April 2011 - KICTANet

Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Sylvester Muoki, MBA, CISA, ITILv3F via LinkedIn 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

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Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by DMakali
by Francis Hook 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Mr Githo - first my obeisances. My issue is lies not in the law but whether, inherent in the (extant) law are flaws. I too eek the truth of the matter, In an earlier post I asked what merits the change of guard... On 20/04/2011, Macharia Gaitho <mgaitho(a)ke.nationmedia.com> wrote: > Many of us are missing the point. The issue is not the performance or rating > of the DG, but whether any minister has the legal right to ignore or > overrule a board on appointments and other decisions. > There have also been suggestions that in this case the Board was wrong or it > was influences by external forces. I wish the evidence could be brought > forth. > > > > From: kictanet-bounces+mgaitho=nation.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mgaitho=nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On > Behalf Of Francis.Hook(a)gmail.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 2:45 PM > To: Macharia Gaitho > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by > DMakali > > Thank you. Thank you for seeing the forest for the trees, > > On , Jotham Kilimo Mwale <jokilimo(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Francis, you are spot on. Whereas we are all busy trying to see if the >> Minister has breached the law (which is on order), we are not >> interrogating the actions of the Board, thus giving the impression the >> minister is wrong and the Board is right. Was the Board's decision >> influenced externally? Was it a one-time appraisal or has there been >> continuous (annual?) appraisals and what were the scores? >> >> Regards, >> Jotham >> >> --- On Tue, 4/19/11, Francis Hook francis.hook(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Francis Hook francis.hook(a)gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by >> DMakali >> To: jokilimo(a)yahoo.com >> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Date: >> Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 10:40 PM >> >> Thanks MM. In many senses your email and the link in reference to an >> objective view of the issue, open up space for fresh discussions about >> which media can really lay claim to being part of the fourth estate. I >> feel BD has legitimate claim to that for their objectivity and >> independence. >> >> >> And I really hope such deliberations can feed into discussions that try to >> define what "independent" really means - such that "independent" excludes >> the ability to pander to certain interests and not any licence that >> amounts to impartial treatment of issues. >> >> >> >> On 20 April 2011 08:23, muriuki mureithi mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke> >> wrote: >> >> >> Walu >> It's actually resurrected and is now turning up for constitutional >> interpretation at the supreme court >> >> Read on --- >> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/CCK+director+appointment+… >> >> >> this will be precedent setting not just for CCK but for all boards . it >> will remove doubt on the construct of the Independent CCK that is coming >> up --- >> >> cheers >> >> Muriuki Mureithi >> >> Consultant Member >> Society of Telecommunications Consultants >> >> >> what chance gathers , she easily scatters !! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe >> >> >> From: >> kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] >> On Behalf Of Walubengo J >> >> Sent: 20 April 2011 08:01 >> To: mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by >> DMakali >> >> >> >> It seems this saga refuses to die... >> >> ~~~ >> The Star >> Tuesday, 19 April 2011 00:04 BY DAVID MAKALI >> >> >> A little over a week ago, Information and Communications minister Samuel >> Poghisio called a press conference to announce that he had revoked the >> suspension of the director general of the Communications Commission of >> Kenya."For the avoidance of doubt, I wish to state that Charles Njoroge >> remains in office and that as the appointing authority I will proceed to >> renew his contract in line with the law," he stated. >> >> >> The minister's intervention may have seemed timely and proper. Given the >> infighting that had become the order of the day at the CCK between the >> board of directors (or some) and the director-general, some form of >> external intervention was necessary to establish order. >> >> However, questions still linger over what exactly the minister did, if it >> was legal, and if it is in the interest of the general telecommunications >> sector and the public in general. At the time of this writing, his >> re-appointment or otherwise had not been gazetted. >> >> >> more @ >> http://tinyurl.com/3cddk4h >> >> walu. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> kictanet mailing list >> >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/francis.hook%40gmail.c… >> >> >> >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and >> development. >> >> >> >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Francis Hook >> +254 733 504561 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jokilimo%40yahoo.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and >> development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> > > DISCLAIMER: The information contained in or accompanying this e-mail is > intended for the use of the stated recipient only. It may contain > confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If > you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all > copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the > sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, > print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended > recipient. > > Any views or opinions presented herein are solely those of the author and do > not necessarily represent those of the Nation Media Group. > > ‘To get all breaking news alerts send the word BREAK to 6667 or visit > http://mobile.nation.co.ke to read news on your mobile phone.’ > -- Francis Hook +254 733 504561

