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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Listers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We all know that the
management/leadership/strategic principles (Porters, Prof Mintzberg, Mcgregor
etc) that we have all learnt from our formal schooling can and should always
be applied. However, due to the dynamic environments that we
work in and especially in developing world, we are forced to combine with our
informal and/or experience 'principles'. This in a developing world has
worked, and that is why 'the paperless bosses' have succeeded.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let us give chance to vision,initiative,strategy
and combination of self determination.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yawe once you share with us your Vision etc,
then we can rally behind you and "Lobby Bwana Ndemo' to
........................</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Evelyn R </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=kagirijane@yahoo.com href="mailto:kagirijane@yahoo.com">Jane
Kagiri</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=evelyn.rono@kdn.co.ke
href="mailto:evelyn.rono@kdn.co.ke">evelyn.rono@kdn.co.ke</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:02
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post
Master General</DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I
totally agree with Robert that academic qualifications do not necessarily
translate into the required experience.</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">However from his
list of personalities who have </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">excelled</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> in propelling their organizations to great
heights despite their not so high academic qualifications, the one thing they
all have in common is that they each had a vision to make their respective
organizations what they are today.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Robert,please
share with us your vision on how you would revive the ailing
PCK.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Jane
Kagiri.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
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Re: Yawe for Post Master General (Rad!)<BR> 2. Re: Yawe for Post Master
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following Obama's India visit<BR> (Paul Kukubo ICT
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1<BR>Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:44:56 +0300<BR>From: "Rad!" <<A
href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</A>><BR>To:
robert yawe <<A href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk"
ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</A>><BR>Cc:
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Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master
General<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <AANLkTinTYzGq3+<A
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text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>Add to that list<BR><BR> -
Richard Branson<BR> - Larry Page<BR> - Ralph Lauren<BR> -
Steve Jobs<BR><BR>Which is not to say a university education is useless, but
it should not be<BR>the only consideration.<BR><BR>We could also look at what
have the candidates achieved prior to coming to<BR>PCK. What businesses &
institutions have they nurtured/grown?<BR><BR>On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:38 PM,
robert yawe <<A href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk"
ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>><BR>> Please read the profile of Micheal
Joseph & his successor, in addition<BR>> would you have hired any of
the following fellows;<BR>><BR>> 1. Bill Gates - University drop
out<BR>> 2. Micheal Dell - University drop out<BR>> 3. James
Mwangi - CPAK<BR>> 4. Alexander Graham Bell - Grade 5 dropout<BR>>
5. Njenga Karume - Unknown<BR>> 6. Sir Richard Branson -
O'Level<BR>><BR>><BR>> I do not want to belittle paper qualifications
but they work when you are<BR>> looking for a fellow to maintain the status
quo which is something we<BR>> definitely do not want to do with PCK.
No college in the world can prepare<BR>> you on how to turn around an
organisation in the state that PCK is in right<BR>> now.<BR>><BR>> If
you are looking for relevant experience then you will need to get an<BR>>
expatriate as the only national postal corporation in Kenya is PCK. What
is<BR>> Major Ali's qualification that makes him an ideal candidate as the
PMG?<BR>><BR>> If you where sleeping & was then awaken by a hissing
sound on turning on<BR>> the light you see a snake what would you
do?<BR>><BR>> 1. Call KWS to send a team of experts to take
capture the snake<BR>> 2. Call the Police<BR>> 3. Call KSPCA
and ask for instruction on how to safely deal with the snake<BR>> 4.
