<p dir="ltr">Walu,</p>
<p dir="ltr">It could be that Public Servants sitting in boards of Public bodies is an 'incestious' relationship that does not allow for the *independence* that external members of a board are supposed to bring to the table.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Take your case, you are at MMU, which is under Min ICT, then you get to be a board member at CAK, also under Min ICT.</p>
<p dir="ltr">One phone call from you know who and you basically sing their story :-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Waithaka Ngigi</p>
<p dir="ltr">Alliance Technologies<br>
Nairobi, Kenya</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.A1.io">www.A1.io</a></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 9 Aug 2014 12:00, "Walubengo J via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Mwendwa,<br>
<br>
am three quarters(3/4) of a don, one quarter (1/4) to go before am a full don :-)<br>
<br>
Anyway, my beef in all this saga is that the Kenya Communications Act (revised 2013) has a clause that stipulate that public servants (including dons in PUBLIC universities) should not sit on some boards including the Communication Authority, Universal Service, ICT Authority amongst others. It however does not bar dons from PRIVATE universities to sit on these very boards.<br>
<br>
I am just not able to understand the rationale behind this - perhaps I will when I complete the remaining 1/4 of my studies. But meanwhile the drafters of this clause are on this list (National Communication Secretariate lurkers :-). Maybe they could break it down for us in simple english. But bottom line, I want to believe nobody should be barred whether they come from private or public university.<br>
<br>
walu.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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On Fri, 8/8/14, Mwendwa Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority Board Appointments Quashed by the High Court<br>
To: "Walubengo J" <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
Date: Friday, August 8, 2014, 10:29 PM<br>
<br>
Walu, you might have a<br>
point, but being a don yourself (or on the way<br>
to donship), I think your argument is biased.<br>
Any professional at any<br>
educational level<br>
can give good advice to national boards. Most<br>
successful Ministers at the Kibaki regime were<br>
not necessarily PhD<br>
holders.<br>
<br>
I am not discounting the value<br>
of education at all, and in 5 years, I<br>
will<br>
be a don too.<br>
<br>
And I agree,<br>
the law is biased by preventing public university<br>
employees from sitting on public boards but<br>
allowing private<br>
university employees and<br>
other private citizens to sit on the same<br>
boards. Although I have a contradictory view<br>
that education and<br>
research will suffer if<br>
the said professors are overloaded with side<br>
jobs (something they will still do with private<br>
consultancies). It's a<br>
catch22<br>
<br>
On 08/08/2014, Walubengo J via<br>
kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> @Kamotho,<br>
><br>
> am yet to read the full ruling. But if i<br>
recall well the key contention/plea<br>
> was<br>
that the appointment of Public University staff into the<br>
various ICT<br>
> Boards to be be found<br>
illegal.<br>
><br>
> it<br>
appears the judges are in agreement. However, considering<br>
the amount of<br>
> intelkectual talent<br>
within public universities - dont you think it is<br>
> discriminatory that that group of staff<br>
are barred from contributing to<br>
><br>
national development at a Board level?<br>
><br>
> Is it time to review<br>
this clause or it does serve the purpose?<br>
><br>
> walu.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
------------------------------<br>
> On Fri,<br>
Aug 8, 2014 1:19 PM AST (Arabian) Kamotho Njenga via<br>
kictanet<br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>>The illegal appointments made by the<br>
ICT Cabinet Secretary, Dr Fred<br>
>>Matiang'i have been quashed by the<br>
High Court. Details on the background<br>
>>and the orders of the court are<br>
available at<br>
>><a href="http://www.ictak.or.ke/resources/news-and-events/235-statement-on-the-high-court-ruling-regarding-appointments-to-the-board-of-the-kenya-ict-authority-board" target="_blank">http://www.ictak.or.ke/resources/news-and-events/235-statement-on-the-high-court-ruling-regarding-appointments-to-the-board-of-the-kenya-ict-authority-board</a><br>
>><br>
>>For the<br>
avoidance of doubt, partial implications of the certiorari<br>
orders<br>
>>are that the impugned board<br>
was illegal *ab initio*. So it is like the<br>
>>board never existed. Reports<br>
attributable to the CS are that he plans to<br>
>>appeal the decision. He has an inherent<br>
right to do so. What must be clear<br>
>>is that the quash orders are in full<br>
force w.e.f yesterday and the board<br>
>>cannot purport to transact or to be<br>
seen to do so.<br>
>><br>
>>This is a crisis the Cabinet secretary<br>
has precipitated himself because of<br>
>>a trademark unilateralism approach and<br>
failure to engage. Any attempt by<br>
>>any person whatsoever to overlook the<br>
prescriptions of the court's decree<br>
>>has obvious sanctions.<br>
>><br>
>>Kamotho<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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