[kictanet] Holding our Leaders Accountable

[Brian Longwe]

I would like to strongly echo the sentiments of Lucy as well as to  
add my own fury to the fire.

I was extremely upset that not only did *NONE* of the presidential  
aspirants show up - but some of them even went as far as responding  
to phone calls by saying "I am on the way, will be there in 20  
minutes"...... then never turning up..... can you imagine that?  
Treating the Kenyan ICT community like a spurned girlfriend or  
boyfriend?

Anyway I think that the message that has been sent by the absence of  
every single one of the aspiring presidents was very LOUD and CLEAR -

" We don't care about ICT - it doesn't factor in our vision - it is  
unimportant to us"

As very precisely put by someone I overheard at the meeting - "these  
aspiring presidents probably don't even know how to spell ICT"

We must make a loud and strong statement about his and ensure that  
the wider Kenyan community realises the true colours of their  
"wannabe" presidents.

Brian

On May 17, 2007, at 12:26 PM, John Walubengo wrote:

> LK,
>
> u sound a bit disappointed.  Unfortunately i didnt attend
> the function and would like to know who really turned up
> from the presidential aspirants and what they said...
>
> Michuki, any hope for the text transcript?  Or Becky could
> give us a brief the old way in form of minutes/updates/etc?
> Then from there the absentees like me could contribute more
> intelligently on the way forward...
>
> walu.
>
> --- Lucy Kimani <lkimani at comnews.co.ke> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I am just venting on the dismal performance of our
>> aspiring presidential
>> candidates, I have noticed a trend where those in
>> leadershipship positions
>> let alone those aspiring for the same confirm their
>> attendance to a
>> certain function and then not show up or best case
>> scenario show up 2-3
>> hours late.  I keep asking myself why do we as Kenyans
>> accept this
>> behavior, and I am at a loss!
>>
>> Actually, my pesa nane is that we as the citizens need to
>> start demanding
>> accountability in that when one says they will attend a
>> function then they
>> should keep to their word, after all why are electing
>> people whose word
>> doesnt count for much?  Additionally, most of us also
>> have busy work lives
>> and the fact that we were willing to stop what we were
>> doing to sit down
>> to hear what these aspiring candidates have to say about
>> ICT is a
>> testament to how important we feel ICT to be to the
>> country.
>>
>> I am one for making strong statements, and a one page ad
>> expressing our
>> displeasure and questioning why the candidates are scared
>> of facing a
>> serious group of citizens wanting to know where each of
>> them stands in ICT
>> would be in order!  I am sure if it was one of those
>> meetings where fans
>> are shouting at the top of their voices, and no one is
>> asking any serious
>> questions they probably would show up, we need to start
>> demanding more
>> from our politicians!
>>
>> Just my thoughts!
>>
>> LK
>>
>>
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