[kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by DMakali

Wed Apr 20 14:45:16 EAT 2011

Thank you. Thank you for seeing the forest for the trees,

On , Jotham Kilimo Mwale <jokilimo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Francis, you are spot on. Whereas we are all busy trying to see if the  
> Minister has breached the law (which is on order), we are not  
> interrogating the actions of the Board, thus giving the impression the  
> minister is wrong and the Board is right. Was the Board's decision  
> influenced externally? Was it a one-time appraisal or has there been  
> continuous (annual?) appraisals and what were the scores?

> Regards,
> Jotham

> --- On Tue, 4/19/11, Francis Hook francis.hook at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Francis Hook francis.hook at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by  
> DMakali
> To: jokilimo at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date:
> Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 10:40 PM

> Thanks MM. In many senses your email and the link in reference to an  
> objective view of the issue, open up space for fresh discussions about  
> which media can really lay claim to being part of the fourth estate. I  
> feel BD has legitimate claim to that for their objectivity and  
> independence.

> And I really hope such deliberations can feed into discussions that try  
> to define what "independent" really means - such that "independent"  
> excludes the ability to pander to certain interests and not any licence  
> that amounts to impartial treatment of issues.

> On 20 April 2011 08:23, muriuki mureithi mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke>  
> wrote:

> Walu
> It's actually resurrected and is now turning up for constitutional  
> interpretation at the supreme court

> Read on ---
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/CCK+director+appointment+row+goes+to+court/-/539550/1146974/-/9r63o8z/-/index.html

> this will be precedent setting not just for CCK but for all boards . it  
> will remove doubt on the construct of the Independent CCK that is coming  
> up ---

> cheers

> Muriuki Mureithi

> Consultant Member
> Society of Telecommunications Consultants

> what chance gathers , she easily scatters !! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

> From:  
> kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke  
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke]  
> On Behalf Of Walubengo J

> Sent: 20 April 2011 08:01
> To: mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by  
> DMakali

> It seems this saga refuses to die...

> ~~~
> The Star
> Tuesday, 19 April 2011 00:04 BY DAVID MAKALI

> A little over a week ago, Information and Communications minister Samuel  
> Poghisio called a press conference to announce that he had revoked the  
> suspension of the director general of the Communications Commission of  
> Kenya.“For the avoidance of doubt, I wish to state that Charles Njoroge  
> remains in office and that as the appointing authority I will proceed to  
> renew his contract in line with the law,” he stated.

> The minister's intervention may have seemed timely and proper. Given the  
> infighting that had become the order of the day at the CCK between the  
> board of directors (or some) and the director-general, some form of  
> external intervention was necessary to establish order.

> However, questions still linger over what exactly the minister did, if it  
> was legal, and if it is in the interest of the general telecommunications  
> sector and the public in general. At the time of this writing, his  
> re-appointment or otherwise had not been gazetted.

> more @
> http://tinyurl.com/3cddk4h

> walu.

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