[kictanet] Pitfalls of the outgoing ICT CS and the lobbying power of Safaricom

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

*http://www.nation.co.ke/news/The-intrigues-of-Uhuru-changes-to-the-Cabinet/-/1056/2976504/-/t1nhdc/-/index.html
<http://www.nation.co.ke/news/The-intrigues-of-Uhuru-changes-to-the-Cabinet/-/1056/2976504/-/t1nhdc/-/index.html>*

*IT AGENDA*

ICT nominee Joe Mucheru brings in global visibility and a youth perspective
which Mr Kenyatta wants as he pushes his youth and IT agenda that was
crucial during his election campaign and which is expected to play a
crucial role in the 2017 elections.

Mr Mucheru previously headed Google Kenya’s office where he worked mainly
with youthful Kenyans.

Dr Fred Matiang'i, it is understood, was transferred to Education ministry
to “save him from himself”.

A hard worker who often delivered on his mandate and tough assignments
given by the President such as resolving the deadly land dispute in
Murang’a and lately the Waitiki saga in the Coast, Dr Matiang’i was,
however, fast falling victim to land cartels that have for many years
controlled business at Ardhi House.

The ICT Secretary had been overseeing operations at the Lands ministry
after Mrs Ngilu was forced out in March.

Dr Matiang’i was also viewed as having created too many enemies within his
previous Information docket.

Apart from having frosty relations with the media, he also quickly fell out
with major players such as giant telco Safaricom which complained that he
was favouring Airtel in making key decisions.
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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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