[kictanet] FW: [ke-internetusers] ICT Board's accreditation of BPO Society

[Patrick Mburu]

Indeed, that would be quite unfortunate.

regards,
Patrick


On 15/11/2007, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> mmmh,
>
> looks like this BPO breakfast kicked off a storm in the tea
> cup(s)...hope the storm does not blow-off the emerging
> local BPO industry.
>
> Kukubo, Victor, et al,- u had better have a damage control
> department ;-)
>
> walu.
>
> --- Harry Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org> wrote:
>
> > Apologies for cross-posting.
> >
> >
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >
> >
> >   _____
> >
> > From: ke-internetusers-bounces at bdix.net
> > [mailto:ke-internetusers-bounces at bdix.net] On Behalf Of
> > robert yawe
> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:37 PM
> > To: Internet user group
> > Subject: [ke-internetusers] ICT Board's accreditation of
> > BPO Society
> >
> >
> >
> > This morning I attended a breakfast meeting hosted by the
> > newly appointed
> > ICT Board but which turned out to be a flag waving event
> > for some private
> > club called the BPO Society.
> >
> > It is interesting what happens when you pick private
> > sector people and give
> > them the mandate to run a public institution.  Last time
> > I checked single
> > sourcing for government services can only be done after
> > requesting exemption
> > from the Ministry of Finance, but I stand corrected.
> >
> > The ICT Board has unilaterally appointed the BPO Society
> > as the only bona
> > fide forwarder of licensing applications for  any BPO
> > business, under which
> > gazette notice was this status issued?  It is interesting
> > how a state agency
> > can send me to pay a private club (Kes. 35,000/-) for
> > them to forward my
> > application to set up a business.  Even at the height of
> > bureaucracy
> > institutions like the Chamber of Commerce never had such
> > powers, so where
> > does the ICT Board get the authority to single source for
> > a vetting agency?
> >
> > The answer to the whole issue came out in a subtle manner
> > on one of the
> > slides US$ 11.4 Million (Kes. 0.75 Billion) for capacity
> > building of the BPO
> > industry. Somebody seriously needs to monitor this new
> > private sector dream
> > teams.
> >
> > This are the acts that stifle young industries, I think
> > to grow the BPO
> > business in this country we need to have the government
> > look the other way
> > to let entrepreneurs do what they have to do like the
> > council did with the
> > issue of private garbage collectors and CCK with courier
> > service providers.
> > Let legislation follow ingenuity & creativity, the other
> > way just doesn't
> > work.
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert Yawe
> >
> >
> >
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