[kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss

Thu Jan 29 07:22:41 EAT 2015

People,

One just needs to estimate the traffic in the morning from 5:45am near
Mlolongo towards Nairobi to realise that Konza is not too far after all.
Yes, for some of us, a good internet connection in a hall at Konza will
suffice. Indeed, if a small fraction of people believe, Konza is not too
far from reality. Dormitories are also welcome but a university campus is
the highest priority there.

And as with other GoK initiatives, Konza City may not be a fit for everyone
- the same way one did not have to hate on Thika road construction merely
because they had built a home in Ongata Rongai.

Good Day!
On Jan 28, 2015 10:45 PM, "Catherine Adeya via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Bernard,
>
> Great innovators started with wild ideas and yours is a wild as they get
> but yet loaded with substance. Would you mind discussing it further offline
> and I put you in the direction of the person dealing with anchor
> investments in Konza. It is a brilliant idea. There are 3 main fibre cables
> near Konza and there is plan to pull one of this in...a last mile issue in
> a sense. I know the Board of Konza are keen on some sort of hub like the
> one you are talking about, where you can put some people together to work
> on something. Seriously one should read the stories of Silicon Valley (and
> not we are not replicating this) but there is so much learning that shows
> your idea is not far-fetched. We need to explore it.
>
> The only challenge is the accomodation but Governor Mutua did promise that
> he would ensure he is building 'dormitories' for Konza so while the housing
> is being sorted out this is great start. Imagine you put these people
> there, then put a research lab near it, a university nearby.....what will
> happen. you are on to something.
>
> Catherine
>
> ...............................................................................................................
>
>
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:12:21 +0300
> From: "Bernard Kioko" <bkioko at bernsoft.com>
> To: "'Barrack Otieno'" <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>, "'KICTAnet ICT
>     Policy Discussions'" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss
>     Catherine    Adeya quits
> Message-ID: <007401d03b0c$d29104b0$77b30e10$@bernsoft.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Sometimes I wonder...to kickstart Konza...why not take 100 software
> developers/it specialists and give them "space" to work from and have 1 big
> internet pipe servicing the area.....for free for first 1yr...then for a
> fee from year 2....ok maybe my idea is unreasonable but we aren?t dealing
> with reasonable circumstances in this country/continent.
>
> Maybe young technology entusiasts would work anywhere if they had internet
> and not have to pay rent at their initial start. Plus from year two, you
> would convert those people to "partners" of the Konza City.
>
> Let me get back to punching code.....
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=
> bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Barrack Otieno via
> kictanet
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 5:16 PM
> To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine
> Adeya quits
>
> Well done Catherine i bet it has not been easy, we do hope Konza City will
> become a reality some day just like Free Primary Education, having attended
> the groundbreaking before former President Kibaki left office,i am hopeful
> that the optimism he had is still there.
>
> Best Regards
>
> On 1/28/15, Catherine Adeya via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
> > Bernard,
> > Wacha siasa :-)
> > Catherine
> >
> >      On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:49 PM, Bernard Kioko
> > <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >
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> > sign-off contains the entire story!  From: kictanet
> > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
> > Behalf Of Catherine Adeya via kictanet
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:35 PM
> > To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
> > Cc: elizaslider at yahoo.com
> > 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 I lurk in the background. To
> > set the record straight. I did not quite, my Contract in government
> > has come to an end. I have been Acting for two years and truth be
> > told, I  did not want to be handed the position on a silver platter.
> > They advertised, I did not apply. The rest is history so let me sign
> > off with: How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the
> > seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with
> > the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only
> > we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into
> > the unknown. ? Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Thank you,Catherine
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:09:19 +0300
> > From: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>,
> >    "ISOC at lists.my.co.ke" <isoc at lists.my.co.ke>
> > Subject: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine
> >    Adeya    quits
> > Message-ID:
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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."
> > ______________________
> > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> >
> > "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk
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> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:15:11 +0300
> From: "Bernard Kioko" <bkioko at bernsoft.com>
> To: "'Walubengo J'" <jwalu at yahoo.com>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy
>     Discussions'" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss
>     Catherine    Adeya quits
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> Can these memoirs start slightly back ?. Atleast 1985?.I think experiences
> from/by people such as Shem Ochuodho, Ayisi Makatiani, 3mice team?. etc?
> would be very helpful and insightful
>
>
>
> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=
> bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J via kictanet
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 5:56 PM
> To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine
> Adeya quits
>
>
>
> @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>
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "elizaslider at yahoo.com" <elizaslider at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:35 PM
> 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 I lurk in the background. To set the record straight. I did not
> quite, my Contract in government has come to an end. I have been Acting for
> two years and truth be told, I  did not want to be handed the position on a
> silver platter. They advertised, I did not apply. The rest is history so
> let me sign off with:
>
>
>
> How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How
> do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds,
> so surely with us, there is a voice within if only we would listen to it,
> that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown. ? Elisabeth
> Kubler-Ross
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Catherine
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:09:19 +0300
> From: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>,
>     "ISOC at lists.my.co.ke" <isoc at lists.my.co.ke>
> Subject: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine
>     Adeya    quits
> Message-ID:
>     <CAEhPqwr=cQMMfGVOMz2wnaRX+kxK2i71n7k5BjC4pU6G1Kb2rA at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> 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."
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>
> "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on
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