Murigi, The setup of KIXP was purely private sector driven (despite countless efforts to get KPTC (current Telkom) onboard. Nevertheless we were shut down by CCK for about 1 year because of an alleged "national security risk" mooted by KPTC (who felt that their then monopoly was being threatened). Anyhow, after 1 year of very loud local/international lobbying, internal education, behind the doors bargaining, and intense scrutiny, investigation and eventual clearance by the national intelligence apparatus, the project got a green light - and the face saving solution was to apply for an IXP license, the first ever in the world....a precedent that unfortunately was followed by a few other African countries... There was no power play like with this ICTA fiasco... Mblayo On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:15 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Brian,
On a more practical note, did the team which setup the KIXP require the approval of a Government Tender/Board/Committee?
If there were a tender/PHD committee involved, do you think a team involving locals would have been selected/favored?
I remember (in the late 90's) you often had some Internet Protocol documentation in hand or in some bag.
Regards
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote:
Seems to me like the antagonists/protagonists in this debate are more interested in a power play than in actual solutions.
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.
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....
le sigh,
Mblayo
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 1:17 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Walu,
No one disputes we need Academics in the KICTA.
How does the KICTA (following their slogan) make Kenya a "Top 10 Global ICT Hub"?
Noted an EU paper about their top ICT Hubs
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-435_en.htm
The UK tops in academics while Germany tops in research/practicals (patents).
Regards
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Mwendwa,
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 :-)
walu. -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 8/10/14, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority Board Appointments Quashed by the High Court To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu@yahoo.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> Date: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 2:07 PM
Anyway, my beef in all this saga is that
(revised
the Kenya Communications Act 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.
Walu, have you been supervised for a masters or PhD by a public university don? How accessible were they?
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