[kictanet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo,

Tue Feb 19 11:04:37 EAT 2013

Can we have a competitive and thorough process to replace Kukubo. Half of
the people working there should leave with him. The Kenya ICT Board is not
a cash cow, it is a body that should be staffed with serious performers who
understand their mission.

We need to understand ICT does not and is not confined to mobile and mobile
applications. We need to develop software development, we need to focus on
green energy, we need to talk about nanotechnology and the like. In other
words, we need to totally reengineer the business process of the KICTB.

I have always been highly critical of the CEO's penchant for taking plane
rides across the globe ostensibly to market Kenya when it would be cheaper
to invite the Peter Thiel's and Pierre Omydar's of this world here to meet
a large group of techies.

I have also been critical of the staff's penchant for behaving as if they
exist to be served and not to serve Kenyans. We need proper  competitive
processes to be applied to staff these positions. Let them be appraised by
their job description and what they have achieved and equally account for
these trips they are always making to one conference or the other. Can we
be told how the country benefitted?

We laud Kukubo for founding the KICTB but not for allowing it to become
what it has become. We need to clean house.

James

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:59 PM, <eonchari at lynxbits.com> wrote:

> ** Stephen,
>
> I raised some of the issues that you have below...I was branded an
> "activist" for bringing that up....maybe we are all better off just singing
> the positives and look the other way.
>
>
> Edwin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* smutoro at yahoo.com
> *To:* eonchari at lynxbits.com*
> Cc:* kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> *Sent:* 2/18/13 2:30 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Wanjiku's take: Paul Kukubo, Victor Kyalo,
>
>  Hi Alice: Interesting you anticipate negative comments on the duo?? I
> will neither give -ve or +ve. Just fill me in what were the key benchmarks
> for KICTB and do what extent have they realized that dream? What are the
> key deliverables? Was it really necessary to have KICTB at MOIC and
> e-Government at OP? If Konza dream were to ever become reality, would we
> need KICTB? Why isn't there proper succession planning - as it appears CEO
> and his deputy leave at the same time? Were they competitively recruited?
> Why wouldn't the two vacancies to be advertised?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Stephen Mutoro
> www.cofek.co.ke
>
> On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Alice Munyua <alice at apc.org> wrote:
>
>
> <http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/02/paul-kukubo-victor-kyalo-set-to-leave-ict-board/>
> 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>.
> Paulâ€™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 Kenyaâ€™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 goâ€¦â€¦â€¦
>
> 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 Tandaaâ€¦â€¦. 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 injectedâ€¦â€¦ 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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