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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body 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'>I believe Kukubo is still a lister and the sooner he sheds some light, the better. I interacted with the Board severally and surely, we should also give credit when due.<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><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=498 style='width:373.5pt;margin-left:27.9pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=101 valign=top style='width:76.05pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=397 valign=top style='width:297.45pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Jessie R. Kirongothi<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#4F81BD'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=498 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:373.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A'>Providing globally competitive professionals</span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"New Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#4F81BD'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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 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+kirongothi=kasneb.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rad!<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jessie R. Kirongothi<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think their biggest folly (which is by no means not unique to them) was a lack of constructive engagement with the private sector, especially SMEs. The fact that I don't have as many employees or as big a budget as IBM and Accenture etc does not for once second mean that my input is any less valid<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 Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>++1<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 20 August 2013 13:23, James Mbugua <<a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com" target="_blank">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Barrack<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe it is. But it is something I have stated repeatedly here when I was questioning the rationale of endless visits to the US instead of using that money to bring venture capitalists to come and meet innovators here.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If an organization does well it does well and it is recognized. If it doesn't, it should be criticized and many blogs have criticized this organization to no end.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Actually, when Kukubo left, I said the board should be disbanded or overhauled completely and every position advertised to be filled competitively.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And this is not from reading articles, it is from first hand experience.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>True, some good people exist but everything rises and falls with leadership.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>J.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That's really harsh, i think we need to be objective and look at it<br>through a SWOT binocular, in some cases the ICT board did well in my<br>opinion, let us objectively analyse its weaknesses because the new<br>authority might learn a thing or two from that.<br><br>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On 8/20/13, James Mbugua <<a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com" target="_blank">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Bernard<br>><br>> My feelings on this board are not hidden. I have made them here.<br>><br>> Corruption, lavish living and travelling unnecessarily, lack of a focused<br>> strategy, employing overpaid, clueless prima donnas who acted as if the<br>> world owed them and overall poor management and oversight plagued this<br>> organization.<br>><br>> Actually, if it was properly audited, the ICT Board should see several<br>> individuals jailed and surcharged.<br>><br>> Know-it-alls employed within its ranks did nothing but stifle innovation<br>> and frustrate innovators.<br>><br>> The new authority should seek assistance with the crafting of its Vision<br>> and Mission which will then guide it in executing its mandate in a focused<br>> manner.<br>><br>> As I indicated when we were discussing the M-Pesa platform, I really don't<br>> like the stifling of innovation because when let free you never know what<br>> new things these minds will come up with. We need to allow for disruptive<br>> technologies to come up.<br>><br>> Regards<br>><br>> James<br>><br>><br>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Interactive<br>> Limited] <<a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com" target="_blank">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a>> wrote:<br>><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>> Listers,****<br>>><br>>> ** **<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>><br>>> Now that the ICT Board has been disbanded (or absorbed not sure which),<br>>> my<br>>> head has been active with the thoughts of what really went wrong there<br>>> and<br>>> what lessons can be learnt. How did that board not leave us with anything<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>> tangible or is it just me who didn’t follow on what they did.****<br>>><br>>> ** **<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>><br>>> I always felt (quietly) that the ICT Board was going about their<br>>> initiatives in the wrong (or not practical) way but I kept silent because<br>>> I<br>>> always kept feeling its me who was wrong. Now, more and more now, am<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>> starting to think something was wrong there.****<br>>><br>>> ** **<br>>><br>>> Anyone with any insights.****<br>>><br>>> ** **<br>>><br>>> * *<br>>><br>>> * *<br>>><br>>> *Kind Regards, *<br>>><br>>> * *<br>>><br>>> *Bernard Kioko<br>>> *Chief Executive Officer**<br>>><br>>> Bernsoft Interactive Limited****<br>>><br>>> P.O.Box 15177-00100 Nbi,Kenya****<br>>><br>>> Office: <a href="tel:%2B254-703-080-000" target="_blank">+254-703-080-000</a>****<br>>><br>>> Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B254-722-540-883" target="_blank">+254-722-540-883</a>****<br>>><br>>> ** **<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> kictanet mailing list<br>>> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>>> <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>>><br>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at<br>>> <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jgmbugua%40gmail.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jgmbugua%40gmail.com</a><br>>><br>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform<br>>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and<br>>> regulation. 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