[kictanet] Dr Ndemo Farewell
Alice Munyua
alice at apc.org
Mon Apr 29 15:40:40 EAT 2013
Thank you Dr. Ndemo for your valuable service, extraordinary leadership,
and dedication.
And here's my wish,
I know you will be back as a principle secretary, I hope it will be in
the energy ministry, we need your enthusiasm and dedication to deal
with the challenges and "mess" that is @Kenyapower, on a light note!
Best
Alice
> Dr. Ndemo
>
> We will miss you. You are one of the best permanent secretaries in
> Kenya. If every PS in Kenya performed at your level, the country would
> be in excellent condition.
>
> Sincerely, Warigia
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com
> <mailto:jwalu at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> @ Ndemo,
>
> You will go down as one of the few PS who opened up Government at
> at time when Government Ministers and Permanent Secretaries had no
> time to entertain non-government actors (like most listers here
> :-). I doubt any big shot in Govt would have been humble enough
> to take in their stride both the criticism and compliments from
> the grassroots as you have done.
>
> Eng. Rege before you started this type of culture and I am glad
> you took it to the next level. I can only hope that the new
> Minister/Cabinet Sec and Principal Secretaries will follow suit as
> we endevour to make Kenya the best ICT destination in Africa.
>
> regards.
>
> walu.
> nb: took the liberty to tweak the subject line :-)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Bitange Ndemo <bitange at jambo.co.ke
> <mailto:bitange at jambo.co.ke>>
> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com <mailto:jwalu at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 29, 2013 1:30 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Reviewing Kenya ICT Board Performance-
> You can write a guest post
>
> Listers,
> It is an open secret that my departure from the Ministry of
> Information
> and Communications is imminent. As seconds, minutes and days tick
> by; I
> take this opportunity to bid you all farewell.
>
> During the last seven years that I have worked here, I have
> learned a lot
> from you all. I could not have benefited from the learning experience
> without your constant support, criticism and encouragement. If I
> have to
> do it all over again, I would not change anything to perform my duties
> well. In my position as Permanent Secretary, I have gained
> considerable
> knowledge and thus I shall always cherish this, as one of the most
> satisfying phases in my career.
>
> Further, I have shared a special bond with all of you both
> virtually and
> in reality. I shall take away with me special memories of our time
> together. I remain committed to ideals of Kictanet and would
> remain active
> in its deliberations. I must admit that I may have underestimated the
> amount of pressure there is to aspire for a job. There are politicians
> from my county trying to create a wedge between myself, Dr.
> Matian'gi and
> Hon. Nyachae. Others from other parts of the country can be summed as
> extortionists and possible toll collectors at every level. I shall
> however, take the interview on Thursday and if fate has it that I
> shall
> once more serve my country then I shall proudly do so.
>
> It is now my singular honour to introduce Dr. Fred Matian'gi, our
> Cabinet
> Secretary nominee whom I have had the privilege of knowing for the
> past
> many years. While I was in Standard 7, Dr. Matian'gi had just started
> standard 1 at Manga Primary School. His sister Margaret was my
> classmate.
> I have known him as an honest person and devout Seventh Day
> Adventist.
> He has an impeccable record of integrity having served in several
> governance programs.
>
> Dr. Matian'gi is a fast learner and has extensively published. We
> taught
> at University of Nairobi together and his record as a lecturer was
> faultless. We simply have a great mind to steer our sector. I want to
> take the earliest opportunity to wish him the best. Although Dr.
> Matian'gi
> is a good friend, it will not be practical for us to work
> together. The
> constitution demands diversity. We shall create fodder for
> politicians to
> drive further wedge between us. I have chosen friendship and will
> look
> for alternative areas to serve my country.
>
> Let me therefore wish each one of you the very best in all of our
> future
> endeavors.
>
> Bitange Ndemo.
>
>
>
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