Pick the nearest available to through at it<BR>><BR>>
Regards<BR>><BR>> Robert Yawe<BR>> KAY System Technologies
Ltd<BR>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<BR>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi,
00200<BR>> Kenya<BR>><BR>> Tel: +254722511225,
+254202010696<BR>><BR>><BR>> ------------------------------<BR>>
*From:* Sam Aguyo <<A href="mailto:saguyo@yahoo.com"
ymailto="mailto:saguyo@yahoo.com">saguyo@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> *To:*
robert yawe <<A href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk"
ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</A>><BR>><BR>>
*Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<A
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*Sent:* Mon, 8 November, 2010 13:31:59<BR>><BR>> *Subject:* Re:
[kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General<BR>><BR>>
Robert,<BR>><BR>> It is good to offer yourself to be elected the new
post master general. If<BR>> i was the appointing authority, i would demand
to know what your<BR>> qualifications are and what measures you would use
to turn around the<BR>> supposed limping organisation. I would ask you your
qualifications because<BR>> it would inform me whether you have the
fundamental background and skills<BR>> required to deliver the
service. I would look at both academic and<BR>> professional
experience to take the organisation forward. This also forms a<BR>>
criteria for selection acceptable to all, then we will not have "ya
wenyewe"<BR>> etc.<BR>><BR>> Regards,<BR>><BR>>
Sam<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
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<01a501cb7f3f$3f96dd70$bec49850$@co.ke><BR>Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>Robert,<BR><BR>With
the sheer number of posts on this list and the diverse areas of<BR>coverage, I
should think you are already a "Post Master General".<BR><BR>Agosta,<BR><BR>If
Upesi are doing something right, that?s is a good thing, but it does
not<BR>mean others shouldn?t get into the fold of "doing something
right".<BR><BR>I would be interested to know if upesi folk can deliver my
"goro goro" of<BR>maize meal and rose cocoa beans from upcountry on a monthly
basis. PCK does<BR>it for me at less than 200/= for 5kg parcel (3-7 day
delivery) or (KES 350/=<BR>for EMS following day delivery). My "ushago" is
located at these<BR>coordinates: 0.746041,35.127089 - there are no tarmac
roads (so to speak)<BR>for over 70 km and electricity just "arrived" 2 weeks
ago, but there is a<BR>functional post office (postal code 50235) that has
been operational longer<BR>than I have been alive. <BR><BR>At these low rates
from PCK, and with a currently functional national<BR>footprint, all that?s
needed are new efficiencies and it will be possible<BR>for Upesi and others to
build *country wide* ecommerce offerings PAP, hence<BR>the need for an ICT
visionary at the helm of PCK. In my understanding postal<BR>services are a
subset of ICT. What is lacking at PCK is a repositioning to<BR>take advantage
of the T in ICT.<BR><BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR><BR>Eugene
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On<BR>Behalf Of Agosta Liko<BR>Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:12 PM<BR>To:
Eugene Lidede<BR>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<BR>Subject: Re:
[kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General<BR><BR>Robert<BR><BR>right now, local
ecommerce deliveries are being done by piki piki guys<BR>and similar courier
services pretty well and they have shown a<BR>willingness to integrate
software systems<BR><BR>companies like <A href="http://www.upesi.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.upesi.com/</A> look positioned to champion
the<BR>ecommerce delivery space Kenya wide, all merchants have to do is
give<BR>them packages and they take care of the rest<BR><BR>so maybe ecommerce
will be off the table<BR><BR>just saying :)<BR><BR>On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at
12:39 PM, robert yawe <<A href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk"
ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</A>>
wrote:<BR>> Hi,<BR>> Will know what needs to be done to get PCK back on
track, what we need is<BR>to<BR>> get on the inside and implement this
issues.<BR>> The sooner I can get myself appointed as PMG of PCK then
sooner we can<BR>truly<BR>> implement e-commerce.<BR>>
Regards<BR>><BR>> Robert Yawe<BR>> KAY System Technologies
Ltd<BR>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<BR>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi,
00200<BR>> Kenya<BR>><BR>> Tel: +254722511225,
+254202010696<BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> From:
Rad! <<A href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</A>><BR>>
To: <A href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk"
ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</A><BR>> Cc:
KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<A
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ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>><BR>>
Sent: Mon, 8 November, 2010 11:20:56<BR>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for
Post Master General<BR>><BR>> This is where Posta needs to think outside
the box.<BR>> Trying to compete with email (official correspondence e.g.
