Dr. Ndemo, I would like to join my fellow KICTANET subscribers and the whole ICT community in wishing you well in the coming days, months and years. Allow me to point out the following marking scheme on your performance :- Community Engagement - Excellent Open door policy - Excellent Honesty - Excellent Execution of strategy - Good (Lots of your strategy were not executed quite well) Visionary - Excellent Consumer protection - Excellent Humor - Excellent Politics - Poor (you are not a politician) (KICTANET please update the list with your scores) Based on these, you are a straight A (Excellent) PS. As such would like to ask you to be a mentor to the incoming ICT Cabinet Secretary and a friend to KICTANET. Am sure you will do well in whichever ministry you will be blessed to join. Remember to always look at various ways that technology can be used to improve service delivery to the common mwananchi. We are all praying for you to get that which your heart desires and if we happen to cross paths again within the industry to God shall be the glory. As for now take stock of what you have done so far and be proud! regards, Paul Roy. On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Lydia Gachungi < [email protected]> wrote:
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I am following this thread from Windhoek and I wish to add that It has been during your time at the ministry, that I do think most development partners found the Ministry of Information and Communications as their line ministry, most accessible, a vibrant ministry great to work with and I have faith that the pace you have set will be accelerated by the new management coming on board. ****
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Your active participation in this list has been outstanding and through it, we did manage to pick your brains and line of thought on many issues concerning your vision for the information and communication sector in this country, and this helped greatly in aligning and planning our activities in support of the sector. ****
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It is also during your time and with your support, that Kenya worn the Global UNESCO Rural communication prize in 2012, the support and partnership during the ICT policy process, support to World press freedom day commemorations among others are a few of the many areas we managed to score as a development partner, through your support. ****
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Like everyone else in this list has said, I am too sure of one thing, that this current government will indeed make good use of your unique brains, energy and enthusiasm in taking our great country to the next higher economic level. In whichever capacity you serve our people, you do have my very best wishes. ****
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On a light note, before you leave, that is just in case you do, *please subscribe the new president and deputy to this list*- Will be a great online platform to engage their great minds and share with them the well thought out issues and ideas raised through this platform. ****
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Lydia Gachungi
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UNESCO Office in Windhoek****
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P.O. Box 24519, Windhoek, Namibia****
Tel: +264 61 291 7217, Mobile + 264 811448189****
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------------------------------ *From:* Bitange Ndemo <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Cc**:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, April 29, 2013 1:30 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Reviewing Kenya ICT Board Performance- You can write a guest post
Listers, It is an open secret that my departure from the Ministry of Information and Communications is imminent. As seconds, minutes and days tick by; I take this opportunity to bid you all farewell.
During the last seven years that I have worked here, I have learned a lot from you all. I could not have benefited from the learning experience without your constant support, criticism and encouragement. If I have to do it all over again, I would not change anything to perform my duties well. In my position as Permanent Secretary, I have gained considerable knowledge and thus I shall always cherish this, as one of the most satisfying phases in my career.
Further, I have shared a special bond with all of you both virtually and in reality. I shall take away with me special memories of our time together. I remain committed to ideals of Kictanet and would remain active in its deliberations. I must admit that I may have underestimated the amount of pressure there is to aspire for a job. There are politicians from my county trying to create a wedge between myself, Dr. Matian’gi and Hon. Nyachae. Others from other parts of the country can be summed as extortionists and possible toll collectors at every level. I shall however, take the interview on Thursday and if fate has it that I shall once more serve my country then I shall proudly do so.
It is now my singular honour to introduce Dr. Fred Matian’gi, our Cabinet Secretary nominee whom I have had the privilege of knowing for the past many years. While I was in Standard 7, Dr. Matian’gi had just started standard 1 at Manga Primary School. His sister Margaret was my classmate. I have known him as an honest person and devout Seventh Day Adventist. He has an impeccable record of integrity having served in several governance programs.
Dr. Matian’gi is a fast learner and has extensively published. We taught at University of Nairobi together and his record as a lecturer was faultless. We simply have a great mind to steer our sector. I want to take the earliest opportunity to wish him the best. Although Dr. Matian’gi is a good friend, it will not be practical for us to work together. The constitution demands diversity. We shall create fodder for politicians to drive further wedge between us. I have chosen friendship and will look for alternative areas to serve my country.
Let me therefore wish each one of you the very best in all of our future endeavors.
Bitange Ndemo.
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