<div dir="ltr">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</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">++1</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 20 August 2013 13:23, James Mbugua <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com" target="_blank">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Barrack<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Actually, when Kukubo left, I said the board should be disbanded or overhauled completely and every position advertised to be filled competitively.</div>
<div><br></div><div>And this is not from reading articles, it is from first hand experience.</div><div><br></div><div>True, some good people exist but everything rises and falls with leadership.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>
<br></div><div>J.</div>
</font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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<br>
<div><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>
><br>
</div>>> Listers,****<br>
>><br>
>> ** **<br>
<div>>><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<br>
</div>>> tangible or is it just me who didn’t follow on what they did.****<br>
>><br>
>> ** **<br>
<div>>><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<br>
</div>>> 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>
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