[kictanet] Public Sector Appointments must be on MERIT

[waudo siganga]

Thank you for the reassurance with regard to the particular instance of
the DG Bwana P.S. This is what we want to hear: that Public Sector
appointments are on Merit, especially in our industry.
Waudo

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:36:51 +0300 (EAT), bitange at jambo.co.ke said:
> Dear Waudo,
> I agree with you 100% that Public Sector Appointments MUST be on MERIT. 
> Indeed the process that led up to the appointment of the DG was
> transparent and meritorious.  The reason why the selection agency (Ernest
> Young) was competitively picked was to avoid any form of interverance.
> 
> The Agency gave the Board six names.  Five attended the interviews. 
> Three
> names were forwarded to the Minister. Unfortunately, none of the five was
> a woman (new policy we need to give a certain % of appointment to women
> who make it to such a high level list plus other considerations include
> regional representation).  The Minister has the prerogative of picking
> any
> of the last three finalists but in this case he picked based on the order
> of merit.  In sum total, there was no political interverance in
> appointing
> CCK DG.  The Government is open to views on a more meritorious process
> that we need to use especially in appointing the Brand Kenya CEO.
> 
> Asante.
> 
> Ndemo.
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