive at leaving a legacy and I’ll be watching, we will be watching! And on the other side when you smile over that generous launch offer, a glass of keg or even a handout, we can even make it legal as opposed to a norm but put in mind that you are taking a loan that will be repaid with above 100% interest rate. The money swindled to re-stabilize a successful aspirant’s financial status could have been a bursary, could have equipped your laboratory or even fund your internship program. Be the change you want! And yes, I will be voting for my preferred candidates on Friday the 22<sup>nd</sup> of may.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If you may want to read more on SONU, click <a href="http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/student-life/student-organisations/?page=sonu">here</a>.
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