Once upon a time, there used to be a Greek Philosopher called Diogenes of Sinope who lived circa 300BC. With all his flaws aside, Diogenes used to walk during the daytime with a lantern. Asked why he would say, "I am looking for one honest man".  His philosophy was the unreasoning behavior of the people around him meant that they do not qualify as human.

Fast-forward to modern Kenya, we were lucky to have a learned President by the name of Kibaki whose party DP had a lantern as it's logo. It's no coincidence then that during Kibaki's regime, Kenya experienced high economic growth, and drastic reduction in corruption.

The Court of Appeal has rejected the Ministry of ICT request to have the CA board in office pending the appeal. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Court-rejects-bid-to-keep-CA-board-in-office/-/996/2791616/-/223accz/-/index.html

This ruling has several implications, one of them being the appointment of the Director General Francis Wangusi may be deemed null and void because his appointment came when CA did not have a substantive Board in place.

Well, that is not what I wanted to talk about.

The Ombudsman is probing allegations that the said CA Board has been allocating themselves hefty allowances totaling 10 million in 5 months. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Ombudsman-probes-claims-of-irregular-allowances-at-CA-board/-/996/2792204/-/23yvwu/-/index.html

If those allegations are true, I wonder why the Cabinet Secretary would want to keep a criminal board at CA.

Is this the reason the community has been advocating for simple reports from CA like the use of Universal Service Funds (USF) to no avail? 

Are these the people derailing President Uhuru's digital government, and the President's honest fight against corruption?

CS Dr. Matiangi, please shine your lantern over at Communications Authority.

Yours Sincerely,