Hi,

It is all about the per-Diem factor which affects all government agencies around the world, it times I suspect that this is actually what governments where set up to provide.

The factor is still rife as you might have seen with all the international traveling being done my the newly elected Governors, what you need to be questioning is ratio of salary to per-Diem for public "servants" as at the end of it the trips by the KICT Board executives all fell within the budget and mandate of the organisation.

We recently saw millions spent on a tele-presence solution for the judiciary only for them to turn it off and instead budget for a multi-billion fixed wing aircraft, reason for this is that if you tele-conference there will be no per-Diem, closer to the list is the Konnected Kenya conference that always takes place in Mombasa and has a better attendance than the budget speech, why per-Diem.

Regards

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

From: James Mbugua <jgmbugua@gmail.com>
To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 12:52
Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT BOARD - ANY LESSONS TO LEARN

Bernard

My feelings on this board are not hidden. I have made them here.

Corruption, lavish living and travelling unnecessarily, lack of a focused strategy, employing overpaid, clueless prima donnas who acted as if the world owed them and overall poor management and oversight plagued this organization.

Actually, if it was properly audited, the ICT Board should see several individuals jailed and surcharged.

Know-it-alls employed within its ranks did nothing but stifle innovation and frustrate innovators.

The new authority should seek assistance with the crafting of its Vision and Mission which will then guide it in executing its mandate in a focused manner.

As I indicated when we were discussing the M-Pesa platform, I really don't like the stifling of innovation because when let free you never know what new things these minds will come up with. We need to allow for disruptive technologies to come up.

Regards



James


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Interactive Limited] <bkioko@bernsoft.com> wrote:
Listers,
 
Now that the ICT Board has been disbanded (or absorbed not sure which), my head has been active with the thoughts of what really went wrong there and what lessons can be learnt. How did that board not leave us with anything tangible or is it just me who didn’t follow on what they did.
 
I always felt (quietly) that the ICT Board was going about their initiatives in the wrong (or not practical) way but I kept silent because I always kept feeling its me who was wrong. Now, more and more now, am starting to think something was wrong there.
 
Anyone with any insights.
 
 
 
Kind Regards,
 
Bernard Kioko
Chief Executive Officer
Bernsoft Interactive Limited
P.O.Box 15177-00100 Nbi,Kenya
Office:   +254-703-080-000
Mobile: +254-722-540-883
 

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