[kictanet] Merger of Agencies to Streamline ICT in Kenya

Barrack Otieno otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Tue Jun 11 18:24:29 EAT 2013


With our culture this seems to be the obvious direction centralization
will tilt to.

On 6/11/13, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> @Ali,
>
> I used to work for KGB in my earlier life :-)
>
> But on serious note, we need a unifying framework for government while
> simultaneously allowing depts and agencies to work independently.  Think
> "Internet" with TCP-IP as unifying framework/standard while different
> agencies (e.g. IETF, W3C, ICANN, Regional Internet Registry do there thing
> independently but within this unifying framework/ecosystem)
>
>
> Yes, government has to be careful NOT to adopt the traditional "communist"
> type of centralization. Otherwise we are all cooked.
>
> walu.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Merger of Agencies to Streamline ICT in Kenya
>
>
>
> @Walu
>
> You must have some vestiges of a communist past...:) Centralization and all!
> :)
>
> Seriously though as long as clear deliverables are spelt out af a good team
> in place it can have profound results for this country.
>
> I also concur about mini CIOs in every Ministry.
>
>
>
> Ali Hussein
> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
>
> +254 713 601113
>
> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 11, 2013, at 11:33 AM, ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>
>
> It should not be just mergers,it should actually be restructuring and
> harmonization and new agencies may well come up in the process.
>>
>>John Kariuki.
>>Sent from my BlackBerry®
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>>-----Original Message-----
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