<div dir="ltr">Brian,<div><br></div><div>On a more practical note, did the team which setup the KIXP require the approval of a Government Tender/Board/Committee?</div><div><br></div><div>If there were a tender/PHD committee involved, do you think a team involving locals would have been selected/favored?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I remember (in the late 90's) you often had some Internet Protocol documentation in hand or in some bag.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards</div><div>
<br></div><div>Murigi / Stanley Muraya</div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:13px;color:rgb(0,19,32);font-family:Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="line-height:20px"><font size="1"><b>"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32</b></font></span><span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com" target="_blank">blongwe@gmail.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"><div><div><div><div>Seems to me like the antagonists/protagonists in this debate are more interested in a power play than in actual solutions.<br><br></div>Boards of corporations have to be kept small, multi-skilled and efficient to allow for better decision making. The solution to bring in "non-qualified", or external expertise is to set up board committees - which most by-laws allow and which usually do not have a limit on membership.<br>
<br></div>So, guys, forget about the power politics, focus on the business and objectives of the organization and get these comittees to work....oops, I forgot, the board has been disbanded....<br><br></div>le sigh,<br><br>
</div>Mblayo<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:17 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Walu,<div><br></div><div>No one disputes we need Academics in the KICTA.</div>
<div><br></div><div>How does the KICTA (following their slogan) make Kenya a "Top 10 Global ICT Hub"?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Noted an EU paper about their top ICT Hubs</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-435_en.htm" target="_blank">http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-435_en.htm</a><br></div>
<div><br></div><div>
The UK tops in academics while Germany tops in research/practicals (patents).</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Murigi / Stanley Muraya</div>
<div>
<br></div><div><span style="line-height:13px;color:rgb(0,19,32);font-family:Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="line-height:20px"><font size="1"><b>"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32</b></font></span><span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><br>
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<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Mwendwa,<br>
<br>
Attending Board meetings is radically different from supervising PhD/Masters students. But to answer ur question, my supervisor from a public university is quite accessible - infact I am the one running away from him :-)<br>
<br>
walu.<br>
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<div>On Sun, 8/10/14, Mwendwa Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority Board Appointments Quashed by the High Court<br>
To: "Walubengo J" <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br>
</div> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>><br>
Date: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 2:07 PM<br>
</div></div><div><div><div><div><br>
><br>
> Anyway, my beef in all this saga is that<br>
the Kenya Communications Act<br>
> (revised<br>
2013) has a clause that stipulate that public servants<br>
(including<br>
> dons in PUBLIC universities)<br>
should not sit on some boards including the<br>
> Communication Authority, Universal<br>
Service, ICT Authority amongst others.<br>
> It however does not bar dons from<br>
PRIVATE universities to sit on these<br>
><br>
very boards.<br>
><br>
<br>
Walu, have you been supervised for a masters or<br>
PhD by a public<br>
university don? How<br>
accessible were they?<br>
<br>
<br>
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