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

Tue Aug 12 12:46:00 EAT 2014

In those days, we (external IT Consultants) tried with some IT reformers in
KPTC to get their IT staff trained on a certain messaging system.
Unfortunately, the initiative never succeeded as KPTC was being looted and
transparency was not a priority for their leadership.

Eventually, Orange came in and using a local IT firm, easily deployed an
upgraded version of the same system.

Which brings me back to an issue which the KICTA (and this thread) should
be most concerned with... challenging Government Executives who do not
support Transparency (which includes IT, not just Leadership and
Organizational Processes).

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 Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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