[kictanet] The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10yr safari and his-tory - day 4

Thu Oct 14 12:54:01 EAT 2010

Hi Gilda 
We have reserved a day for MJ   on 9th day 
So share your thoughts as he prepares his response notes!!

cheers 

Muriuki Mureithi 

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Subject: Re: [kictanet] The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10yr safari and his-tory - day 4

Listers,

I have kept up with your many interesting observations and comments/compliments etc.
Maybe we should now hear from the horse's mouth, is he ready to run another race
as suggested by yourselves in this interesting discussion?

Regards,

Gilda
Quoting Kanja Waruru <kanjawaruru at yahoo.com>:

> Joe,
> thinking about what else MJ can do for this nation I honestly believe he can
> be a very good candidate for the GOVERNOR OF NAIROBI, reason being he is
> known by all Nairobi-ans, he is trusted by many because more people bank with
> MJ through Mpesa than they do with banks and if we can agree the governor of
> Nairobi is not a political seat then MJ would have me vote..can he be asked
> to seriously consider that proposal.
> kanja
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> --- On Wed, 10/13/10, Joseph Mucheru <mucheru at google.com> wrote:
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> From: Joseph Mucheru <mucheru at google.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ
> 10yr safari and his-tory - day 4
> To: kanjawaruru at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 8:07 AM
> 
> Well said Muriuki,
> I think the biggest need in Kenya today and Africa as a whole is jobs. One of
> the challenges of this is managing the very young teams with so much energy
> and it is clear MJ was able to do this well in Safaricom. Can he now take up
> a challenge of setting up or taking over a business that can scale to employ
> over 100,000 full time workers within 5 years. I know you are probably asking
> what they will be doing. This can be the subject of another forum. He has
> been able to show he can generate US$ 1billion+ this is a great milestone for
> Kenya and Africa. Hiring 100,000 Staff in an institution will be
> another.Â Wal-Mart for example has a workforce of over 2.2 million (see
> below).
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> I would propose that we as lister come up with potential businesses we can
> acquire and get MJ to run and create these number of jobs. Hope this is not
> too utopian
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> Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) will increase its workforce by 36% in the next five
> years to take advantage of growing international demand.Â The new hires will
> take the company's headcount to 3 million, from 2.2 million now, Susan
> Chambers, executive vice president for human resources, said at a conference
> in India.
> 
> 
> See full article from DailyFinance:http://srph.it/cyTEHp
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> 
> Regards
> Joe Mucheru
> 
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:12 PM, muriuki mureithi
> <mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke> wrote:
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> Listers 
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> It canâ€™t be more exciting . we set out to get a 360 degree view
> of MJ and now Dr Ndemo has given as a birdâ€™s eye view Â Â Â of Â Â MJ Â and
> how he
> develops and executes strategy for Safaricom machine at the board. It is also
> noteworthy as Dr Ndemo mentions that the political terrain is extremely
> slippery
> but one must wiggle through to remain relevant .Â  How MJ has done it through
> KANU , NARC and now PNU/ODM is a mystery we need to unravel.Â  Is there a
> student
> of politics to help us help Â Â Â as here? 
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> But what should MJ do after hanging the boots at Safaricom is it
> to write books, lecture, start a start-up company to test whether the
> theories
> work in a different setting etc .... what do you recommend MJ should do from
> October
> Â 31st ? should he stay in or out of ICT sector , go politics ( run
> for president as suggested by Charles) , preach, or takeover Â one of the
> smaller operators and build it to beÂ  a mega company like
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> cheers 
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