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ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net [mailto:ke-internetusers-bounces@bdix.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>robert yawe<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 12, 2007
11:37 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Internet user group<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [ke-internetusers] ICT
Board's accreditation of BPO Society</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This morning I attended a
breakfast meeting hosted by the newly appointed ICT Board but which turned out
to be a flag waving event for some private club called the BPO Society.<br>
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It is interesting what happens when you pick private sector people and give
them the mandate to run a public institution. Last time I checked single
sourcing for government services can only be done after requesting exemption
from the Ministry of Finance, but I stand corrected.<br>
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The ICT Board has unilaterally appointed the BPO Society as the only bona fide
forwarder of licensing applications for any BPO business, under which
gazette notice was this status issued? It is interesting how a state
agency can send me to pay a private club (Kes. 35,000/-) for them to forward my
application to set up a business. Even at the height of bureaucracy
institutions like the Chamber of Commerce never had such powers, so where does
the ICT Board get the authority to single source for a vetting agency?<br>
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The answer to the whole issue came out in a subtle manner on one of the slides
US$ 11.4 Million (Kes. 0.75 Billion) for capacity building of the BPO industry.
Somebody seriously needs to monitor this new private sector dream teams. <br>
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This are the acts that stifle young industries, I think to grow the BPO
business in this country we need to have the government look the other way to
let entrepreneurs do what they have to do like the council did with the issue
of private garbage collectors and CCK with courier service providers. Let
legislation follow ingenuity & creativity, the other way just doesn't work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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