[kictanet] 4 CEOS in 5 years? Something doesn't seem right at KENIC

Mon Mar 19 22:30:04 EAT 2012

@Brian et al,

Wait a minute. From the minutes of the last Board Meeting, Alice was
amongst those "absent with apologies", so obviously she was NOT the chair
of this meeting, right?
*I have a feeling something is quite a miss with the minutes as posted and
would like to take the earliest opportunity to apologise to Alice for this
misrepresentation I have made.*

Another glaring thing I have noted from the minutes is the Board Membership
as constituted. CCK has such a significant number of membership in the
KENIC Board. Now, seeing as things are going, I'd like to imagine that
KENIC operates in the same space as the ISPs - or almost. With the recently
introduced Kenya Communications Bill 2009, I suppose KENIC is supposed to
be licensed just like the ISPs, and by this, it calls for all those in the
KENIC board who are associated with CCK to step aside, right? Their
continued presence in the KENIC Board seems like an illegality.

Last but not least, what does the KENIC constitution say as regards the
tenure of the Board Members? Can they sit there forever or is there a time
limit?

Good night, members. I must sit to enjoy my kumi-kumi now.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 22:06, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:

> @Brian,
>
> From the minutes, Alice was the chairperson, yes.
>
> Then Alice should step aside and let the Tech community decide on someone
> else who can steer KENIC to achieve the defined metrics.
>
> I do believe that whenever a CEO is appointed to the organization, they
> always have clear and realistic KRAs and KPIs to help gauge whether or not
> they are performing.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 19:28, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Wash - as Walu pointed out, current chairman is Alice so it depends on
>> when the board meeting in the minutes you refer to happened as to which
>> Chairperson was in office...
>>
>> Nevertheless - concerns abound - should members call for an EGM to
>> address the problems?
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 18:13, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rebecca asks some pertinent questions in this article about KENIC
>>>> http://ht.ly/9K21N
>>>>
>>>> Having previously served as a director on the KENIC board I can only
>>>> ask "what is amiss?"
>>>>
>>>> There seems to be trouble with either selection of a CEO or retention
>>>> or both.
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Quoting Rebecca
>>>
>>> "Kenic is a multistakeholder body, owned by the tech community"
>>>
>>> I think it's in order to ask the board chair (maybe *request  *is a
>>> better word?) to enlighten us on this perceived high "CEO/staff turnover".
>>>
>>> "Then there is the problem of board interference.  The micro management
>>> at Kenic is just something else. I am told its only one board member who
>>> doesn’t like to let things run smoothly. I can not name him without being
>>> accused of malice"
>>>
>>> I am wondering why Rebecca is scared of naming names if she has the
>>> facts.
>>>
>>>
>>> Reference to KENIC's last Board Meeting (which lasted 4hrs 15 minutes):
>>> http://www.kenic.or.ke/files/MINUTES_8th_AGM_2011.pdf
>>>
>>> *"Members also pointed out the high staff turnover at KeNIC* *and* *sought
>>> clarification on whether the organization had paid twice for development of
>>> its website.*
>>> *The Chairman endeavoured to respond to all of the issues raised but
>>> acknowledged that some of the matters such as double payment for the
>>> website redesign required further enquiry."* *So, Mr. Buruchara flanked
>>> the issue of high staff turnover; Needed time to conduct an inquiry as to
>>> whether the Auditor's Report was accurate or what?
>>>
>>> *I think if Sammy Buruchara cannot handle KENIC matters properly as is
>>> evident, then a reconstitution of the board should be in the offing, with a
>>> view to replacing him. There should also be an ammendment to the
>>> constitution that governs KENIC to limit the terms of the Board Members.
>>>
>>> Wwith whom does the buck stop at KENIC? Chairman? Then he should be
>>> replaced.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>> Nairobi,KE
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Brian Munyao Longwe
>> e-mail: blongwe at gmail.com
>> cell:  +254715964281
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>>
>> "Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand
>> for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything."
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254733744121/+254722743223
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Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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