bills,<BR>> statements), facebook (personal correspondence e.g. letters,
penpals etc)<BR>> and MPesa (no more mailing of cheques) is folly.<BR>>
To re-invent itself Posta needs to realize that the one thing you
cannot<BR>> send via email is physical goods.<BR>> How many businesses
are based on a model of physical goods?<BR>> Enter Posta. There is a
significant opportunity in delivering goods from A<BR>> to B. This is very
difficult because finding A and B is problematic. We<BR>> cannot depend on
a system of landmarks to describe locations of businesses<BR>> and
houses.?The problem is thanks to lethargic officials in charge of<BR>>
planning urbanization across Kenya is by and large unplanned. This
bell<BR>> cannot be un-rung.?Some of these landmarks have deeply
historical<BR>knowledge.<BR>> For example the NOCK stage on Haile Selassie
is still called Agip. Others<BR>> depend on other locations.<BR>> Given
that Posta has a good physical presence across Nairobi why shouldn't<BR>>
they undertake their own initiative to map the physical location of
their<BR>> customers? It would be folly to depend on City Councils more
preoccupied<BR>in<BR>> throwing chairs. In any case, Posta should be doing
KYC anyway.<BR>> This would yield valuable information that would not only
aid in their<BR>> operations but can also be exposed to end users and
consumers either<BR>> directly or via some sort of API for courier
companies to build solutions<BR>> around receipt and dispatch.<BR>>
Given also that Posta has a large fleet of vehicles and physical
presence<BR>> across Kenya a model of physical delivery of goods is one
they should be<BR>> able to easily step into and compete favourably with
the likes of DHL.<BR>> In a nutshell this will yield the following
opportunities<BR>> - Fostering of an e-commerce industry in kenya with a
closed buyer-seller<BR>> loop (that is currently very open,hindering the
same)<BR>> - Partnering with e-comerce businesses, a new revenue
stream<BR>> - Increased business in the parcel delivery & courier
sector, increased<BR>> revenue stream<BR>> - Enhanced productivity,
since with mapped customers routes and deliveries<BR>> can be optimized,
saving costs<BR>> - Sale of data - other couriers and businesses can pay
for access to this<BR>> data, a new revenue stream<BR>> - Fostering
development of B2B systems - with an API anyone can access<BR>this<BR>>
data programatically (for a fee) and use this platform to build
additional<BR>> solutions, a new revenue stream<BR>> Everyone is a
winner!<BR>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Odhiambo Washington <<A
href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com">odhiambo@gmail.com</A>><BR>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM,
Rad! <<A href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>>><BR>>>> If Posta was serious about remaining
relevant they would grasp the<BR>>>> opportunity to develop and run a
physical addressing system for Kenya.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
@Rad!,<BR>>> The physical addressing system: Isn't this the same thing
that Kanjo<BR>>> already started, albeit so badly? If Kanjo's was the
pilot project for<BR>>> Kenya, then I must say it's awful. It may not be
surprising that some<BR>>> officials from Kanjo went for overseas trips
to learn how the physical<BR>>> addressing+Post Codes is supposed to be
done, only to come and do an<BR>awful<BR>>> one for Nairobi!<BR>>>
I think that "physical addressing == Post Codes", right? Can this be
done<BR>>> by Posta without involving the Kanjo's of other towns in
Kenya? With the<BR>>> poor infrastructure that we have in this country,
I still wonder how<BR>Posta<BR>>> would deliver mail to my rural home,
when I cannot even drive there<BR>myself,<BR>>> because the govt expects
me to build the roads I need to use!<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
--<BR>>> Best regards,<BR>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<BR>>>
Nairobi,KE<BR>>> +254733744121/+254722743223<BR>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _<BR>>>
Damn!!<BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
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text/plain; charset="utf-8"<BR><BR>Listers<BR><BR>The following article
appears in the Wall Street Journal. Two points of note for our reflection upon
as Kenya. <BR><BR>1. Labour supply shifting to small and medium sized
businesses globally. Kenyan talent providers can enhance their participation
in talent websites like freelancer.com to promote and sell their services
directly.<BR>2. On some services, India can deliver the project at a 10th of
US prices for the same quality. The India US dependency is very high even
among small businesses in the US which depend on Indian labour to provide
basic IT services. This is an opportunity for Kenya.<BR><BR>Enjoy the
read... <BR><BR>The Obama Visit: An Outsourcer?s
Perspective<BR><BR>Article<BR>Comments<BR>INDIA REAL TIME HOME PAGE
?<BR>EmailPrintPermalink<BR><BR><BR><BR>+ More<BR>Text<BR>By Arlene
Chang<BR><BR>Outsourcing has been a major political whipping boy between the
U.S. and India in recent months but U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh both tried to quell the controversy in remarks
before the press Monday. Mr. Obama said outsourcing was the subject of
stereotyping in the U.S. which has to be updated and Mr. Singh said India was
not in the business of stealing American jobs.<BR><BR>Matt Barrie is chief
executive of Freelancer.com, an online marketplace that connects businesses
looking to outsource work with service providers, many of them in India. The
site has 1.9 million members. He talked to India Real Time?s Arlene Chang
about his view of the U.S., India and outsourcing. Here are edited
excerpts.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Freelancer.com<BR>Matt Barrie, chief executive
Freelancer.com<BR>IRT: As head of one of the largest outsourcing websites, you
must have a view on outsourcing of jobs?<BR><BR>Mr. Barrie: We were founded in
2004 and since then, our two primary markets have been the U.S. and India ?
