[kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits

Wed Jan 28 18:28:56 EAT 2015

Walu,
A plot you can still get. Within Konza all you have to do is send an EOI on what you would like to do, engage with the MDP2, if you have some money the better as we need to make money to reduce reliance on the Exchequer, then get you Ka-plot and start work. Seriously we have a fantastic Concept but it requires us to take it to the next level. We need more of you to come in and assist. There is a plan to engage the ICT Community in a more organized way. Some have criticized that it was a Real Estate project. If you notice I kept quiet at a certain point as I had also learnt alot of what had not been said. We need to up our game on marketing this project not like one marketing Yoyo Yoghurt but a Smart City. The Board is working on that. That aside, the ICT community (including me) were very critical of this project when initially conceived. We wondered what is in it for us? We were shown the field and we asked how can we come to a greenfield not infrastructure, no connectivity etc. The experts took a step back and learnt from Kevin Costner's Field of Dreams. They are on track. Watch this space.
And Walu, use Konza as a teaching tool for your students on what to do and what not to do. We will talk.
Nyaki 

     On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 5:58 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

 @Nyaki,
How can you leave before giving me a plot at Konza?  I am going to mobilize politicians to ensure your replacement comes from our village :-)

Nway, you were there from the beginning and your contribution will be always be remembered.  And on that note, someone needs to write the memoirs on ICT evolution in Kenya - the key projects, players, their roles & challenges.  Particularly for the period before KANU left (1998-2002),  NARC period (2002-2007), Coalition period (2008-2013) through now.
It doesn't hurt for the future generation to learn from what is now becoming ICT history right before our eyes.
walu.
      From: Catherine Adeya via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits

 Yes Mwendwa,  
I am a founding member of Kictanet and will always be here though sometimes Ilurk in the background. To set the record straight. I did not quite, myContract in government has come to an end. I have been Acting for two years andtruth be told, I  did not want to be handed the position on a silverplatter. They advertised, I did not apply. The rest is history so let me signoff with:    How do geese know when to fly to thesun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to moveon? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within ifonly we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into theunknown. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross    Thank you, Catherine
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From: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
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Listers, we should note that Catherine Adeya was one of the few active CEOs
on KICTANET.

http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Blow-as-acting-Konza-techno-city-boss-quits/-/996/2604390/-/en3nyyz/-/index.html

A top official who has been at the helm of the Konza Techno City project
has opted out amid claims of resource constraints and slow progress.

Dr Catherine Adeya-Weya, who has been the acting chief executive officer of
the Konza Technopolis Development Authority for two years, said she had
decided to quit and let someone else come in and lead the project.

It was, however, clear from her statements that bureaucratic tendering,
resource constraints and the slow pace of takeoff had largely influenced
her decision.

"I just felt someone else needs to take over this project after acting for
almost two years. I may have considered staying if confirmed, but I may not
have wanted it. For a project of this magnitude, we require the right
calibre of staff, and a proper and sufficient recurrent budget.

''What I was being paid as chief executive was less than what I used to
earn in my former role in the private sector and so it is hard to attract
the high calibre staff with that remuneration," Dr Adeya-Weya said at a
joint press conference in Nairobi with board chairman, Mr John Ngumi, on
Tuesday.

*PERFORMED WELL*

Mr Ngumi said Dr Adeya-We ya had performed well despite being in an acting
capacity for the entire period.

He, however, added that the authority was prepared to continue with the
little available resources since insufficient funding was a normal
challenge in all government projects.

The chief executive's term was to end in February, with an option to apply
when the position was announced in November last year.

She, however, chose not to, sparking speculations around her withdrawal
from the team she has led for months.

Mr Ngumi said: "In my view, Catherine has had one of the toughest jobs.
Anybody who has worked in the private sector knows how hard it is to start
a startup. It is harder in the public sector where you have all manner of
stakeholders, and you got to deal with constraints and criticism.

"She is an example of what we should have in public service and we, as the
board, would have loved her to apply. I have implored her to remain
involved in Konza at advisory role to the project."
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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya

"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on
higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
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