Mwendwa

There was some 'form' of Government representation. Although we did expect a more engaging and senior representation which has been lacking in the last 2 years or so. I'm sure its a coincidence that this 'lack' of engagement manifested itself with the new Government so I will give them the benefit of doubt. 

On the issues of me 'twisting' the knife when it comes to the ITRs I think this should be taken in the spirit it is meant. That we want to engage in good faith and with good will. The nature of exemplary leadership is to take this sort of engagement as a sign that there is a new dispensation in the air. All leaders of good faith and who have the interest of our good nation at heart will take this and improve on service delivery and engagement with the different stakeholders. 

I'm certain that the good CS hears, listens and reads what we have to say. The challenge is for him to do something about it. And I'm sure he will as I believe he is among the leaders of good faith that I mentioned above.

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On Jul 23, 2014, at 5:25 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via isoc <isoc@mailman-prod.my.co.ke> wrote:

Thank you Barrack for sharing, and Walubengo for "bursting" the government.

Maybe we should try speculate why the government does not want to
engage.This is my thesis, I might be wrong.
Let me take you back to WCIT12 in Dubai, where the government and
other stakeholders could not disagree on a common ground. Ali has
always made sure he twists the knife when it comes to ITRs :). There
was also the issue of .africa where the GAC representative was in the
board of one faction, and the other stakeholders were representing a
different faction. In an ensuing AU meeting Kenya was among the
handful of countries that did not support South Africa's bid. After
this "skirmishes", engagement with government has been very difficult.
My worry is "bad blood" is affecting the way we engage, because we are
basically engaging among ourselves without any significant input from
business and government. Can we learn from this? How best do we remedy
the situation? I beg we call for a truce in Gotham city.

PS: If CAK constitutes government, we had quality representation
through Vincent. If the legislature is still an arm of government, we
had great representation form Hon. Rege

On 22/07/2014, Barrack Otieno via kictanet
<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers,

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2391574/-/11trae6z/-/index.html

Best Regards

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