[kictanet] Ndemo's Presidential Debate Final Report?

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Grace,
I shall review the attachment and get back to you later.  As I stated,
Knowledge is the next frontier for economic development.  My recent
encounter with development on the ground shocked me and I think we need
some concesus.

I was asked to be guest of honour in some cooperative at my rural home.  I
accepted and went to address.  This is a cooperative where my mother sunk
thousands of shillings and never received anything in return.  The real
estate they invested in is no longer their.  But this was not what shocked
me.

I proceeded to speak and my speech read as follows:  Ladies and
Gentlement, First I thank you for asking me to speak to you.  Since I am
not a politician allow me to speak bluntly and you also must question my
thought.  We must restructure this organization and reposition it as a
leading coffee producer, manufacturer and marketer.  When I go back to
Nairobi, the first thing that I want to help you put in place is a
strategic plan ....

An elderly lady sought to know what I was talking about.  I asked the
audience what a strategic plan is in Kisii.  None had an answer.  I asked
if we could translate restructuring and repositioning, none was
translated.  I discovered I was not communicating.  Some men wanted the
old woman to leave but I said no.

In my Sauna talk I asked other ethnic groups if they had translations of
these words.  There was nobody with any translation.  I have previously
said this with words like productivity and break even point.  Let me know
if any has an opinion.


Ndemo.




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>
> Dr Ndemo
>
> Greetings.
>
> Please refer to the attached summary of the issues you raised during the
> 'Ndemo for President Campaign'. Its been a hectic time for us considering
> we were all busy with the IGF.
>
> We are now in the process of finalizing this and other reports. We have
> noted that there were two questions that you did not answer. Do you think
> you could respond to them so that you allow us to finalize? You can also
> react to the summary and ofcourse any lister is free to react/respond.
>
> The two questions:
> 1. How does the government alleviate the fear of making the wrong
> decision(s) and are there any measures in place for success and tolerance
> for failure within government?
>
> 2. How would you ensure public officers are provided with freedom to make
> choices, to make mistakes, know the options for redress, and put an exit
> strategy in place should things go wrong?
>
> A great week to you and to all the listers.
>
> Rgds
> GG
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