[kictanet] Is Telkom Kenya insolvent and should the Government bail it out? Again?

[Warigia Bowman]

No the government should not bail Telkom out, (we the taxpayers pay for it)
and there should be demands for more budgeting transparency and
accountability for quasi governmental enterprises. This is a place where
ICT can play a role.


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> The trials and tribulations of Telkom Kenya are a sad chapter in the
> country's road towards actualization of Vision 2030.
>
> What actually ails Telkom Kenya?
>
> What is the real reason behind its inability to leverage on its legacy
> systems to re-invent its business model?
>
> Is one of the problems the fact that the Government shackled it with a
> nondescript, pedestrian workforce steeped in Moi era  non-performance
> ethos?
>
> Are there forces beyond the powers of the Management of Telkom Kenya (like
> Mpesa maybe?) that has made it so irrelevant in the scheme of things?
>
> In my humble opinion this has been a failed exercise in privatization.
>
> What did we do right in the Government divestiture of Safaricom in
> comparison to Telkom Kenya?
>
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Taxpayers-face-Sh6bn-bill-in-foul-share-deal/-/1056/1870526/-/item/0/-/ign3ff/-/index.htmlu
>
> Ali Hussein
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> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
>
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