<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>+1</div><div><br>On Sep 3, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a 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="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Grace Githaiga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">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 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" target="_blank">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 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" target="_blank">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 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" target="_blank"> 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 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" target="_blank">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 href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000092541&story_title=row-simmers-over-order-on-new-icta-leadership" target="_blank">http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000092541&story_title=row-simmers-over-order-on-new-icta-leadership</a></div>
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