[kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN

Tue Aug 20 17:04:07 EAT 2013

I believe  Kukubo is still a lister and the sooner he sheds some light, the
better. I interacted with the Board severally and surely, we should also
give credit when due.

Jessie R. Kirongothi

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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****
>>
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