[kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets

Mon Apr 22 12:56:47 EAT 2013

Kivuva,

Please don't tell me that out of all the names you could think of, you
could not come up with a Kenyan with the qualities you describe?!?

Brian

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:

> We need a great thinker, who can demolish the box altogether, who is not
> cowered and arm twisted by the mighty and powerful, who can articulate and
> convince the owners of the country, and at the same time be diplomatic.
>  Somebody who commands respect in his achievements, and executive
> reasoning. Only a round peg in a squire hole can transform Posta. A name
> that comes to mind is Michael Joseph, although now he plays in a much
> bigger league
>
>
> On 22 April 2013 10:16, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Edith,
>>
>> It is interesting that you bring this up as it goes back to the key issue
>> here that we in ICT have absolutely no understanding or appreciation of how
>> relevant PSK is to delivering e-commerce and until that happens the
>> organisation will continue on a down hill spiral finally embedding itself
>> in the ground.
>>
>> What is even worse is that Dr. Ndemo is even more clueless than the
>> current PMG about the relevance if PSK in delivering e-commerce solutions
>> which is clear from their statements about how email is replacing the
>> services offered by the postal service which cannot be any further from the
>> truth.
>>
>> I always ask, once I have ordered a pair of shoes online and made the
>> payment electronically exactly how does the shoe get to me? Until 3D
>> printers becoming cheaper than a DVD player there is only one answer to the
>> question especially if your target market is Kenya (note: Nairobi is not
>> Kenya).
>>
>> The new PMG believes that the future of PSK is in payment systems a field
>> that even the banks have realised "iko na wenyewe", which is why they have
>> dumped all initiatives to jump in bed with the owners of money transfer and
>> payment a.k.a. Safaricom.
>>
>> I have been watching DHL closely as they introduce an agency module for
>> there services, as PSK reduces locations DHL increases theirs which begs
>> the question who is the fool here?.  A company called Aramex has recently
>> received a huge capital injection by a Dubai based investor to develop
>> their delivery network in Kenya all this while PSK management, including
>> the board of which Dr. Ndemo is a member, run around trying to go into a
>> field that they have neither the skill nor experience.
>>
>> It is my sincere hope that the rumour about UhuRuto wanting the Cabinet
>> Secretaries and Principle Secretaries should be under 50 comes to pass then
>> maybe we can have a team that is open to new ideas and does more than
>> regurgitate statements.
>>
>> I reiterate again, PSK is a sleeping giant who is being kept sedated by
>> small minded players in the courier industry.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> PS.  UPS is dying because of legislative handcuffing and the same
>> sedating that PSK is suffering
>>
>>
>> Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> Kenya
>>
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca>
>> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Monday, 22 April 2013, 8:45
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets
>>
>>  Robert Yawe has been campaigning for this job for over 2 years – why
>> not challenge him to run it and prove himself? I’m sure Bwana Ndemo is
>> being considered for Cabinet Secretary – ICT, please keep this in mind.
>>
>> Edith
>>
>>  *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=
>> idrc.ca at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein
>> *Sent:* April 22, 2013 5:06 AM
>> *To:* Edith Adera
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets
>>
>>  Listers
>>
>>  Hidden among the statistics released by CCK is the state of Posta
>> Kenya.
>>
>>
>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Postal-Kenya-closes-56-outlets-as-business-falls/-/539550/1754446/-/ppm2vtz/-/index.html
>>
>>   Yet despite the dire straits the state corporation seems to be in it
>> still could reinvent itself. Posta is in dire need of re-inventing itself
>> ala Deutsche Post which reverse took-over DHL and benefited from its
>> logistics and savvy managerial skills. Is the semi-privatization of Posta
>> Kenya imminent? Is it the only thing that can save it? Should the
>> Government/Posta seriously look at this option? I dare say we must move
>> poste haste (pun intended) or be confined to the fate of the US Postal
>> Service which seems incapable of getting out of its morose state.
>>
>>  The article below Wikipedia gives a good background to the Deutsche
>> Post story.
>>
>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Post
>>
>>
>>  Ali Hussein
>>  CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
>>   Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
>>
>>  +254 713 601113
>>
>>
>>   "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
>>
>>  Sent from my iPad
>>
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