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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Reviewing Kenya ICT Board Performance- You can write a
guest post (David Otwoma)
2. Re: [mediaeditors] Why Barr the Media from PS Interviews?
(Eng. Wainaina Mungai)
3. The emperors new shoes. An interesting take for Daktaris
Ndemo and Matian?gi (Mbugua Njihia)
4. Re: Dr Ndemo Farewell (Matunda Nyanchama)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:17:55 +0300
From: David Otwoma <
otwomad@gmail.com>
To:
bitange@jambo.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Reviewing Kenya ICT Board Performance- You can
write a guest post
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Dear Dr. Ndemo,
It sure was a great honor and pleasure to have had an opportunity to
interact with you. Just to mention two cases in ICT (while I was at
NCST) and one in my new home (Energy).
While at NCST (it has been upgraded to National Commission for
Science, Technology and Innovation) you were the 1st PS who saw
clearly the need to merge ICT Parks (under MoI&C), Science &
Technology Parks (under MoHES&T), Industrial and Business Parks (under
MoI and MoT) etc. as contained in the Medium Term Plan (2008 -2012).
Seeing Konza Techno City come up, I have to state that as an advisor
(role of NCSTI) it gave most of us satisfaction that there were those
like you ready ....as late Thomas Sankara said ?You cannot carry out
fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case,
it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old
formulas, the courage to invent the future. It took the madmen of
yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want
to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future?.
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/It-looks-like-a-competent-Cabinet--but-where-is-the-vision/-/440808/1762046/-/6xmnerz/-/index.html
When we started the Kenya Society for Business Process Outsourcing and
Contact Centre Society you were always handy to support with logistics
than enabled us expand membership and eventually when Kenya ICT Board
was inaugurated and it continued from where you handed them the baton,
we now have Kenya's BPO/ITeS Society - doITinKenya. If you were not
there during those baby steps in 2008 the script would be different
today.
Where you go next will not deter your spirit of daring where other are
not ready to tread. I remember when I moved to energy you introduced
me to 'if you build it, he will come' philosophy from Field of Dreams.
Sadly we still have the aim of 18,000 MW of electricity goal by 2030
in our Least Cost Power Development Plan see
http://www.erc.go.ke/erc/LCPDP.pdf
while KAM has clearly stated that in Kenya, over 60% of generated
energy into the national grid is used in manufacturing enterprises.
Kenya currently generates about 1,400 MW. Additional capacity in the
pipeline could increase this by 500MW in the next 3 years if projects
are implemented on time. But this is not enough. It is prudent
therefore that any energy policies that are proposed must be aligned
to the industrialization policies as well as Kenya?s Vision 2030 if we
are ever to unlock our over dependence on imported goods. It is
estimated that Flagship projects outlined in Vision 2030 will require
an estimated 42,700 MW, meaning we need a lot of investment to be
energy secure. Kenya needs to create new 41,300MW of energy by 2030.
And we need to look at all new sources, see
http://www.kam.co.ke/attachments/article/244/KAM%20Industrial%20Business%20Agenda.pdf
So as you face the panel come this Thursday those who pray will be on
their knees, those who hope will be expectant and those who plan will
be waiting for proven implementers like yourself to come on board and
those who are dreamers, visionaries, thinkers, idealists and radicals
will be waiting for you. In case you come to energy together we can
seek to align our models with the reality in cognizant of 'if you
build it, he will come' mantra and the courage to invent the future.
All the best regards in all of our future endeavors.
David
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David Otwoma,
Secretary (Nuclear)
Ministry of Energy, Nyayo House,
Mobile tel: +254 722 141771,
Office tel: +254 (0)20 2346915,
P. O. Box 30582 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
otwoma@energy.go.ke, otwoma@uonbi.ac.ke
www.energy.go.ke
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twitter @ otwoma
On 4/29/13, Bitange Ndemo <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> 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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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:41:23 +0300
From: "Eng. Wainaina Mungai" <wainaina@madeinkenya.org>
To: dmakali@yahoo.com
Cc: "mediaeditors
\(mediaeditors-bounces+dmakali=yahoo.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke\)"
yahoo.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke>,
KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum <mediaeditors@lists.kictanet.or.ke>,
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] [mediaeditors] Why Barr the Media from PS
Interviews?
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Makali has put forward my prefered approach. His approach allows for
real 'public participation' by allowing representation of views by the
public.
For private media, it's impractical to have 155 persons on live TV
continuously for 10 or so days. May the coverage be on the final
shortlist, instead.
I doubt there's need to attack the character of the Chair of PSC.
Instead, submit representations to PSC about the candidates by
Thursday, demand public rep. is allowed to be present at interviews
and limit live broadcast to fewer candidates.
On 4/30/13, dmakali@yahoo.com <dmakali@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mayb we need to interrogate the meaning of "public participation" threshold
> of the constitution. Does watching or holding a recruitment process in the
> open space - on tv or a physical venue like kicc - constitute public
> participation or is it that every citizen is free and has an opportunity to
> be considered and to raise any matter pertinent to the recruitment and
> potential recruits that counts?
>
> Methinks the latter, which has been complied with by psc advertising and
> inviting any1 interested to apply. That also meets the "competitive"
> criterion.
>
> The next demand we should put on them is to facilitate or make it possible
> for any1 who wants to sit in the room to observe the process or to submit
> any information that may assist it to recruit the right candidates do so.
> That complies with the transparency requirement.
>
> The interviews can otherwise become a farce at this stage if the template is
> applied across the 155 applicants. The live broadcast can come at the final
> stahe wen the shortlisted go before Parliament where scrutiny should be even
> more thorough and of a different kind - political and ideological.
>
> David
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry?
>
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:02:05 +0300
From: Mbugua Njihia <mbugua.njihia@gmail.com>
To: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: [kictanet] The emperors new shoes. An interesting take for
Daktaris Ndemo and Matian?gi
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Dear Diary, I am really having a tough time figuring where and how to get
started on this job. I have no idea how CGH and his wingman got wind of
me. I heard that he lamented about the lack of a human resource index and I
chuckled, as even I, am not on LinkedIn, at least not yet which is sad for
a man having in my docket. I have never really needed to be LinkedIn per
se, my offline networks have served me just fine this far, but being made
an *emperor* I must move and behave like these Romans do?though I am told
that they behave like spartans on occasion with their many mailing lists
and self styled ninja bloggers cum activists who gave one Bitange a run for
his payslip.
http://www.ifiwaske.org/the-emperors-new-shoes-ifiwascabsec.html
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:06:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com>
To: Kenya ICT Policy-Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Dr Ndemo Farewell
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Dakitari
You did a good job during your tenure at the MOIC; you have a permanent record in there and there are many, many in the "wins" column.
Some wise person (I don't know who) said that "quit while you are ahead". You are ahead and should be happy about that.
Good luck with your upcoming interview; take on the next assignment (public, personal, or private) with as much gusto as you did at MOIC.
And regardless of Thursday's outcome, consider doing your memoirs while your memory is fresh; they will be good for the record and posterity.
Cheers.?
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