<div dir="ltr">No the government should not bail Telkom out, (we the taxpayers pay for it) and there should be demands for more budgeting transparency and accountability for quasi governmental enterprises. This is a place where ICT can play a role. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>The trials and tribulations of Telkom Kenya are a sad chapter in the country's road towards actualization of Vision 2030.</div><div><br></div><div>What actually ails Telkom Kenya? </div>
<div><br></div><div>What is the real reason behind its inability to leverage on its legacy systems to re-invent its business model?</div><div><br></div><div>Is one of the problems the fact that the Government shackled it with a nondescript, pedestrian workforce steeped in Moi era non-performance ethos? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Are there forces beyond the powers of the Management of Telkom Kenya (like Mpesa maybe?) that has made it so irrelevant in the scheme of things? </div><div><br></div><div>In my humble opinion this has been a failed exercise in privatization. </div>
<div><br></div><div>What did we do right in the Government divestiture of Safaricom in comparison to Telkom Kenya? </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Taxpayers-face-Sh6bn-bill-in-foul-share-deal/-/1056/1870526/-/item/0/-/ign3ff/-/index.htmlu" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Taxpayers-face-Sh6bn-bill-in-foul-share-deal/-/1056/1870526/-/item/0/-/ign3ff/-/index.htmlu</a></span></div>
<div><br><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Ali Hussein</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd</span></div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">
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