[kictanet] Postal Corporation - A Disconnect

[Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau]

Brother,
I read your sentiments, but haven't you noticed a strike by PCK is
more of the go-slow by the councils?

My 2 cents.

On 19/12/2011, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> It was with shock that I read about yet another strike/go slow by Postal
> Corp. staff but even more shocking was the list of employees, 4,000, still
> on the payroll of the organisation.
>
> Postal Corporation has between 400 and 600 outlets, depending on who is
> providing the statistic, which means that there should be an average of 6
> employees per location excluding the 1,000 staff stationed in Nairobi,
> Mombasa, Eldoret and Kisumu General Post Offices.
>
> Unfortunately when you visit the various post offices around the country and
> even in Nairobi most of the countered are empty with thick layers of dirt
> indicating that they have not be used in a long time.  When I visited the
> Post Office in Nanyuki there where only 4 employees yet this is a major
> station.
>
> It is clear that the corporation is carrying a large number of ghost workers
> and it is time Mr, Atuoli directed his energies at rescuing organisations
> from such none existent workers who will soon enough cause the demise of the
> organisation and have genuine workers laid off.
>
> With the lack of funds at the corporation to send home the retirees (after
> the cancelling of the sale of the plot to Airtel), the increase in the
> retirement age from 55 to 60 and a management that refused to move into the
> 21st Century the organisation seems doomed.
>
> I still strongly believe that with the right team at the top, from the board
> to the senior management, PCK has the potential to become the pivotal player
> in the field of agency banking and for those on this list the missing link
> in ecommerce.
>
> I keep trotting towards that evasive post of PMG.
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696