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

Tue Mar 20 10:03:36 EAT 2012

@Wash,

I think you zeroed in on the issue.  What KENIC needs is a mechanism to limit the tenure of the board members to maximum two terms. It is standard practice in corporates and has even been embraced in our political life. Why not in KENIC?

@ Brian,
you hinted on calling an Extra-ordinary General Meeting (EGM).  But my question has not been answered - when is the next AGM due?  It could be next week and so no need for the EGM. Further, where is the KENIC constitution.  Perhaps we need to review it before suggesting things that maybe good but "illegal" as far as the KENIC constituion is concerned.

walu.

--- On Mon, 3/19/12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] 4 CEOS in 5 years? Something doesn't seem right at KENIC
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Monday, March 19, 2012, 10:30 PM

@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.

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