<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>Time will come when board Chairmen will not be affiliated to politics. A time when both the Chairmen and Ministers will not be accountable to their parties and communities in terms of what the did for them when they were in position of authority.For now it will be naive of anyone of us to portend that he/she is not aware of how boards are named and the expectation thereafter. What we are seeing today is expected of a coalition or any other government that does not embrace accountability and transparency in its operations.. Its unfortunate that a technical community like KICTAnet has to be subject to a political game. I am persuaded that we will continue to see such political problems (ICDC and KEBS going through the same hardly three months after the appointment of
the new minister) that will only be sorted out politically until our new Constitution is fully implemented. The question should be how long Kenyans would have to wait until this happens...and do we close shops, eyes, ears etc...until this happens? Calling a spade by its name...A SPADE and not A BIG SPOON and accepting that we have problems (some of which are historical) among us that needs to be fixed is the only WAY FORWARD for this country. I get very disturbed when I see technical colleagues juggling with the acts and deeds of politicians...That is why I have chosen to be a TECHNICAL POLITICIAN politician to tackle things from all corners to give Kenya my best.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> jwkabinga@yahoo.co.uk<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, 8 April, 2011 9:49:33<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [kictanet] [ke-internetusers] Re: CCK boss sent on leave as row rages<BR></FONT><BR><A href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Board+loses+its+bid+to+kick+out+CCK+director+/-/1006/1140522/-/3dooakz/-/index.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Board+loses+its+bid+to+kick+out+CCK+director+/-/1006/1140522/-/3dooakz/-/index.html</A>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Board+loses+its+bid+to+kick+out+CCK+director+/-/1006/1140522/-/3dooakz/-/index.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow></A>This is not funny, we play games even where they should not be played don't we have policies and procedures (institutional mechanisms) of sorting out such issues, must the operation of key institutions be dependent on individuals?, will the people concerned including our honorable minister stop this side shows and resolve the issue amicably, this is shamefull to say the least.</DIV>
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