[kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN

[S.M. Muraya]

Note, our globe trotting civil society activists cannot condemn what they
also practice. They invest in 4 wheel drives but will not spend half the
amount (locally) on technology to improve transparency and efficiency in
their organizations.

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 10:40 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It is all about the per-Diem factor which affects all government agencies
> around the world, it times I suspect that this is actually what governments
> where set up to provide.
>
> The factor is still rife as you might have seen with all the international
> traveling being done my the newly elected Governors, what you need to be
> questioning is ratio of salary to per-Diem for public "servants" as at the
> end of it the trips by the KICT Board executives all fell within the budget
> and mandate of the organisation.
>
> We recently saw millions spent on a tele-presence solution for the
> judiciary only for them to turn it off and instead budget for a
> multi-billion fixed wing aircraft, reason for this is that if you
> tele-conference there will be no per-Diem, closer to the list is the
> Konnected Kenya conference that always takes place in Mombasa and has a
> better attendance than the budget speech, why per-Diem.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com>
> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 12:52
>
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN
>
> 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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