<div dir="ltr">Dr. Ndemo<div><br></div><div style>We will miss you. You are one of the best permanent secretaries in Kenya. If every PS in Kenya performed at your level, the country would be in excellent condition. </div><div style>
<br></div><div style>Sincerely, Warigia</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Walubengo J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div><span>@ Ndemo,</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">You will go down as one of the few PS who opened up Government at at time when Government Ministers and Permanent Secretaries had no time to entertain non-government actors (like most listers here :-). I doubt any big shot in Govt would have been humble enough to take in their stride both the criticism and compliments from the grassroots as you have done. <br>
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Eng. Rege before you started this type of culture and I am glad you took it to the next level. I can only hope that the new Minister/Cabinet Sec and Principal Secretaries will follow suit as we endevour to make Kenya the best ICT destination in Africa.</div>
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regards.</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
walu.<span></span></div><div>nb: took the liberty to tweak the subject line :-)<br></div> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">
<div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Bitange Ndemo <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a> <br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Reviewing Kenya ICT
Board Performance- You can write
a guest post<br> </font> </div> <div><br>Listers,<br>It is an open secret that my departure from the Ministry of Information<br>and Communications is imminent. As seconds, minutes and days tick by; I<br>take this opportunity to bid you all farewell.<br>
<br>During the last seven years that I have worked here, I have learned a lot<br>from you all. I could not have benefited from the learning experience<br>without your constant support, criticism and encouragement. If I have to<br>
do it all over again, I would not change anything to perform my duties<br>well. In my position as Permanent Secretary, I have gained considerable<br>knowledge and thus I shall always cherish this, as one of the most<br>satisfying phases in my career.<br>
<br>Further, I have shared a special bond with all of you both virtually and<br>in reality. I shall take away with me special memories of our time<br>together. I remain committed to ideals
of Kictanet and would remain active<br>in its deliberations. I must admit that I may have underestimated the<br>amount of pressure there is to aspire for a job. There are politicians<br>from my county trying to create a wedge between myself, Dr. Matian’gi and<br>
Hon. Nyachae. Others from other parts of the country can be summed as<br>extortionists and possible toll collectors at every level. I shall<br>however, take the interview on Thursday and if fate has it that I shall<br>once more serve my country then I shall proudly do so.<br>
<br>It is now my singular honour to introduce Dr. Fred Matian’gi, our Cabinet<br>Secretary nominee whom I have had the privilege of knowing for the past<br>many years. While I was in Standard 7, Dr. Matian’gi had just started<br>
standard 1 at Manga Primary School. His sister Margaret was my classmate.<br> I have known him as an honest person and devout Seventh Day Adventist. <br>He
has an impeccable record of integrity having served in several<br>governance programs.<br><br>Dr. Matian’gi is a fast learner and has extensively published. We taught<br>at University of Nairobi together and his record as a lecturer was<br>
faultless. We simply have a great mind to steer our sector. I want to<br>take the earliest opportunity to wish him the best. Although Dr. Matian’gi<br>is a good friend, it will not be practical for us to work together. The<br>
constitution demands diversity. We shall create fodder for politicians to<br>drive further wedge between us. I have chosen friendship and will look<br>for alternative areas to serve my country.<br><br>Let me therefore wish each one of you the very best in all of our future<br>
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