[kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General

Tue Dec 7 18:24:57 EAT 2010

Hi,

Trivia question, how many success cards did postal corporation handle in the 
past 3 months and how many christ's mass cards will they deliver in the next 2 
weeks.

Regards

PS. The number of cheapskates who sent and will be sending out email and sms 
messages please do not respond. 
 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

________________________________
From: S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions 
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Sent: Thu, 2 December, 2010 19:34:58
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General

Robert should seriously be given a seat on the Board of Directors in the Postal 
Corporation if the Post Master General position is not given to him..

Why not?

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:48 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi,
>
>
>The writing is on the wall, Postal Corporation needs a new breed of leadership 
>failing which is shall sink to the level of Kenya National Assurance, point of 
>no return
>
>
>Issues of unions and pensions can be resolved by leveraging its advantages such 
>as a national presence.  We need dynamic future looking leadership that as an 
>appreciation of the changes taking place locally and by extension globally.
>
>
>It was sad to hear an employee of PCK saying that she earns Ksh 14,000/- after 
>working for over 20 years for the corporation, does PCK really have a human 
>resource head, chief or manager?  What was more telling was the brand new PCK 
>vehicles that where packed behind the striking workers.  This is a clear 
>indication that the leadership at PCK has no clue as to what a gold mine they 
>are literally sitting on.
>
>
>Based on the inflation index for Nairobi and the UNDP report on employment  an 
>employee with a family living in Nairobi and earning less than 30,000/- per 
>month is termed as poor.  PCK is impoverishing its employees by keeping them 
>employed.  
>
>
>We seriously need to look at converting certain jobs from permanent to part-time 
>which would allow us to provide opportunities for our university students who 
>spend their evenings on facebook.  This will be a great opportunity to 
>re-establish the work ethic in the next generation.  
>
>
>I wish NTV reporters could begin to do their homework before making alarming 
>statements that PCK is in trouble as a result of the proliferation of email and 
>the internet.  I will ask again, after you have ordered your pair of shoes 
>online can it be delivered to you electronically?
>
>
>Post Corporation of Kenya is not dead, it is sedated its slumber is being 
>externally  imposed and it is time that I was given the opportunity to raise it 
>to its true glory, but as long as this nation is run on mediocre concepts and 
>crony rewarding systems mine shall remain, for now, a cry in the wilderness.
>
>
>Regards
>
>
>Life is not a zero sum game, for you to gain I do not need to lose.
> Robert Yawe
>KAY System Technologies Ltd
>Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>Kenya
>
>
>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
>
>
>
________________________________
 From: Harry Karanja <kairo at softlaw.co.ke>
>
>To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>Sent: Tue, 16 November, 2010 12:33:39
>
>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General
>
>
>Dr. Ndemo, you are right that we are overdue for comprehensive reforms when it 
>comes to how we run and manage our parastatals.
>
>However, I think that is exactly the kind of change that Yawe is proposing to 
>bring about. I'm delighted that someone like Yawe who obviously  has extensive 
>experience in converging ICT with business, can be bold enough to stand up and 
>say I can do it. Barack Obama in his book Dreams of My Father spoke about how 
>leaders seeking the highest elective office must have an outsized ego. They must 
>believe that they can do something better than everyone else, even if that 
>something seems impossible. With Yawe, I can personally say that he has the 
>brains, skills, motivation and ego to meet the challenges of being the 
>post-master general.
>
>Look forward to your appointment Yawe.
>
>With Kind Regards,
>Harry Karanja
>Senior Consultant, EVA
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: kictanet-bounces+kairo=softlaw.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke 
>[mailto:kictanet-bounces+kairo=softlaw.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of 
>bitange at jambo.co.ke
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:03 PM
>To: kairo at softlaw.co.ke
>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General
>
>Jane,
>You are right to some extent.  Ministries do not have unlimited power over
>their parastatals.  You recall as Hon. Michuki cleaned the Transport
>ministry, the Ports Authority was at the verge of collapse.  There are
>intricacies in the running of state corporations that you are not aware
>of.  They are managed by many agencies such as the State Corporations
>Advisory Council, Inspector General of State Corporations and not
>forgetting the unions.  It is not as simple as you think.  Several
>variables affect the way they operate.  Comprehensive reforms may be
>necessary.
>
>Ndemo.
>
>
>
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> Thank you for a very well outlined vision.
>> How I wish the appointing authority would give you an  opportunity.
>>
>> Meanwhile,I choose to strongly disagree with Bwana PS in regard to the
>> legacy
>> issues he raised.
>>
>> Yawe's vision is comprised of income generating ideas e.g.Renting out
>> banking
>> hall space, Advertising, Selling airtime etc,very minimal resources are
>> required
>> and if anything the organisation would be assured of immediate
>> returns.From the
>> vision I also see numerous job opportunities being created through
>> Ecomerce and
>> the eventual door delivery of mail.
>>
>> Listers, I draw inspiration from how Hon Michuki transformed the public
>> transport sector.
>> He used the same staff his predecessors had used,no retraining,no
>> retrenchment
>> or work force overhaul;just a man who decided to bring sanity on the roads
>> and
>> sanity he brought.
>> Similarly,it also took one man,same task force,same  conditions,to undo all
>> what
>> had been done by Hon Michuki at Ministry of Transport.
>> Again Hon Michuki moved to Min of Enviroment,we could have heard excuses
>> of how
>> much resources were needed to clean Nairobi
>> river........................again
>> the river got cleaned.
>>
>> Personally I believe its all dependent on the person at the top.
>> Under our current situation I dont expect Yawe to immediately replace Maj
>> Gen
>> Hussein Ali but the least I would have expected is in the meantime Yawe be
>> introduced to the Post Master General to share on how some of his ideas
>> can be
>> implemented as we wait for the resource and legacy issues to get resolved.
>>
>> Jane Kagiri
>> kagirijane at yahoo.com
>>
>> Its impossible to build a tribute of success on a  foundation of excuses.
>>
>>
>>
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