[kictanet] Fwd: Is Public Vetting Of Cabinet Secretaries (ICT) Possible?

[Ali Hussein]

Sam 

Noble thoughts indeed. 

Real Politik however (regrettably) doesn't work like that. And maybe its a good thing it doesn't...Imagine every farmer, ICT practitioner, doctor et al wants to get an opportunity to be heard on who should be the best InfoCom, Agriculture, Medical Cabinet Secretary etc...

My two cents is that we must ensure we elect the right party/leaders and then hold them responsible for giving us the right leadership to run the government on our behalf - Government of the people, by the people for the people.

Regards

Ali Hussein
CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd

+254 773/713 601113

"The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb

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On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:

> IMHO, the best solution to this is:
> 
> 1.  For KICTANet to work with other civil society groups to create the expectation that the National Assembly will have a deliberative process around the approval of cabinet secretaries.  This will give time for people to evaluate the candidate and respond to the nomination. This should happen now.
> 2. A committee of people from this group should be formed.  This should happen now.
> 3. For cabinet positions were ICT is a major component of the job responsibility, the committee should evaluate the candidate and make a public determination of support, neutrality, or disapproval.
> 
> That's my two cents at least, but I'm an outsider here and don't have any of the contacts or status to move something like this forward.
> 
> -Adam
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> 
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Sam Gichuru <gichuru at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Listers
>> Had a brief discussion with Jessica of Mzalendo that led me to write this short blog post, but we have seen the kind of impact a Cabinet position can have if the right people, who are competent are selected for the right jobs, 
>> 
>> http://140friday.com/?p=429
>> 
>> again, I stand to be corrected, I am still young and I might be immature on how some of this processes are undertaken.. 
>> 
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