[kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN

[Barrack Otieno]

That's really harsh, i think we need to be objective and look at it
through a SWOT binocular, in some cases the ICT board did well in my
opinion, let us objectively analyse its weaknesses because the new
authority might learn a thing or two from that.

Best Regards

On 8/20/13, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Anyone with any insights.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> * *
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Kind Regards, *
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *Bernard Kioko
>> *Chief Executive Officer**
>>
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