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

Tue Aug 12 10:54:47 EAT 2014

Murigi,

The setup of KIXP was purely private sector driven (despite countless
efforts to get KPTC (current Telkom) onboard. Nevertheless we were shut
down by CCK for about 1 year because of an alleged "national security risk"
mooted by KPTC (who felt that their then monopoly was being threatened).

Anyhow, after 1 year of very loud local/international lobbying, internal
education, behind the doors bargaining, and intense scrutiny, investigation
and eventual clearance by the national intelligence apparatus, the project
got a green light - and the face saving solution was to apply for an IXP
license, the first ever in the world....a precedent that unfortunately was
followed by a few other African countries...

There was no power play like with this ICTA fiasco...

Mblayo

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:15 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Brian,
>
> On a more practical note, did the team which setup the KIXP require the
> approval of a Government Tender/Board/Committee?
>
> If there were a tender/PHD committee involved, do you think a team
> involving locals would have been selected/favored?
>
> I remember (in the late 90's) you often had some Internet Protocol
> documentation in hand or in some bag.
>
> 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 2:36 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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