expectedly. Of the employers posting jobs, 90% of those jobs come from the
U.S. and of the jobs being completed 90% are done by Indians.<BR><BR>I do not
see this as Indians taking away jobs from the Americans or outsourcing as
being a bad thing.<BR><BR>If anything, this has been a tremendously good
exchange. You have about 25 million small businesses in the U.S. and each of
them needs people to help run and sustain their businesses. But they may not
necessarily have the money or budget to do it through normal channels. Here,
the service providers, a majority of which in the case of freelancer.com are
Indians, are providing those businesses with the services they want within
their desired cost.<BR><BR>IRT: Is it a stereotype in the U.S. that India
takes away American jobs?<BR><BR>Mr. Barrie: It is a stereotype but the
stereotype is actually contradictory. Most of our members seeking services are
small and medium-sized businesses and each one of them needs to, for example,
get itself a website and maintain it. This need is not necessarily met by the
supply available within the U.S.<BR><BR>Small businesses are always thinking
of getting their things done for a lesser cost, they need to be constantly
cost effective. The service providers on our website provide those services to
them at a fraction of the cost. This enables small and medium-sized companies
to cut costs, become more competitive, and thus helps them grow their business
? all of which in turn helps the U.S. economy. As we talk, there are a
tremendous number of jobs being created in the U.S. just, say, in internet
businesses, whose back-office operations are being supported by outsourced
hires.<BR><BR>IRT: What are the statistics for the outsourcing exchange on
your website?<BR><BR>Mr. Barrie: Since we started in 2004, we have completed
around 850,000 projects and seen $67.41 million traded. Of the 1.9 million
users we have, 400,000 of them are from India and are service providers. A
similar number are service seekers from the U.S. The average cost of a job
through our website is less than $200. So, as an example, if someone wants to
build a website for their business they would normally have to pay about
$2,000 in the U.S. to get that job done. On freelancer.com, we have people who
do the job for $200. That?s one tenth of the actual cost. The U.S. is the
largest poster of jobs for us and India has the largest pool of service
providers, but India is also a significant employer. After the U.S., U.K.,
Australia and Canada, it is India that posts the highest number of jobs that
need to be done.<BR><BR>IRT: What is the future of the outsourcing industry
globally?<BR><BR>Mr. Barrie: I think the next five years are going to be
extremely interesting. Labor markets are always in flux and while the big
businesses are doing the bulk of trade, there is already a fundamental shift
in the amount and direction of labor supply. A huge amount of that labor
supply is shifting to small and medium-sized businesses globally and as that
happens there is going to be a revolution in places like India.<BR><BR>If a
person wants to start their own small business, all they have to do is go
online and get someone who can get up a website for them and manage it ? all
this done on a shoestring budget.<BR><BR>With more such businesses coming into
being, there will be more work and the jobs not available previously will be
out there. I think the off-shoring of the work of small and medium-sized
businesses is going to provide an unparalleled opportunity for the U.S. and
India, helping U.S. businesses in being more competitive and helping Indians
get jobs that were not previously available.<BR><BR>IRT: What do you make of
President Obama?s statement in Mumbai Saturday on there being a stereotype in
the U.S. about outsourcing to India?<BR><BR>Mr. Barrie: I think a lot of what
he said is rhetoric. He is in a politically different situation now after
having lost the mid-term elections back home. I think he is pandering to the
Indian-American vote bank back home when he said that, when he goes back to
the U.S., he wants to be able to tell his countrymen that India has in fact
created 50,000 jobs for
America.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Ends<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Paul Kukubo<BR><BR>CEO,
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