<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Nyaki,<br><br></div>I would like to go on record here in recognising and appreciating the contribution you have made to the ICT community in Kenya and especially the Konza project. I remember you lamenting a few month after coming back from "majuu" how you came back with so much psyche to be involved in developing the country but no one seems to be giving you an opportunity.<br><br></div>I cheered madly when you were appointed as acting CEO at Konza because after working closely with you on a number of KICTANET projects (when we were much more externally active ;) I had come to know you as a no-nonsense, serious, focused, professional and very articulate person. I anticipated that you would encounter a lot of challenges working inside government because these kind of people generally tend to attract a lot of opposition, resentment and downright antagonism. But you have made it thus far. Kudos to you Catherine! I wish you well and encourage you to remain engaged in furthering this great nation's future.<br><br></div>Very best regards,<br><br></div>Mblayo<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 7:24 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><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Would be very interested in reading a paper on (e) procurement from her perspective :)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><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></span></span></span></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:55 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 class="h5"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><span>@Nyaki,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>How can you leave before giving me a plot at Konza? I am going to mobilize politicians to ensure your replacement comes from our village :-)<br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Nway, you were there from the beginning and your contribution will be always be remembered. And on that note, someone needs to write the memoirs on ICT evolution in Kenya - the key projects, players, their roles & challenges. Particularly for the period before KANU left (1998-2002), NARC period (2002-2007), Coalition period (2008-2013) through now.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">It doesn't hurt for the future generation to learn from what is now becoming ICT history right before our eyes.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>walu.</span></div><br> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Catherine Adeya via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:elizaslider@yahoo.com" target="_blank">elizaslider@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:elizaslider@yahoo.com" target="_blank">elizaslider@yahoo.com</a>> <br><span> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:35 PM<br> </span><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits<br> </font> </div> <div><div><div><br><div><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div><span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Yes Mwendwa, </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><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></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">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></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Thank you,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Catherine</span></div></div><div style="display:block"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:09:19 +0300<br>From: Mwendwa Kivuva <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>><br>To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>,<br> "<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ISOC@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">ISOC@lists.my.co.ke</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:isoc@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">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 rel="nofollow" href="mailto:kxK2i71n7k5BjC4pU6G1Kb2rA@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">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 rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Blow-as-acting-Konza-techno-city-boss-quits/-/996/2604390/-/en3nyyz/-/index.html" target="_blank">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 rel="nofollow" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20150128/873c8580/attachment.html" target="_blank">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 rel="nofollow" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a rel="nofollow" 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><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">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></div></div>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com</a><span><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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