<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">@Brian, Alice,<br><br>ICT is big business. Big business cannot happen without politics. And incidentally politics is NOT bad (yukk) because that is how we decide who governs and how to share public resources. Perhaps it is "the politician" who is yukk :-)<br><br>Anyway, I have googled for this Legal Notice No.183 of 2013 on the Kenya ICT Authority but getting close at http://www.kenyalaw.org/ but not quite nailing it. Anyone who can serve it clean on a PDF?<br><br>walu.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><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" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alice Munyua
<alice@dotafrica.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>; "isoc@orion.my.co.ke" <isoc@orion.my.co.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 3, 2013 9:58 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] Row simmers over order on new Information, Communication and Technology leadership<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7913871158"><div><div>+1</div><div><br>On Sep 3, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com">blongwe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Trouble in paradise?<br><br></div>ICT has become too political
nowadays....yukk<br></div><div class="yiv7913871158gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="yiv7913871158gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Grace Githaiga <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(1,1,1);font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;">A row is simmering in the </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=Ministry%20of%20Information,%20Communication%20and%20Technology&searchbutton=SEARCH" style="color:rgb(16,114,186);text-decoration:none;font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;">Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology</a><span style="color:rgb(1,1,1);font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;"> over a law that gives the Cabinet secretary power to make unilateral appointment.</span><div>
<span style="color:rgb(1,1,1);font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(1,1,1);font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;">Executive Order No. 2 of 2013 by President </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=Uhuru%20Kenyatta&searchbutton=SEARCH" style="color:rgb(16,114,186);text-decoration:none;font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;">Uhuru Kenyatta</a><span style="color:rgb(1,1,1);font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;"> on the reorganisation of government that establishes the Information and Communications Technology Authority (</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=ICT&searchbutton=SEARCH"
style="color:rgb(16,114,186);text-decoration:none;font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;"> ICT</a><span style="color:rgb(1,1,1);font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;">A) gives the </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?searchtext=ICT&searchbutton=SEARCH" style="color:rgb(16,114,186);text-decoration:none;font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;">ICT</a><span style="color:rgb(1,1,1);font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;"> Cabinet Secretary power to appoint the CEO of the authority without involving the board.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(1,1,1);font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;"><br></span></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000092541&story_title=row-simmers-over-order-on-new-icta-leadership">http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000092541&story_title=row-simmers-over-order-on-new-icta-leadership</a></div>
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