[kictanet] New DG

Wed Jul 23 18:22:19 EAT 2008

Shem:
This is the one in which you must declare your interest. This sounds to me
as a question of "rotten eggs". From where I am standing it sounds like you
are bitter because you were never considered. But let me remind you that in
the very short past you were senior official of a government parastatal. The
minister in charge - or whoever - considered it a National Duty to fire you
and proceed to prosecute you for mismanagement. The case - as you are likely
to say - has not been settled.

It would really be a case of bad governance for anyone to consider you for a
senior position when you "failed" in the last one the government trusted you
with. The days of Kenyatta and Moi moving their people from one position to
another - raping these parastatals as they go - are dying if not dead.

It is good to see that the Government has appointed someone with a clean -
unless I am mistaken - record to this most important jobs. I personally do
not care who you are as long as you can do your job. The Dir of CCK does not
have to be an engineer he can be whoever he wants to be as long as he
manages CCK as it should managed - to the benefit of the mwananchi. In the
US, the FCC in most times has been headed by lawyers not by communication
engineers. If he can manage the process of moving this industry forward, I
say, more power to him.

JOe

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Dougi,
>
>
>
> Of course Google (and its variants!) has never been the only method to
> gauge qualification! Sadly, it is/they are the only measure we have these
> days, especially for ICT!
>
>
>
> Brian, I have never known in any profession what you say to be a parameter
> for qualification or eligibility. Otherwise if it were, wouldn't people like
> Atieno Ochola (gender notwithstanding), Matano Ndaro, Michael Katundu, John
> Omo, and many more at CCK be as much deserving?
>
>
>
> Lest am asked: 'declare your interest', let me do so. The other day I
> noticed an MP (who is either a present or past CCK director) contribute to a
> motion on CCK without 'declaring interest'; he was lucky to get away with
> it. I too applied for this job, not because I expected to be considered, but
> to find out if Kenya had changed; if we had moved on to a New Kenya where it
> didn't matter where [in Kenya] you came from, who you knew, whose
> son/daughter you had married, etc. We do not seem to have learnt from the
> events of the turn of the [last] year! Kenya appears to be sitting on a time
> bomb. Formation of the coalition does not seem to have detonated it.
>
>
>
> I have previously contended that Kenyan informaticians are endangered. How
> right I am/was. The words 'mediocricity, political expediency, ethnic
> bigotry' keep ringing on my ears. So, it now appears we cannot find an
> eligible informatician to lead CCK and we have to get an economist! I wait
> for the day, for instance, when the IMF shall be headed by an informatician,
> or one James Rege shall be Finance Minister! Short of the ICT professionals
> organizing themselves and regaining their space, we have a long wait.
>
>
>
> Best rgrds,
>
> Shem
>
> --- On *Mon, 7/21/08, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] New DG
> To: "Shem Ochuodho" <shemochuodho at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 5:54 PM
>
>  IMHO Njoroge has been "the power behind the throne" for every one of the
>  last DGs. I think he will make an excellent leader. His time has come.
>
> Congrats Bw Njoroge
>
> Brian
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 21 Jul 2008, at 9:32 PM, "waudo siganga" <emailsignet at mailcan.com>
> wrote:
>
>   Anyone with background info on new DG? Google only has the appointment
> dd 21/7
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:40:24 +0300, "Wainaina Mungai" <wainaina at madeinkenya.org> said:
>
>  I would assume Nyaki meant "effective engagement" rather than "effective
> management"
>
> Regards
> Wainaina
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Catherine Adeya < <elizaslider at yahoo.com>
> elizaslider at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>  Walu,
>>
>> Your suggestion for 3.5 is good though I think it should simply be 'How to
>> organize Associations for Effective Managment with the Government.
>>
>> Unless I heard wrong, KTN Sunrise news this morning announced Mr Charles
>> Kinyanjui Njoroge as the new CCK DG.
>>
>> Nyaki
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: John Walubengo < <jwalu at yahoo.com>jwalu at yahoo.com>
>> To: <elizaslider at yahoo.com>elizaslider at yahoo.com
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:31:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Forum Agenda - Lets focus
>>
>> Harry,
>>
>> Indeed it would be a public forum - but to what extend has the message
>> gone  outside Nairobi given that most listservers have subscribers in NRB?
>> Maybe there's need to have the traditional notice in the print media.
>>
>> As for the Agenda proposed and copied below,
>> 1.      Forum Objectives
>> 2.      Association presentations
>> 3.      General Discussion
>> 4.      Way forward
>>
>> I would add - 3.5. How to Organise the different Associations for
>> effective engagement with Govt.
>>
>> walu.
>> nb: meanwhile, unconfirmed reports from my moles indicate that a new DG
>> for CCK has been unveiled. Anybody with such a copy?
>>
>>
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