[kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General - Aluta Continua

Thu Jul 7 17:24:02 EAT 2011

I remember those Posta passbooks ... we used to get boom, load em and thats
was the only deposit...

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:56 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Posta does not need agency business, PCK is supposed to be a fully fledged
> savings bank as it was before Post Bank was annexed.  The agency models you
> are seeing now are merely short sighted stop gap measures.
>
> The first bank account I ever had was Posta and that was when I was 16
> years old, it was a no frills bank that served those at the bottom of the
> pyramid.  The separation of Post Bank from Posta was the beginning of the
> end.
>
> With Posta offering disbursement of the funds for the poor and old there is
> hope yet for its provision of independent financial services.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins at gmail.com>
> *To:* robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
>
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Thu, 7 July, 2011 16:22:56
>
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General - Aluta Continua
>
> Then of course are the opportunities created by agency banking, not only
> for KCB as currently being deployed, but PCK could easily be the bank with
> everybank within.. more or less like pesapoint..
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:18 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> Hi Listers,
>>
>> After the mention of IBM I searched online for the report and found it on
>> the KICT website
>> http://www.ict.go.ke/IBMTalentStudy/Postal%20Corporation%20of%20Kenya%20Strategic%20directions%20for%20a%20new%20era.pdf
>>
>> Please read the report and give your comments and observations.  The
>> report makes interest reading and confirms that PCK is still viable,
>> unfortunately they come short of saying that the problem stems from the top
>> and instead concentrate on line management.
>>
>> It is also unfortunate that if I asked to be given access to a government
>> entity like was given to IBM, my request would be definitely be denied.
>>
>> This is very telling of the attitude that we have of our own capabilities,
>> with a couple of you experts out there we would have produced a more
>> comprehensive report of what ails PCK and offer more home grown solutions.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> Kenya
>>
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
>>
>> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Thu, 7 July, 2011 11:58:06
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General - Aluta Continua
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 08:38, Crystal Watley Kigoni <
>> crystal at voicesofafrica.org> wrote:
>>
>>> And when you become PMG, Yawe please change how customs deals with
>>> packages and the corruption there. I asked people from the States to stop
>>> sending packages for myself and the NGO because even though they were NOT
>>> for resale we were being charged up to 50 percent of an imaginary retail
>>> value (usually the highest price to be found on the internet). It became
>>> more expensive for me to clear items than it was
>>>
>>>
>> @Crystal,
>>
>> The next stop for the big changes after Yawe  become PMG would be
>> Customs/KRA. The outfit is so draconian so much that you'd think you are an
>> alien from outer space when you've got to deal with them. They are so
>> secretive about the way they conduct themselves, like using threats to
>> create fear in you, and push you into a corner. Their ultimate aim is to get
>> you to grease their hands -- somehow.
>> KRA/Customs MUST be reformed to become transparent to the citizens. They
>> must be clear on the tax schedule (I mean a list detailing the categories of
>> items and the tax levied on them), which should be published for public
>> scrutiny. This idea of googling prices should never arise. There are times
>> you find a Customs officer trying to force you to believe that a CCTV camera
>> is a camcorder!
>> KRA/Customs must also respect the citizens. They so far behave like the
>> Police, who always think (mistakenly) that they are God, forgetting who
>> their employer is.
>>
>> Maybe our "PMG" should also handle the Customs docket!
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> Nairobi,KE
>> +254733744121/+254722743223
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