[kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN

Tue Aug 20 16:00:24 EAT 2013

I think their biggest folly (which is by no means not unique to them) was a
lack of constructive engagement with the private sector, especially SMEs.
The fact that I don't have as many employees or as big a budget as IBM and
Accenture etc does not for once second mean that my input is any less valid

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> ++1
>
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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****
>>> >>
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>>> >>
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>>> >>
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