[kictanet] Kenic fires all employees

Tue Aug 21 18:54:29 EAT 2012

Thank you Phares. Your thesis gives us food for thought

On 21/08/2012, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whatever Sammy's original intentions were, I do believe firing all the
> employees was toxic not only for him but for the life of the organization.
>
> It's never the staff that's at fault, typically the leadership. I'll give a
> few examples:
>
> [1] Sun Tzu and Emperor Wu. For those who have read the story, the
> leadership of the troops to be led by Wu's concubines is all that changed.
> The troops remained the same.
>
> [2] Kenya Airways - Rose to be one of the most profitable companies in EA
> with basically the same employees. Leadership changed...
>
> [3] Safaricom - It was initially a department in Telkom Kenya. Leadership.
>
> [4] For the overused example - Apple & Steve Jobs. The nearly bankrupt
> organization never laid off all it's employees, merely changed the
> structure.
>
> [5] Uchumi - Purely a leadership issue, as was demonstrated very well by
> Jonathan Ciano.
>
>
> I believe an approach which begins with getting rid of all the staff is not
> only myopic but also shows a fundamental inability to inspire/work with
> diverse people...
>
>
>    - Were any of the employees incompetent?
>    - Were any of the employees too expensive (i.e. were they being paid
>    more than they were generating?) **I highly doubt this is the case given
>    the ratio of board members to employees*
>    - Was there gross misconduct on the part of the employees?
>
> If this is not the case then firing the employee effectively makes the
> organization 'toxic'. How?
>
>    - Talented individuals will avoid it because it's evidently and openly a
>    caustic environment.
>    - Only people who have no alternative will work there given that
>    management has no consideration for tenure (why work for KENIC whilst I
> can
>    work for an ISP? Pay may be less, visibility/career development etc may
>    take a hit, but I know that I will not be out of a living one day
> because
>    the CEO's morning coffee was a little too strong).
>    - Organizational culture/information/know how is lost... You can't
>    document relationships (relationships with suppliers, customers etc).
>
> Such moves, in my opinion do more harm than good to organizational culture.
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>
>> Sammy, The BOD at KeNIC and listers at large
>>
>> We understand that the board has now restructured the governance of KeNIC
>> in such a way that it now becomes a 'closed' stakeholder environment?
>> Could
>> you please kindly clarify this issue. Reading your posting of a few days
>> and let me quote you here:-
>>
>> "...the Strategic Plan Review that took place  last month, the following
>> stakeholders were selected based on the value they bring to the KENIC
>> Board
>> to enable KENIC meet its mandate of growing the .ke name space in Kenya."
>> end quote.
>>
>> When can ALL stakeholders have a copy of the Institutional Assessment
>> report? Or is this only for the eyes of the board? or the current
>> perceived
>> stakeholders?
>>
>> My concern here is that shouldn't the AGM have decided on who the new
>> stakeholders are? Who does the Board of Directors report to in this case?
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong but what the current status of affairs indicates
>> or implies is that there is fundamental shift from the current
>> stakeholder
>> structure to a new one.
>>
>> Good Corporate Governance tenets demand that before such fundamental
>> changes are made as to how an AGM is conducted this should be decided by
>> the AGM NOT by the Board of Directors. After all it is at the AGM that
>> Board Members are elected...
>>
>> We must at all costs ensure that the governance of KeNIC is above board
>> and the way the current situation is it leaves to much speculation and
>> rumor to spread. For the sake of this organisation you must be seen to be
>> beyond reproach.
>>
>> Having said that I do agree that these are tumultuous times at KeNIC and
>> we must allow reason to take place. I urge everyone to take a step back
>> and
>> let the management and board of KeNIC steer the ship until the AGM which
>> I
>> am hoping will be open to ALL stakeholders and not just the ones that the
>> board feels has a stake in KeNIC.
>>
>> Ali Hussein
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Musya Michael
>> <michael.musya at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Already feeling the impact. MPESA transaction yet to reflect...3 hours
>>> now. After calling...please call again at 2.30p.m.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Michael Bullut
>>> <main at kipsang.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Great history lesson there for some of us... :-)
>>>>
>>>> Sent on the run,
>>>> Please excuse errors & ommissions!
>>>> On Aug 21, 2012 10:17 AM, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Rebecca Wanjiku <
>>>>> rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently Kenic has issued termination letters to all employees,
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> will the PS increase control over if the organization has no
>>>>>> employees?
>>>>>> Read more...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2012/08/kenic-ceo-fires-first-salvo-at-govt-terminates-all-employees/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tel. 254 720 318 925
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wanjiku.co.ke
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *From:* Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
>>>>>> *To:* rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com
>>>>>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2012 12:34 PM
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Ministry seeks more seats at KENIC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> McTim,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On this one, you are wrong (for the first time) :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Besides running primary and secondary nameservers for .KE .... Randy
>>>>>> (via PSG) also handled all registrations for .KE (and maintained the
>>>>>> root
>>>>>> database for the cctld).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:17 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Sammy Buruchara
>>>>>> <buruchara at me.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Listers,****
>>>>>>  ** **
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At the dawn of Internet in Kenya, we all relied on Mr. Randy Bush in
>>>>>> Oregon USA to register .ke domains.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think Randy ever actually registered domains for .ke (or
>>>>>> anyone).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IIRC, he offered (via PSG) free Secondary name services to many ccTLD
>>>>>> that did not have the werewithal to run secondary services for
>>>>>> themselves.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> In this case, McTim, you never registered any .KE domain until KENIC
>>>>> came into being, otherwise you'd know Randy did.
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember with Nostalgia those templates we used to send to Randy
>>>>> Bush
>>>>> in the days, and how one would anxiously await his response - yes,
>>>>> because
>>>>> it meant money then! A successful processing of the template was a big
>>>>> issue - you made a small mistake and it would be rejected.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>>>> Nairobi,KE
>>>>> +254733744121/+254722743223
>>>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>>>>> I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.
>>>>>
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>
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