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Leaving DFID
by Victor Gathara 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hi, You may be aware that I will shortly be leaving my position in DFID to set up my own business, including an IT consultancy. I have enjoyed working in DFID and am thankful for the opportunities DFID has given me. Especially am I grateful to have contributed to DFID's support of the ICT sector in East Africa. I will now be looking to use my knowledge and experience to pursue opportunities in ICT4D and desire to continue our working relationship in this sector. Please find my contacts below. Kind regards, Victor Gathara| Email: vgathara(a)gmail.com <mailto:vgathara@gmail.com> | Mobile: +254 733 414846 UK aid: Changing lives, delivering results. Find out more at: www.dfid.gov.uk/aidreviews

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Connected Kenya Live
by Dennis Kioko 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

You can get live updates on CIO East Africa Twitter Feed: http://twitter.com/CIOEastAfrica Articles are also available on the CIO East Africa website: http://www.cio.co.ke/ <http://www.cio.co.ke/>Presentations available at Connected Kenya website: http://www.connected.go.ke/2011/04/presentations/ -- with Regards: <https://twitter.com/#%21/denniskioko> <http://blog.denniskioko.com> www.denniskioko.com

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Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by DMakali
by Gitau Andrew 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

I agree with Makali on this one. The minister really has no legal basis to hire/ fire a CEO, he can only approve from three names given to him by the board after due process or fire on recommendation from the board, again after due process. And due process must have been followed, because we are told the board in its entirety marked him 60 over 100 percent and not over 70 percent as the minister mentioned. Regarding the DG's performance the board would know and have intimate details on his performance over the last three years, that the rest of us do not have access to, since we have not been sitting on the board and working with him. Some listers also seem to be insinuating that the Board and DG have presented different goals. I will again differ. Performance contracts are contracts between the board and the government. The board then cascades the responsibility of implementing the contract to the DG and his management team. Further, the Board sets the strategic direction for the commission and again the DG is expected to implement the vision/plan/performance contract and operationalize it following the Board's instruction. So it does not make sense to keep claiming that the DG is pro consumer and the board is not and oh by the way the DG is also a member of the board. So rather than have the rather emotional opinions that are being expressed on this list, please note that as far as the statutes go, on this matter, : The powers and responsibilities of the Board of Directors are clearly outlined in Section 4(2) of the State Corporations (Performance Contracting ) Regulations 2004,subject of course to the State Corporations Act and any other statutes and they include inter alia, the power to: “…(b) recruit staff including the chief executive of the state corporation; (c) develop and negotiate with the parent Ministry performance targets for the state corporation for a specified financial year; (f) enter into and implement performance contracts with the chief executive of the state corporation; (h) perform any other duties that may be deemed necessary or expedient for the implementation of the performance contracts.” Although, as Walu rightly mentions there is no specific power granted to the Board to dismiss/not renew contracts of CEO’s either in the State Corporations Act or in the Kenya Information and Communications Act, there is a rule of interpretation of statutes that says that grant of a specific power necessarily implies that it also has the power to do the converse and therefore it is implied that the power of the Board to hire includes the power to fire.’ So therefore the general principle is that it is not within the power of the Minister to reinstate, recruit of dismiss the DG. Gitau --

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Re: [kictanet] Poghisio Flouting The Law in The CCK Tussle-by DMakali
by Gitau Andrew 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

On 4/20/11 8:30 AM, Francis Hook wrote: Sorry Walu....but I beg to differ. Let me quote some parts of the article... > > >"snip > >Sorry...but I think this is the wrong judgement call. It takes away attention >from what the board's interests are and what national issues are at stake (and >which have been served as per the mandate of CCK). > Pray what are the boards interest if not to set strategic direction for the commission according to the law? states corporation boards are responsible for performance contracts as well as setting the strategic direction of the organization. While, the DG is responsible for implementing board decisions, plans and vision and not the other way round. Please see the communications act, states corporations act, good governance principles etc. Gitau

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Announcement: 4th East Africa Internet Governance forum
by Alice Munyua 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

(Apologies for cross posting) The fourth EA-IGF will take place on 21 and 22nd July 2011 in Kigali, Rwanda, hosted by the Government of Rwanda, coordinated by the Rwanda Information and communication Technology Association (RICTA). The forum will bring together participants from government, industry, technical community, civil society among others to discuss internet governance issues that are unique to the East Africa region. The forum aims at creating a community of practice that will become a sustaining foundation for meaningful participation of East African stakeholders in internet public policy processes at the national, regional and global levels. RICTA invites all East African internet stakeholders to attend. Details on venue and programme will be shared later. For more information about the EA-IGF please visit: www.eaigf.or.ke --

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Software testing - internships anyone?
by Andrea Bohnstedt 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Hey all, Roland Omoresemi and Tezza Solutions have quietly been doing some very interesting work for Kenya's ICT industry and its outsourcing potential - have a look here: http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201104193912/Kenya/In-Brief-Building-Human-Re… Roland is now looking for some more corporates who would be willing to take on an intern (or three, I guess) for one to two months. Any takers? You'll get some quality services out of it. If you're interested, get in touch with Roland directly: roland(a)tezzasolutions.com Regards, Andrea -- Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Publisher +254 720 960 322 www.ratio-magazine.com Find/post East Africa careers<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php> Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business events<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php>

