[kictanet] Rationale behind proposed CCK change of guard?

Fri Mar 25 19:31:35 EAT 2011

just a clarification on my last statement,

>>Previous Minister tended to ignore this bit and got away with it.  In 
the current constitutional dispensation they are finding it increasingly
 difficult to play these type of games
>>
Should be plural to read Previous "Ministers" to avoid it looking like am referring to the immediate former Min. Hon. Mutahi Kagwe who currently happens to be my boss in my real life and so have to be careful ;-)

walu.

--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.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, 7:02 PM

Nyaki,

am sure there are Lawyers on this list who are better positioned to respond but my gut feeling is that the where the New constitution has "defined" a constitutional office (e.g. AG, Chief Justice, etc) then government has no option but to apply new rules.

However, the DGs position is not to my recollection a constitutional office and so the appointments in this case are government by the existing Kenya Communication Amendment Act (2009) and Kenya Communication Act 1998.  

In the above Acts, the Chairman of the Board is appointed by the President.  The Director General of CCK (DG) is appointed by the Minister (of Info&Coom).  However, the DGs name is recommended to the Minister by the CCK  Board. In other words the minister despite having a final say, has limited choice but to select from the three names
 forwarded by the Board -who also have the mandate to do the shortlisting during recruitment and ofcourse the firing during seperation.

Previous Minister tended to ignore this bit and got away with it.  In the current constitutional dispensation they are finding it increasingly difficult to play these type of games.

walu.

--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Rationale behind proposed CCK change of guard?
To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 6:33 PM

Walu,

Are the current or forthcoming appointments (for this year) using the Old or New Constitution at the moment? It does have implications on how much power the Board has and how much the Minister has. In some cases I still think they are being used interchangeably but I would be interested in getting a response to my question.

Nyaki

From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
To: elizaslider at yahoo.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
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Sent: Fri, March 25, 2011 1:26:30 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Rationale behind proposed CCK change of guard?

@ 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

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