[kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN

[James Mbugua]

Bernard

My feelings on this board are not hidden. I have made them here.

Corruption, lavish living and travelling unnecessarily, lack of a focused
strategy, employing overpaid, clueless prima donnas who acted as if the
world owed them and overall poor management and oversight plagued this
organization.

Actually, if it was properly audited, the ICT Board should see several
individuals jailed and surcharged.

Know-it-alls employed within its ranks did nothing but stifle innovation
and frustrate innovators.

The new authority should seek assistance with the crafting of its Vision
and Mission which will then guide it in executing its mandate in a focused
manner.

As I indicated when we were discussing the M-Pesa platform, I really don't
like the stifling of innovation because when let free you never know what
new things these minds will come up with. We need to allow for disruptive
technologies to come up.

Regards

James


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Interactive
Limited] <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:

> Listers,****
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> Now that the ICT Board has been disbanded (or absorbed not sure which), my
> head has been active with the thoughts of what really went wrong there and
> what lessons can be learnt. How did that board not leave us with anything
> tangible or is it just me who didn’t follow on what they did.****
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> I always felt (quietly) that the ICT Board was going about their
> initiatives in the wrong (or not practical) way but I kept silent because I
> always kept feeling its me who was wrong. Now, more and more now, am
> starting to think something was wrong there.****
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> Anyone with any insights.****
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> *Kind Regards, *
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> *Bernard Kioko
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