[kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN

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On 20 August 2013 13:23, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:

> Barrack
>
> Maybe it is. But it is something I have stated repeatedly here when I was
> questioning the rationale of endless visits to the US instead of using that
> money to bring venture capitalists to come and meet innovators here.
>
> If an organization does well it does well and it is recognized. If it
> doesn't, it should be criticized and many blogs have criticized this
> organization to no end.
>
> Actually, when Kukubo left, I said the board should be disbanded or
> overhauled completely and every position advertised to be filled
> competitively.
>
> And this is not from reading articles, it is from first hand experience.
>
> True, some good people exist but everything rises and falls with
> leadership.
>
> J.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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**
>> >>
>> >> Bernsoft Interactive Limited****
>> >>
>> >> P.O.Box 15177-00100 Nbi,Kenya****
>> >>
>> >> Office:   +254-703-080-000****
>> >>
>> >> Mobile: +254-722-540-883****
>> >>
>> >> ** **
>> >>
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>> --
>> Barrack O. Otieno
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