[kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General

Mon Nov 8 09:41:54 EAT 2010

Yawe,

You get my vote.  (Un?)fortunately Parastatal positions in Kenya are
not elective ;-). Its been a while since I reviewed the Postal Act
(possibly Kenya Comm. Act 1998) but i believe to be the Postmaster
General, the Minister (now Hon. Pogishio) has to appoint you.  But before he
does so, the PCK Board has to send him the top 3names of the potential
candidates.  But before they send him the 3names, the position
must(should?) be vacant.

Last I heard was the retired General Ali had moved from shooting
bullets to shooting stamps and was in charge - but of late I have been
seeing someone signing off on his behalf in acting capacity. So maybe
the position quietly went vacant. So keep an eye on Press Adverts, they
may just advertise. However, I can assure you, your chances of getting
the post is close to nil due to many reasons  but chiefly among them -
most of these parastatal jobs "zina-wenyewe" possibly until the new
constitution kicks in nicely (post-2012). 

walu.

--- On Mon, 11/8/10, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 10:14 AM

Hi,
I believe I am one of very few who can straddle the 2
 eras of mail & email to be able to appreciate how they converge in addition I have the passion to want to see Postal turned around to its full blossom.
And most important I am not a retired civil servant who the government wants to put out to pasture, they have tried engineers, lawyers, military generals and many others and none was able to make any noticeable difference apart from maybe repaint the premises.
On your parcels I have had the same issue with shipments from Amazon sometimes I will receive then items within a week other times a
 month but I realised that the problem is with how the US couriers handle overseas mail using some cheap middlemen.  
But when I ship from anywhere in the world including China using the EMS service and USPS in the USA my parcels arrive within 7 days which means that the main issue is the originating courier not Postal Corporation.
For in country delivery Postal has no equal, with over 990 outlets spread across the entire country from end to end with a delivery of 3 days.  With such a network even the Kenya National Examination
 Council really have no reason to deliver exam papers any other way, but the selfish interests of a few.
Regards
 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Mon, 8 November, 2010 7:53:31
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General

I find that I usually don't receive them - two or three packages sent from Europe took months (!) to reach me, and another two are still missing and I've written them off. So I don't ask people to send anything in the mail anymore, but to courier the items, or give them to someon who's traveling. 

So this situation could clearly do with some improvements. Robert, what's your qualification to turn this parastatal around? 

On 7 November 2010 20:15, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi,
It is saddening to see how Postal Corporation is treated as a dumping ground for retired civil servants turning it into a sedated giant being denied the opportunity to play its rightful role
 in levelling the  playing field.

Many of us think that just because we rarely receive snail mail that it serves no purposes, we write articles and make statements of how email and instant messaging are the final nail in the coffin of Posta but I ask after your order the pair of shoes online and pay via mpesa or mkesha how do you expect to receive the shoes? SMS, email, or IM.

I believe that we are doing a disservice to the country by killing Posta and someone needs to stand up and put Posta back to where it belongs as the enabler for e-commerce, e-learning, narrower of the digital divide and governance.

I therefore offer myself as a candidate for Post Master General of Postal Corporation of Kenya.

Regards

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd

Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200

Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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