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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>@Gilda, not entirely accurate, Dr. Ndemo’s Masters degree is in<b> MIS</b> (management information systems) from the University of St.Thomas, Minnesota. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Pamela<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+pamela=cardiacimplants.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gilda Odera<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> pamela@cardiacimplants.com<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions; isoc@orion.my.co.ke<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] ICT Secretary is it a wise move? http://www.cid.suny.edu/about_us/staff_in_focus/about_staff_in_focus_fred.cfm<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>@Barrack I think you go it wrong. If my knowledge serves me well, <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>neither a demo nor Kagwe were ICT experts when appointed as PS</span>. But they had the intellectual capacity and drive to run with it. They consulted widely and went out of their way to hear and learn. That is what is required, not necessarily an ICT expert. <br><br>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gilda Odera<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Apr 23, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <<a href="mailto:solo.mburu@gmail.com">solo.mburu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Barrack, et al,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>While there is a legit cause for aligning the ministries to the people who are running them, it is important that we don't think inside the box - that is the ICT Secretary should be a ICT expert. It can be anybody who the constitution so points out.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 23 April 2013 19:41, Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Listers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Just googled the nominee for the ICT Secretaries post and i am a bit lost as to whether he is the right person for the job. Two things come into my mind: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>1. With regional balancing Dr. Ndemo will definately not make it as principal Secretary even if he merits. For such a crucial ministry i thought we needed some continuity otherwise we might slow down or lose out on the gains we have achieved in the last couple of years, i wonder what listers think. As a public we also have an obligation to vet the nominees.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>2. The nominee appears to be a governance expert as opposed to an Information and Communications Technology expert, will he inspire the ICT community to move to the next frontiers the way Kagwe, Poghisio and Ndemo did? This are some of the concerns i have whilst respecting the Presidents Choice, what do others think? Let us collect our views as an ICT community, i am willing to consolidate them and then we submit to the necessary Parliamentary Commitee.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>-- <br>Barrack O. Otieno<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><a href="tel:%2B254721325277" target="_blank">+254721325277</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><a href="tel:%2B254-20-2498789" target="_blank">+254-20-2498789</a><br>Skype: barrack.otieno<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><a href="http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/" target="_blank">http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>isoc mailing list<br><a href="mailto:isoc@orion.my.co.ke">isoc@orion.my.co.ke</a><br><a href="http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc" target="_blank">http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/godera%40skyweb.co.ke">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/godera%40skyweb.co.ke</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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