[kictanet] On ICT Board & the New ICTA

[S.M. Muraya]

Matunda,

The diaspora is relevant but 95% of what needs to be done here is by locals.

We know from experience "5% is the idea/strategy, 95% is the execution"

http://www.forbes.com/sites/karlmoore/2012/05/31/strategy-without-execution-is-hallucination/

I am not aware of KICTB expenditure (on themselves) but KICTB provided a
link on this list of the tenders they awarded. In my view Kukubo and Ndemo
are some of the more transparent people we have had. This is not to say
they are angels (none of us is), but were certainly less evil than other
public officials

On this list, Dr.Ndemo once lamented about teleconferencing being resisted
in government (even in his ministry) because it would affect per diems
(travel allowances). My estimate, we could automate 50% of current
government process within 10 years if we could annually spend 20% of what
is spent on travel/conferences - including false claims.

At a KICTB event, some years ago, a senior/serial entrepreneur from Silicon
Valley, noted its is "greed not goodwill" that motivates most hard/smart
workers. People work most out of greed to profit not out of
goodwill/charity.

Many of our Organizational Leaders, travel the world, invest in
flashy/flossy Apple devices but fail to invest in software projects and
applications that makes it easier for their employees to be more
transparent or productive at work. The KICTB was certainly less evil than
most Kenyan State Corporations.

Which State Corporation has given out more Technology Funds/Contracts to
youth than the former KICTB?

Blessings

Murigi / Stanley Muraya

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Matunda Nyanchama <
mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com> wrote:

> Bwaa Kivuva
>
> I still think that the ICTA should engage our Diaspora more objectively;
> they have something to offer. I have seen meetings/events where our people
> are completely out of message; out of tune with those they are pitching to.
> And this is, in part, because of lack of "vocabularly/perspective" of those
> they want to engage in. And it is NOT simply in technology but also in
> other endeavours. It is little comfort that most African countries (at
> least those are the majority I have interacted with) are in the same boat:
> off message, poor post-event follow up, making promises they can even
> execute, ..., not communicating at all about the "end result" (+ve or -ve).
>
> That said I am hopeful but also apprehensive in that the Kenyan culture is
> to approach opportunities (e.g. to hold public office) as "their turn to
> eat". So people fight hard to ensure they are on the "eating table"; just
> see even how we fight in elections. (I have heard subtle messages to people
> in the Diaspora on this basis: why are you coming to fight for the "little"
> that we have when you are, at least, "better endowed"? Nothing about public
> service, contribution, ... experience, perspective, ...)
>
> Indeed, in Kenya almost everything is devoid of the message of public
> service, doing good for the common good, etc; in other words:
> statesmanship.
>
> Ideally, we should care less who of our people is given a portfolio,
> provided they meet their mandate and serve for the good of the nation.
> ICTA should set the standard considering the central role of technology we
> anticipate in our development.
>
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>    *From:* Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
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> That is a very balanced an interesting perspective Dr. Matunda Nyanchama.
>
> ______________________
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> On 20 August 2013 18:47, Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com
> > wrote:
>
> Friends
>
> Some of us were privy to the formation of the board, right at the start.
> My involvement was from a Diaspora engagement perspective. With the board
> slated to market the country as a technology destination and attract
> investment, it was felt (at least in the beginning) that involving the
> Kenyan Diaspora was a good thing. Indeed, 2 slots in the board were slated
> for the Diaspora.
>
> With a colleague, we offered input including on what we thought would be
> the strategy for tackling certain markets, given our experience out there.
> Personally, I was interested in seeing us compete for business that was
> heading to India, the Philipines, Costa Rica, among others. And having
> worked in financial services (some that were outsorcing IT services -
> design, development, testing, operations) and services company like IBM, I
> felt that I could contribute. I felt that, we could offer insights into the
> thinking of some of these outsourcers and how we can win their business,
> let alone offering linkanges in our reach.
>
> Well ... long story short ... when the Board was gazetted, the said
> Diaspora slots disappeared. Inquiries we made hardly got any responses.
>
> As for its achievements, I am not here to say. I reserve my opinion.
>
> Going forward, ICTA needs to do things more transparently. Searching for a
> board and CEO should be a competitive process (btw: I haven't seen the ads
> for the available positions: selection panel, the board, management, etc);
> and as much as we have some "famous" names in ICT, it doesn't mean there
> are no others that can bring freshness to the table: in the manner of
> leadership, strategy, vision, style. Old hands, as much as we can value
> them, can be culprits of tunnel vision, and hampered by their histories and
> relationships.
>
> Cheers.
>
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