Charity Wayua: A few ways to fix a government
شاريتي ويوها: بعض الطرق لإصلاح الحكومة
IBM's Charity Wayua is a research manager in Nairobi, Kenya, where she leads the company's public sector research team. Full bio
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to study biochemistry.
في دراسة الكيمياء الحيوية.
prevalence of diseases like malaria,
للأمراض مثل الملاريا
that would cure the sick.
where I became a cancer researcher,
حيث أصبحتُ باحثة في مجال مرض السرطان
to Kenya to do just that.
للقيام بذلك فقط.
certainly a death sentence.
يؤدي إلى الموت المؤكد.
in a pharmaceutical company
في شركة أدوية
to a different kind of lab,
من المختبرات
kind of patient --
person in my country;
of governments are unhealthy today.
بأن الكثير من الحكومات هي معتلّة اليوم.
of living index.
على مستوى جودة مؤشر المعيشة.
as the entities that make it up.
مثل الهيئات التي تكونه
put a Band-Aid in place
في المكان
to an African country --
لدولة إفريقية --
building hospitals, digging wells --
وحفر الآبار--
either weren't or couldn't provide
من تقديم
Band-Aids can't fix,
لا يستطيع الشريط اللاصق الطبي علاجها
where businesses feel secure
يشعر رجال الأعمال بالأمان
their businesses successfully.
بنجاح.
property that they create.
التي يكّونوها.
these necessary conditions
على إحداث هذه الظروف الضرورية
to quickly and easily set up shop.
قادرين على فتح مشاريعهم بسرعة وبسهولة.
of income for themselves,
من أجل أنفسهم
to fund public projects.
لتمويل المشاريع العامة.
of economic growth,
the "Ease of Doing Business Ranking,"
"مؤشر سهولة ممارسة الأعمال التجارية"
or difficult it is to start a business
البدء في عملٍ ما
in a country with an ailing government --
بوجود حكومة ضعيفة --
which is why in 2014,
ولهذا السبب وفي عام 2014
us to partner with him
to jump-start business growth.
في نمو المشاريع التجارية.
in this World Bank ranking.
بالنسبة إلى تصنيف البنك الدولي.
mathematicians, engineers
والمهندسين
to cure the sickness
all the way from the organs,
على طول بقية الأجهزة،
make a diagnosis.
from the President himself,
من الرئيس نفسه
of the scientific method:
who worked at government agencies,
في المنظمات الحكومية
office, utilities company,
إلى شركات الخدمات العامة،
for registering companies,
them as they served customers,
وهم يخدمون العملاء
most of them were manual.
a lot of their previous paperwork
من أوراق العمل السابقة لديهم
malfunctions had occurred
on the World Bank list.
في قائمة البنك الدولي.
to register their property,
on the World Bank list.
في قائمة البنك الدولي.
a new electric connection.
158 يومًا.
to take you 125 days.
that would only take you 26 days.
يستغرقُ الامر 26 يومًا.
إلى المحكمة
a dispute to enforce a contract,
نزاع تنفيذ العقد
would take you 465 days.
of your claim in just fees --
in an African country,
في دولة افريقية
must be corrupt to the bone.
الذين يشغلونه فاسدةً حتى النخاع.
so much corruption,
or get killed in the process.
في هذه العملية.
in the classic sense:
of their friends.
sense of helplessness.
employees felt helpless.
شعروا بأن لا حول ولا قوة لهم
empowered to drive change.
لإحداث التغيير.
in a bigger system.
في الجهاز الأكبر.
doesn't matter in driving change.
يقومون به ليس مهمًا في قيادة التغيير.
you had to go through --
وعليكم تنفيذها --
to find somebody to outsource it to,
على شخص خارجي للإستعانة بخدماته،
take care of that for you.
of it on your behalf --
بدلًا منكم --
nobody was going to catch you.
something to work for you
لعمله
is the beginning of corruption.
we worked with had a shared vision
والذين عملنا معهم رؤية مشتركة
is to remove staples
هو إزالة مشابك الأوراق
at the attorney general's office,
for serving business owners
government services.
were impacting our ability as a country
تؤثر على قدرتنا كبلد
and to attract investments.
everyone's role was vital.
لعب كل واحد دورًا حيويًا.
لإحداث التغيير
to implement changes
delivery of our country.
reforms we've been able to implement
استطعنا تنفيذها
global reformers in the world
على المستوى الدولي العالمي
like a weight-loss program.
مثل برنامج انقاص الوزن
of hard, grueling work at the gym,
الصعب في مركز اللياقة البدنية
time to weigh yourself,
this doesn't apply to you.
لا ينطبق عليه.
you accessed a government service?
على خدمة حكومية؟
and global economy
والاقتصاد العالمي
about transforming government.
عندما تفكر في إصلاح الحكومة.
or to the thinking
او للتفكير
some key government responsibilities
بعض المسؤوليات الحكومية الرئيسية
doesn't mean it's dying.
لا يعني ذلك أنه يلفظ أنفاسه الأخيرة.
of fixing our governments.
إلى التحديات لإصلاح حكومتنا
is when healthy cells --
هو عندما تكون الخلايا (الأجهزة) معافاة --
to create some space
مساحة ما
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Charity Wayua - Public sector researcherIBM's Charity Wayua is a research manager in Nairobi, Kenya, where she leads the company's public sector research team.
Why you should listen
Dr. Charity Wayua creates commercially viable innovative solutions to address inefficiencies in the delivery of government services with the aim of creating an environment where businesses thrive. Wayua and her team work closely with the government and private sector to co-create various public sector solutions that make the delivery of government services to businesses more efficient and effective. The World Bank ranked Kenya the third most reformed country on its "Ease of Doing Business" ranking two years in a row, moving up 44 places in rank in just two years in part due to the work of Wayua's team.
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