[kictanet] New DG

[John Walubengo]

I think I have to support Manthi on this one. We cannot wish away Political influence on such an important and strategic appointment - infact it could be  suicidal to do so. 

I havent talked to Shem or the other un-succesfull contenders (pretenders?) for the post but I am 100% sure that they must have tried to get their political godfathers to say a good word for them too. If they didn't have any political godfathers, then they should have prudently declined to apply for the job (like me ;-)

So guys, stop talking criteria only when things do not go your way.  Instead lets congratulate the new DG because economist, engineer, lawyer, informatician or whatever - he did go to school and has the experience to deal with the office. Our role may be more useful in demanding deliverables  from him rather splitting hair on why he was appointed and we were left out.

walu. 

--- On Thu, 7/24/08, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] New DG
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "New Vision List" <newvisionkenya at yahoogroups.com>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>, "Robert Onyango-Alai" <alai.robert at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 6:37 PM
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Joseph Manthi
> <jmanthi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Washington:
> > I am not being personal, everything I have stated here
> is either what Shem
> > has said himself and what is in public record. One
> thing about democracy is
> > that the person in power appoints his people. When
> that person is off power,
> > all his people are replace with those of the new
> "presidents" political
> > persuasion. I do not see what you guys are whining
> about.
> 
> In the US, the person in power appoints, and the appointee
> gets vetted
> by Congress,
> which has the rights to refuse such an appointment, yes?
> That is democracy.
> In Kenya, where noone can vet, do you still call it
> democracy?
> 
> 
> > Under the circumstances, the current leadership would
> have appointed a
> > village idiot to run CCK because according to them the
> idiot was qualified
> > and there would have been nothing wrong with that. You
> are listening way too
> > much to the WB/IFC to be of any good to the country.
> This guy has worked in
> > CCK - as someone else has stated. He probably knows
> more about deregulation
> > and ICT than 90% of the subscribers to this list - me
> and Shem included -
> > because deregulation is an economic concept. I expect
> him to lead the CCK
> > into the right direction.
> >
> > Having some ICT knowledge does not make you a good
> Regulator Manager. The
> > problem with people complaining too much is that their
> audience stops
> > listening.
> >
> > Give the guy a chance and stop whining about who
> should and who should not
> > have been appointed.
> 
> So according to you, the status quo is equally good?
> Then surely, I believe you are wrongly in this list, which
> seeks to
> establish changes by
> coming up with policies that can see this country move to
> the next level!
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254733744121/+254722743223
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