[kictanet] Rationale behind proposed CCK change of guard?

Fri Mar 25 13:26:30 EAT 2011

@ Francis,

I agree.  The silence on this issue is indeed loud.  And now the problem seems to be getting aggravated by the minister's intention to review what the Board had ruled.

But my comment is that once any CEO "falls" out with his/her Board, then the environment is already soiled and one of them (the Board) or the CEO has to go for the greater good of the public. It rarely matters whether it was the Board or the CEO that was in error/underperforming...the eventual loser in such circumstances is the public.

I think the current Communication Act empowers the Board to nominate the DG/CEO while the Minister makes the appointment.  This means the Board reserves the right to fire and hire the CEO (Eng. Kariuki can correct me if am wrong) and there's very little the Minister can do to reverse such a decision (especially in the current highly enlightened constitutional dispensation).

The best route the CEO could take is for the Board's decision to be challenged in a court of law i.e. CEO can claim damages for illegal or unfair dismal and there's sufficient precedence right here in Kenya where this has successfully worked in favour of the CEOs.

walu.

--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Rationale behind proposed CCK change of guard?
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:28 AM

Its gratifying to note that this issue is being taken up by Hon Poghishio.  
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Minister+probes+CCK+board+action+on+chief+executive/-/539550/1132506/-/q1k6c2z/-/index.html

And also merits an opinion piece in the same paper:

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/CCK+board+must+ensure+transparency+is+maintained/-/539548/1132384/-/item/1/-/117kru0/-/index.html

I find the silence on KICTANET on this issue rather unsettling....if anything it merits more debate that customer service and quality of service issues - ironically, IMHO, to throw Mr Njoroge under the bus, may allow such issues to persist...

On 15 March 2011 11:05, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com> wrote:

In today's Business Daily is the story about the looming exit of Charles Njoroge from CCK.
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Change+of+guard+looms+at+CCK+as+board+asks+for+Njoroges+exit/-/539550/1125014/-/eo20uc/-/

Looking at CCK's Mandate (http://www.cck.go.ke/about/what_we_do.html) and thinking of some aspects of that story (e.g. his appraisal score) and also looking at recent positive developments (anti-competition, lower tariffs, MNP, converged licences, etc), when reviewing Mr Njoroge's tenure vis a vis that mandate, what is the rationale behind his proposed removal?    I understand we cannot all be privy to the details of his appraisal but perhaps it merits some open discussion, more so when looking ahead and trying to read the tea leaves in terms of possible revisions/amendment of various sector regulations.

--- Francis Hook
+254 733 504561

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