Without mincing words, I would like to see a comprehensive audit of the Kenya ICT Board and what it has actually achieved especially with funds loaned to us from World Bank (IDA) which tax payers are meant to repay. There have been too many complaints about favouritism and opaqueness in giving of grants and perhaps it is time that rather than give grants the aardees get "financing" which they have to pay back once their business picks and the ICT Board guarantees the loans so that it is ultimately responsible. THis Board needs clearly spelt out mandates and its positions must be competitively filled from the top. Instead of the CEO, his deputy and aides globe trotting apparently to market Kenya they need to bring techpreneurs from Silicon Valley to Ke nya. There is too much money wasted on these foreign trips yet it takes an eternity to award a grant equivalent to one return ticket to local entrepreneurs. Something needs to be done! On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
GG,
I have read the article and lost network, may i suggest that we do a stock take of major ICT undertakings on this list to see whether they have achieved their purpose, it might be better to stop digging while the surface is still visible.
Best Regards
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:
http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2012/05/companies-registry-website-cost-62-million-...
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