[kictanet] ICT Authority Board Appointments Quashed by the High Court

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Seems to me like the antagonists/protagonists in this debate are more
interested in a power play than in actual solutions.

Boards of corporations have to be kept small, multi-skilled and efficient
to allow for better decision making. The solution to bring in
"non-qualified", or external expertise is to set up board committees -
which most by-laws allow and which usually do not have a limit on
membership.

So, guys, forget about the power politics, focus on the business and
objectives of the organization and get these comittees to work....oops, I
forgot, the board has been disbanded....

le sigh,

Mblayo


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:17 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Walu,
>
> No one disputes we need Academics in the KICTA.
>
> How does the KICTA (following their slogan) make Kenya a "Top 10 Global
> ICT Hub"?
>
> Noted an EU paper about their top ICT Hubs
>
> http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-435_en.htm
>
> The UK tops in academics while Germany tops in research/practicals
> (patents).
>
> Regards
>
> Murigi / Stanley Muraya
>
> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Mwendwa,
>>
>> Attending Board meetings is radically different from supervising
>> PhD/Masters students.  But to answer ur question, my supervisor from a
>> public university is quite accessible - infact I am the one running away
>> from him :-)
>>
>> walu.
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Sun, 8/10/14, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority Board Appointments Quashed by the
>> High Court
>>  To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>>  Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>,
>> "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
>>  Date: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 2:07 PM
>>
>>  >
>>  > Anyway, my beef in all this saga is that
>>  the Kenya Communications Act
>>  > (revised
>>  2013) has a clause that stipulate that public servants
>>  (including
>>  > dons in PUBLIC universities)
>>  should not sit on some boards including the
>>  > Communication Authority, Universal
>>  Service, ICT Authority amongst others.
>>  >  It however does not bar dons from
>>  PRIVATE universities to sit on these
>>  >
>>  very boards.
>>  >
>>
>>  Walu, have you been supervised for a masters or
>>  PhD by a public
>>  university don? How
>>  accessible were they?
>>
>>
>>
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