[kictanet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo, set to leave ICT Board

[Alice Munyua]

http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/02/paul-kukubo-victor-kyalo-set-to-leave-ict-board/

After five years at the helm of the Kenya ICT Board, Paul Kukubo is 
leaving his post as CEO and Taking over as the head of the East Africa 
Commodities Exchange. No website yet but you can read more about it here 
<http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Commodity-exchange-planned-for-Rwanda/-/2558/1682686/-/ftt3i6z/-/index.html>. 
Paul's contract was renewed in 2010 for three years through this Gazette 
notice <http://www.kenyalaw.org/klr/index.php?id=173>.
Victor Kyalo, the Deputy CEO at the board is also set to leave, to go 
back to teaching at the University of Nairobi, but he will probably not 
take long before he bounces back to the ICT sector :) He 
lectures/teaches electrical engineering at the University.

Paul and Victor have been leading lights in Kenya's ICT industry and are 
responsible for setting up the board and showing its relevance to other 
ministries but with the e-gov directorate, you understand why the roles 
were confused.

Now its time for all in the industry to forget all those things we never 
liked with the board and start with all the nice things, and how we will 
miss them. Yes, seriously :)

And here I go.........

During their leadership, the government of Kenya was able to appreciate 
technology and innovation, opened its data for developers, and set up 
the youth fund, which was supposed to supplement venture capital and 
savings.

Who can forget Tandaa....... The content grants, they made some folks 
rich, some skipped town while others realized running business is hard.

IBM set up a research lab, government is contributing Ksh 170 million 
and the staff is being sourced from the best universities globally, 
given that Kenya has no capacity.

During its earlier years, maybe first or second, the board supported 
BPOs, in fact, I think that was the main reason it was formed, but 
priorities have changed.

Who is taking over?

Eunice Kariuki is the deputy CEO and can be expected to take over, if 
there is no argument that we need fresh blood to be injected...... or 
some other argument like that.

So, what do you have to say about the duo? You can put your nice things 
in the comments :)


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