[kictanet] New DG

Fri Jul 25 12:33:46 EAT 2008

Wow,

I think you guys are now just arguing for the sake of arguing.

Some facts to help clear the air.

1) Mr. Njoroge has been with CCK since it's inception
2) Mr. Njoroge has been working as second violin to all of the preceding DGs
3) The position was advertised broadly in all the local dailies by a
reputable International "Executive Appointments" firm
4) The said firm processed applications, came up with a short list,
presented this to the CCK board
5) CCK board interviewed all candidates
6) CCK Board conducted follow up interviews on all candidates who passed
first interview
7) CCK Board independently selected the highest scoring candidate ... Mr.
Njoroge
8) CCK Board forwarded their recommendation to the Minister/President
9) A lot of politicians tried to "get their man in" - thus wasting a lot of
time
10) The Minister/President did the wise thing and ratified the Board's
recommendation
11) Mr. Njoroge was announced as the new DG

Is this the way things should be done? Yes!
Should we wish/hope for our Government to use a different approach? No!

So I'm happy and elated that we for the first time have a DG who has served
in/with the regulator for over 8 years.

As Manthi has put it - let us see if he can deliver - I have a feeling he
will.

Regards,

Brian

ps - what is this New Vision list I see copied whenever Shem is mentioned?

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Joseph Manthi <jmanthi at gmail.com> wrote:

> See below
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>
> That is Parliament's problem not CCK or of this forum. If the parliament
> does not want to exercise its prerogative to change laws that allow it to
> oversee parastatals who are to complain if appointments are skewed to one
> side. The only other recourse you and I have is to make sure that we vote
> the right candidate in - that is Democracy. We have a new parliament lets
> hope they listen to you.
>
> BTW: If you did not know it Dr Shem Ochuodho was an MP. Did he table a
> motion to give the parliament powers to oversee appointment of CCK DGs?
>
> I do not know
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> > 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!
>
>
> You are reverting back to stone age arguments.
>
> This is a political argument. I do not know the new guy, so neither do you.
> And therefore you do not know his capability. Give him a chance to prove
> himself. After all I am sure the full cabinet including the PM's office was
> in on the appointment. Did they raise hell because of his appointment? No.
> They obviously know something you or I do not.
>
> Again - from studying places where Regulation and Deregulation has
> happening - you do not need an "informatician" - whatever that is - to run
> an ICT house or a regulator.
>
> An example:
> - Steve Ballmer can't write a single line of code
> - Ratan Tata probably does not know what an RJ45 cable is
> - To name a few
>
> These two guys are running some of the best run ICT companies in the world
>
> Joe
>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> Nairobi,KE
>> +254733744121/+254722743223
>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>
>> "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!"
>>  --from a /. post
>>
>
>
>
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