Politicians are slow in implementing technology. They are too busy dealing with the old ways of passing around information. Embracing technology is difficult and integrating it into use for running is complicated. The laws and policies in place right now are so outdated and behind, IT will simply "destroy" how they do things. Baba Jukwa has seriously circumvented the protocols and acts of certain "natural moral" standards and practices in place (maybe laws) by divulging party/Gvt secrets to the public. Is there a law to prosecute him? How do you deal with him if he is caught? How is tweeting. Facebook(ing), email, treated in the Gvt? If I "hack" (crack) Econet to get free air time like the Russian guy caught hacking ( I think the term is cracking..?) MTN, what laws are applied here? Also what are the procedures and policies of dealing with that case? Econet has been given a license to deal with 2G and 3G but already we are now on 4G/LTE. TV is still analogue here yet HD and 3D is up and running in EU/US to mention a couple and soon SA. Also downloading of music and movies. Is it illegal? If I am caught, do you prosecute me for having the media or for downloading it?
As long as the laws and policies remain as they are and the will to embrace IT is not there, IT will be seen as dangerous and characters like Jukwa will have made IT seen as a destabilising force for governance rather than progress in how countries are run..