[kictanet] What kind of CIO do you want in your County?

[S.M. Muraya]

In the US context, a county is a subdivision of a US State. Whereas a Kenya
County = Federal State (at least almost one).

That noted, this describes the role and responsibilities of a CIO in a US
State County.

http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/it/about/cio.aspx



On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:39 PM, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com>wrote:

>  Good idea.
>
>   On Monday, November 07, 2011 1:35 PM, "S.M. Muraya" <
> murigi.muraya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> Suspect it is going to take 15-20 years before Kenyan counties become like
> 60% effective in the utilization of funds.
>
> When KES 150 Billion (15% of a KES 1 Trillion budget) is devolved to 47
> counties, each county (factoring populations in each) will get at least KES
> 2.5B per annum.
>
> In 5 years this is at least KES 12.5 Billion per county.
>
> With 40% (of KES 2.5B = KES 1B) to be lost per annum lost through
> mismanagement and theft, we MUST legislate / create posts of County Chief
> Information Officers.
>
> The CIO should head a committee of at least 5 people from different
> "constituencies" in each county to be accountable for the deployment of
> Information systems and services.
>
> A technically literate person / committee responsible to to make sure
> basic (accounting and project management) reporting systems are in place in
> each county within 2-3 years.
>
> Have looked at hundreds of pages of past US tenders / requirements in the
> past two weeks regarding Information and Collaboration systems and I am
> confident we are locally able to deploy the same standards / products. We
> just need to make sure we keep people who live in technical and ethical
> darkness out of County IT Committees.
>
> In the US, 2007 ICT budgets range from 3% for Government up to 8% (in the
> finance and education sectors) per anuum
>
>
> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-571-generating-business-value-from-information-technology-spring-2009/lecture-notes/MIT15_571s09_lec21.pdf
>
> A good gauge of the quality of an IT Manager/ Director is projects
> deployed well (enough to CONVENIENTLY provide required business
> intelligence or transparency) under their watch in the private of public
> sector.
>
> This has more to do with work ethics + practical experience or knowledge /
> certification.. NOT the outdated academics that are over-emphasized in
> Kenya.
>
> It seems to take a good IT Professional in Kenya, 2-3 years to convince
> ignorant Business Executives, Organizational Leaders and Public Officials
> to deploy basic Information Systems.
>
> Which kind of companies were contracted under their watch? Were local
> skills developed and certified in their department / organization?
>
> Typically an IT Manager / Director oppressed with very low budgets (or
> needing a cut in the budget), cannot deliver Quality Network, Computing and
> Information services.
>
> What kind of CIO do you want in your County?
>
> :)
>
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