I have two thoughts on this. 1. Kenya needs to have a delegation present in international negotiations. ITU, ATU, IPU, APPU and other 3-4 letter acronym multilateral organisations hold multiple meetings in a year at which member state representation is necessary. That said, Kenyans would get better value for money if the RIGHT PEOPLE are sent to these meetings and not those with no idea what is going on and are going shopping. It is very distressing to be at these meetings where the west have strong delegations who stay and debate to make sure their agenda is carried over while our African delegations (I generalise somewhat) disappear after opening speeches to go shop and meet relatives. Send the right people. 2. Can CA include in their annual reporting what meetings they sent or contributed delegations to and what the outcome of our presence there was? That would ensure we don’t have joyriders when they know they have to deliver for their absence at their desk.
On 5 Oct 2015, at 3:29 PM, Sylvia Musalagani via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I'm with you Kivuva. All this time and money being spent globe trotting should be used in the implementation of the USF. Has there been any progress with the implementation since the funds were disbursed to CA?
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From: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> To: smusalagani@hivos.org <mailto:smusalagani@hivos.org> Cc: "kivuva" <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com <mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com>>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> Sent: Monday, 5 October, 2015 14:43:40 Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] Globe-trotting CA executives pocket Sh307m in one year
Alex, is there a vacancy? I seriously would not mind working at CA :) Those allowances jo.
Seriously,
We certainly need Kenyans to attend the said meetings. Imagine an ITU or CTO, or IGF or Plenipot or ICANN's GAC without a Kenyan delegation? It would rubbish our claim as being the "Silicon Savannah". Should we vilify those allowances? Ask Sarah Serem and the SRC. It's SRC that rationalized those allowances.
BUT with the same ZEAL CA are dining mid air, can they ensure USF are implemented. Yes, USF, USF, USF.
------ And after airing the allowances for all and sundry, expect every politician to get 5 relatives employed in CA. So in two years time, the staff of 180 will be 1000.
Francis Wangusi, the CA director-general, for instance, earned a total of Sh6.1 million in per diem in the year to June 2015, topping the list of managers who made a fortune out of travel allowances.
The report shows that Mr Wangusi made 16 trips and was away from office for 105 days of the year.
Peris Nkonge, the authority’s director of finance and accounting, was second in the pecking order having pocketed Sh5.7 million in travel allowances from nine trips.
“Local per diem rates have been enhanced and if left unchecked, the number of travel and allowances are getting out of control,” the auditors warned.
The CA pays its executives an average of Sh10,675 per day in per diems for local travel while foreign travel is paid at between $400 (Sh41,700) and $1,000 (Sh104,200) per day depending on the city and country visited.
The list of top travel allowance beneficiaries includes Matano Ndaro, the director of competition affairs, who pocketed Sh5.6 million followed by Martin Ngesa, the assistant director in charge of postal licensing and compliance (Sh5.4 million), Rachel Alwala, the assistant director, e-commerce (Sh4.8 million), and Gababo Wako (Sh4.7 million).
Other senior managers who strained the CA’s budget with hefty per diem earnings are Michael Katundu, the director of information, who received Sh4.5 million, Tom Olwero, assistant director, frequency spectrum management (Sh4.47 million), Mohamed Haji, the assistant manager, frequency planning (Sh4.41 million) and John Omo, the authority’s secretary (Sh4.40 million).
Rose Nduku, an enforcement officer at the CA, logged a total of 219 days out of office and earned Sh2 million in per diem. The audit did not measure the full impact that prolonged absence of the executives had on operational efficiency, effectiveness and achievement of targets.
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On 5 October 2015 at 12:49, Alex Watila via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke <mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>> wrote: The article goes on to say that
“In most cases, the report says, non-technical staff travelled to attend technical events such as meetings of the Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union, Bern-based Universal Postal Union and Arusha-headquartered Pan African Postal Union.
“There were cases where travel was not in line with the official departmental mandate,” says the report.”
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Senior managers went on a travelling spree in pursuit of allowances, the report says, culminating to some officials staying out of their workplace for a total of seven months.
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