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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hehehe… I like how your sign-off contains the entire story!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Catherine Adeya via kictanet<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> bkioko@bernsoft.com<br><b>Cc:</b> elizaslider@yahoo.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7685"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8272"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Yes Mwendwa, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8273"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><br>I am a founding member of Kictanet and will always be here though sometimes I lurk in the background. To set the record straight. I did not quite, my Contract in government has come to an end. I have been Acting for two years and truth be told, I did not want to be handed the position on a silver platter. They advertised, I did not apply. The rest is history so let me sign off with:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8275"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8278"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8279"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8298"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Thank you,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8352"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Catherine</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7677"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7676"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7675"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7674"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:09:19 +0300<br>From: Mwendwa Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7875">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>><br>To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7869">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>,<br> "<a href="mailto:ISOC@lists.my.co.ke" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8638">ISOC@lists.my.co.ke</a>" <<a href="mailto:isoc@lists.my.co.ke" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7874">isoc@lists.my.co.ke</a>><br>Subject: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine<br> Adeya quits<br>Message-ID:<br> <CAEhPqwr=cQMMfGVOMz2wnaRX+<a href="mailto:kxK2i71n7k5BjC4pU6G1Kb2rA@mail.gmail.com" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7873">kxK2i71n7k5BjC4pU6G1Kb2rA@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Listers, we should note that Catherine Adeya was one of the few active CEOs<br>on KICTANET.<br><br><br><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Blow-as-acting-Konza-techno-city-boss-quits/-/996/2604390/-/en3nyyz/-/index.html" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_8639">http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Blow-as-acting-Konza-techno-city-boss-quits/-/996/2604390/-/en3nyyz/-/index.html</a><br><br>A top official who has been at the helm of the Konza Techno City project<br>has opted out amid claims of resource constraints and slow progress.<br><br>Dr Catherine Adeya-Weya, who has been the acting chief executive officer of<br>the Konza Technopolis Development Authority for two years, said she had<br>decided to quit and let someone else come in and lead the project.<br><br>It was, however, clear from her statements that bureaucratic tendering,<br>resource constraints and the slow pace of takeoff had largely influenced<br>her decision.<br><br>"I just felt someone else needs to take over this project after acting for<br>almost two years. I may have considered staying if confirmed, but I may not<br>have wanted it. For a project of this magnitude, we require the right<br>calibre of staff, and a proper and sufficient recurrent budget.<br><br>''What I was being paid as chief executive was less than what I used to<br>earn in my former role in the private sector and so it is hard to attract<br>the high calibre staff with that remuneration," Dr Adeya-Weya said at a<br>joint press conference in Nairobi with board chairman, Mr John Ngumi, on<br>Tuesday.<br><br>*PERFORMED WELL*<br><br>Mr Ngumi said Dr Adeya-We ya had performed well despite being in an acting<br>capacity for the entire period.<br><br>He, however, added that the authority was prepared to continue with the<br>little available resources since insufficient funding was a normal<br>challenge in all government projects.<br><br>The chief executive's term was to end in February, with an option to apply<br>when the position was announced in November last year.<br><br>She, however, chose not to, sparking speculations around her withdrawal<br>from the team she has led for months.<br><br>Mr Ngumi said: "In my view, Catherine has had one of the toughest jobs.<br>Anybody who has worked in the private sector knows how hard it is to start<br>a startup. It is harder in the public sector where you have all manner of<br>stakeholders, and you got to deal with constraints and criticism.<br><br>"She is an example of what we should have in public service and we, as the<br>board, would have loved her to apply. I have implored her to remain<br>involved in Konza at advisory role to the project."<br>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><br>"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on<br>higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20150128/873c8580/attachment.html" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422447496638_7866">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20150128/873c8580/attachment.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of kictanet Digest, Vol 92, Issue 92<br>****************************************<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>
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