[kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN

Tue Aug 20 16:40:00 EAT 2013

"The corpse is dead", and "blood is on the streets"! Who can defend
the undefendable?

On 20/08/2013, Judy M. Muli <judym.muli at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hey Hey ..any one from ICT board in the network!?...Create some awareness
> ..""How will they know lest they are told"
>
> Judy Muli
> COB
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ++1
>>
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>>
>> On 20 August 2013 13:23, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Barrack
>>>
>>> Maybe it is. But it is something I have stated repeatedly here when I
>>> was
>>> questioning the rationale of endless visits to the US instead of using
>>> that
>>> money to bring venture capitalists to come and meet innovators here.
>>>
>>> If an organization does well it does well and it is recognized. If it
>>> doesn't, it should be criticized and many blogs have criticized this
>>> organization to no end.
>>>
>>> Actually, when Kukubo left, I said the board should be disbanded or
>>> overhauled completely and every position advertised to be filled
>>> competitively.
>>>
>>> And this is not from reading articles, it is from first hand experience.
>>>
>>> True, some good people exist but everything rises and falls with
>>> leadership.
>>>
>>> J.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Barrack Otieno
>>> <otieno.barrack at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's really harsh, i think we need to be objective and look at it
>>>> through a SWOT binocular, in some cases the ICT board did well in my
>>>> opinion, let us objectively analyse its weaknesses because the new
>>>> authority might learn a thing or two from that.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards
>>>>
>>>> On 8/20/13, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Bernard
>>>> >
>>>> > My feelings on this board are not hidden. I have made them here.
>>>> >
>>>> > Corruption, lavish living and travelling unnecessarily, lack of a
>>>> focused
>>>> > strategy, employing overpaid, clueless prima donnas who acted as if
>>>> > the
>>>> > world owed them and overall poor management and oversight plagued
>>>> > this
>>>> > organization.
>>>> >
>>>> > Actually, if it was properly audited, the ICT Board should see
>>>> > several
>>>> > individuals jailed and surcharged.
>>>> >
>>>> > Know-it-alls employed within its ranks did nothing but stifle
>>>> innovation
>>>> > and frustrate innovators.
>>>> >
>>>> > The new authority should seek assistance with the crafting of its
>>>> Vision
>>>> > and Mission which will then guide it in executing its mandate in a
>>>> focused
>>>> > manner.
>>>> >
>>>> > As I indicated when we were discussing the M-Pesa platform, I really
>>>> don't
>>>> > like the stifling of innovation because when let free you never know
>>>> what
>>>> > new things these minds will come up with. We need to allow for
>>>> disruptive
>>>> > technologies to come up.
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards
>>>> >
>>>> > James
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Interactive
>>>> > Limited] <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Listers,****
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ** **
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Now that the ICT Board has been disbanded (or absorbed not sure
>>>> which),
>>>> >> my
>>>> >> head has been active with the thoughts of what really went wrong
>>>> >> there
>>>> >> and
>>>> >> what lessons can be learnt. How did that board not leave us with
>>>> anything
>>>> >> tangible or is it just me who didn’t follow on what they did.****
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ** **
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I always felt (quietly) that the ICT Board was going about their
>>>> >> initiatives in the wrong (or not practical) way but I kept silent
>>>> because
>>>> >> I
>>>> >> always kept feeling its me who was wrong. Now, more and more now, am
>>>> >> starting to think something was wrong there.****
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ** **
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Anyone with any insights.****
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ** **
>>>> >>
>>>> >> * *
>>>> >>
>>>> >> * *
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *Kind Regards, *
>>>> >>
>>>> >> * *
>>>> >>
>>>> >> *Bernard Kioko
>>>> >> *Chief Executive Officer**
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Bernsoft Interactive Limited****
>>>> >>
>>>> >> P.O.Box 15177-00100 Nbi,Kenya****
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Office:   +254-703-080-000****
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Mobile: +254-722-540-883****
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ** **
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>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
>> development.
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