[kictanet] Independence of CCK?
Brian Munyao Longwe
brian at caret.net
Tue Jul 29 15:49:37 EAT 2008
Bw Waudo,
You need to read before you write - I said *most* independent,
professional and focused (in Africa).
interpret that however you want to....
Best regards,
Brian
On Jul 28, 2008, at 8:28 PM, waudo siganga wrote:
> Hi Brian - I am intrigued by your announcement praising the
> "independence" of the CCK. I would like to put your assertions to
> debate. I am not sure how you define "independence". To me it means
> the organization is not controlled by any of its stakeholders in
> its decision-making. So who are the stakeholders? Sometime back it
> was only Government and some "private sector". We have recently
> correctly included civil society. Maybe we need to add the
> technical community as well as academia. I cannot recall the
> provisions of the enabling instrument (Info and Comms Act) but the
> point I would like to make is that all the reps of the
> "stakeholders" on the Board are appointed BY THE GOVERNMENT. I am
> open to correction but I cannot recall any point in time when the
> private sector has been approached to nominate private sector reps
> to the CCK Board. Perhaps same for other stakeholders. If the
> resultant Board ends up being described as "Independent" then
> perhaps my online dictionary has been hit hard by a virus. Compare
> this with Government bodies like the Public Procurement Oversight
> Authority. The enabling instrument, Public Procurement and
> Disposals Act 2005 clearly sets forth how the governing organs like
> the Advisory Board are set up. There is a bottom up participatory
> process where stakeholders, including associations, are empowered
> by the Act to nominate persons they know well from their industry
> spheres, and the Minister for Finance makes his final selections
> only from the resultant list. Somewhere in that Act the Computer
> Society of Kenya is listed explicitly as a nominating agency. I
> have never seen such provisions in the Board nomination processes
> for ICT related public entities including the CCK. Maybe if you
> have better information you can let me know the process how the
> Board of CCK gets to be populated then hopefully I can believe you
> that CCK is "independent".
>
> Waudo
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:54:13 +0300, "Brian Longwe"
> <blongwe at gmail.com> said:
>> Bw Wafula,
>>
>> I can assure you - after many years of working with regulators and
>> operators across all of Africa Kenya has the most independent,
>> proffesional and focused regulatory authority.
>>
>> Take a look at South Africa - capture - spells out what ICASA has
>> been under since inception
>>
>> What country can you point to that has the levels of independence
>> and autonomy that CCK has.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM, joseph wafula
>> <muliaro at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I congratulate Mr Njoroge for the appointment as DG for CCK,
>> however I still find the criteria used weak if what was in last
>> Saturday Nation newspaper was part of the criteria. What is clear
>> is that we are far from expecting CCK to meet WTO expectation of
>> an independent regulator. CCK is strongly under what I term
>> "political capture". The issue of salary one earns as a
>> prerequisite for short-listing for the post makes it even worse in
>> my view. What is the future for such criteria in the eyes of all
>> stakeholders particularly those in private sector, Foregn Direct
>> Investors etc? the question is, how can such officer be free from
>> government influence and special interest? Perhaps the criteria of
>> appointment need to be revised to give an independent outfit and
>> sectoral professionalsm to CCK DG position.
>>
>>
>> Dr Muliaro Wafula
>>
>> Lecturer JKUAT & Director
>>
>> Kenya E-governance and E-Content Backbone
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 7/23/08, Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho at yahoo.com>
>>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] New DG
>> To: muliaro at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "New Vision List" <newvisionkenya at yahoogroups.com>, "Robert
>> Onyango-Alai" <alai.robert at gmail.com>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy
>> Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 6:14 AM
>>
>>
>> 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> 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>
>>>> To: elizaslider at yahoo.com
>>>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <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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