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Re: [kictanet] Airtel (non) response to customers
by Victor Bwire 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

I read about how Airtel responds to customer issues and thought someone from the company gave an answer-which I seem not to remember I had a very simple request to Airtel- changing from number from a post paid to prepaid and since November, 2010 today, whenever I call or visit them, they ask me to write to the below email- which as you can see has some automated responses- the nothing happens- but they continue charging me for the post paid rates, though I stopped using the number last year. Could anybody advice me what to do Regards Victor ________________________________ From: customercare(a)ke.airtel.com [customercare(a)ke.airtel.com] Sent: 13 April 2011 07:38 To: Victor Bwire Subject: Your Query to Airtel Kenya Customer Care Division Dear Customer We are pleased to inform you that your query has been logged for resolution and you will be contacted in less than 24 hours. In the event that you have not been contacted after 24 hours please call the Customer Service Operations Team Leader on 0733560000. Yours sincerely Airtel Kenya Customer Services Parkside Towers, Mombasa Rd P.O Box 42964 00100 Nairobi Tel 0733100710/700/720; Fax (020) 6911104 Visit our website at: http://africa.airtel.com/kenya/ ________________________________ From: kictanet-bounces+victor=article19.org(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke [kictanet-bounces+victor=article19.org(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Alice Munyua [alice(a)apc.org] Sent: 18 April 2011 09:26 To: Victor Bwire Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] new gTLDs: New Applicant Guidebook Discussion Draft published GAC Scorecard Response and New Applicant Guidebook Discussion Draft Following the direction set by ICANN Board to advance the new gTLD Program towards launch, ICANN posted the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook – April 2011 Discussion Draft<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm> and ICANN's reply to the GAC Comments<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-clean-15…>[PDF, 275 KB] (regarding the GAC's Scorecard of new gTLD issues<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-scorecard-23feb11-en.pdf> [PDF, 332 KB]). In addition, six Explanatory Memoranda<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm> related to the GAC-Board discussion points were published to explain rationale for several current positions. These publications meet the current Board timeline for new gTLDs set during the recent ICANN Silicon Valley meeting but more importantly, they describe many substantive changes in the Guidebook intended to address GAC concerns with the new gTLD Program. This recent set of substantive consultations between ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board of Directors lays the groundwork for improving the effectiveness of governments' role in future ICANN policy discussions. The Board's draft timeline<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/draft-timeline-new-gtlds-18mar11-en.pdf> [PDF, 117 KB] shows the key milestones to be met on that path. Keeping with the draft timeline, ICANN plans to post a final version of the Guidebook by 30 May 2011, in time for consideration of the New gTLD implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN meetings inSingapore<http://singapore41.icann.org/>. The comment period will remain open until 15 May 2011. GAC Comments on the Board Response to the GAC Scorecard following San Francisco meeting<http://gac.icann.org/system/files/20110412_GAC_comments_on_the_Board_respon…>

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new gTLDs: New Applicant Guidebook Discussion Draft published
by Alice Munyua 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

/GAC Scorecard Response and New Applicant Guidebook Discussion Draft/ Following the direction set by ICANN Board to advance the new gTLD Program towards launch, ICANN posted theNew gTLD Applicant Guidebook -- April 2011 Discussion Draft <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm>andICANN's reply to the GAC Comments <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-clean-15…>[PDF, 275 KB] (regarding theGAC's Scorecard of new gTLD issues <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-scorecard-23feb11-en.pdf>[PDF, 332 KB]). In addition,six Explanatory Memoranda <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm>related to the GAC-Board discussion points were published to explain rationale for several current positions. These publications meet the current Board timeline for new gTLDs set during the recent ICANN Silicon Valley meeting but more importantly, they describe many substantive changes in the Guidebook intended to address GAC concerns with the new gTLD Program. This recent set of substantive consultations between ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board of Directors lays the groundwork for improving the effectiveness of governments' role in future ICANN policy discussions. The Board's drafttimeline <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/draft-timeline-new-gtlds-18mar11-en.pdf>[PDF, 117 KB] shows the key milestones to be met on that path. Keeping with the draft timeline, ICANN plans to post a final version of the Guidebook by 30 May 2011, in time for consideration of the New gTLD implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN meetings inSingapore <http://singapore41.icann.org/>. The comment period will remain open until 15 May 2011. GAC Comments on the Board Response to the GAC Scorecard following San Francisco meeting <http://gac.icann.org/system/files/20110412_GAC_comments_on_the_Board_respon…>

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