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

[Sam Gichuru]

I guess question is how do we chance " Real Politicking" to work in the
favor citizen or industry .. instead of individuals.

I am learning, thank you Ali

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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
> https://twitter.com/varud
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson
>
>
> 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..
>>
>>
>> --
>> Warm Regards,
>> ------------------------
>> Sam Gichuru
>>
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