<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Hi</div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I would first like to quote the late Jaramogi Odinga Oginga from the cover of his book "Not Yet Uhuru" (nothing to do with the Hague bound fellow) we need a liberation of the mind only then can we liberate the body.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black;
font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Those in government who decided that Telkom needed to be sold to foreigners need to liberate their minds of the notion that only a light skinned person carries in brain in their skulls. The rest of us are equally as guilty with our love for what is foreign and refuse to heed the cries of Ganthi where is wondered what did his grand mother wear before the white man came, a Sari and what does my wife wear, a Sari. The difference was the source of the material his grand mothers was local his wife's imported.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Do you remember the All Africa games, reminds me of a book we read in school called the </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new
roman', 'new york', times, serif">Government </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Inspector well that continues to date.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">The management fiascos at Orange are a clear indication that they are not superior to us, the Cheserems and Wawerus kept the organisation afloat with all the </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Shenanigans of those in government, I strongly believe if they where given the current environment they would be able to grow the business to greater heights.</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 15px;
"><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">PCK does not need IBM consultants to tell them what they need to do to recover but since we, indigenous Kenyans, will do nothing for free then there goes the opportunity. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Orange where hoodwinked by intelligent Kenyans who knew what they where doing, it is unfortunate that we cannot use the same skills and abilities for good. </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:
black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br> </div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Robert Yawe</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">KAY System Technologies Ltd</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Phoenix House, 6th Floor</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Kenya</font><br><br><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div
style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Edwin Onchari <eonchari@lynxbits.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, 23 March, 2011 9:12:49<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Orange hoodwinked on Telkom purchase (Odhiambo Washington)<br></font><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"serif";color:blue;">I have heard the story that Orange and PCK are having a hard time transitioning into commercial enterprises; there are just too many managers from the monopoly era when job holders performance wasn't an issue; one just required political patronage.</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"serif";color:blue;"> <br>Competition, perhaps, along with a new culture brought in by new leadership may be the answer.<br><br>One last point: leadership in the telecoms sector is wholly held by people born outside Kenya; I am wondering what we have been doing for the last 47 years. Is it that we don't have people that fit the bill or because the change in ownership?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";color:black;">Dkt- on your last point, changes in ownership has a definite role in this, that said, we still do not wholly seem to believe in ourselves enough to entrust “born Kenyan” to take up top positions in such organizations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";color:black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"sans-serif";color:black;">A recent meeting with a someone “born outside of Kenya” and whom after working with for a while now - without a flinch noted that if I was to succeed in my business, I need to front my top managers with “born outside of Kenya” employees! (<i>the individual is quite successful in getting an ear from many private and public institutions despite below par credentials</i>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span
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