The good thing is that we now have a constitutional framework that supports moving all sectors forward. Change may turn out to be good after all! 2013/4/24 Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>

Noted Gilda,

I agree with your point, as a community that will directly work with the nominee, we have been afforded an opportunity to comment since we have been told he is the best of the best, nonetheless i agree that there are more considerations other than subject expertise for such positions. Its sad that in the community, we did not have candidates who measured up, time to pull up our socks.

Best Regards

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Gilda Odera <godera@skyweb.co.ke> wrote:

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@Barrack I think you go it wrong. If my knowledge serves me well, neither a demo nor Kagwe were ICT experts when appointed as PS. But they had the intellectual capacity and drive to run with it. They consulted widely and went out of their way to hear and learn. That is what is required, not necessarily an ICT expert.

Regards,

Gilda Odera

On Apr 23, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:

Barrack, et al,

While there is a legit cause for aligning the ministries to the people who are running them, it is important that we don't think inside the box - that is the ICT Secretary should be a ICT expert. It can be anybody who the constitution so points out.

On 23 April 2013 19:41, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:

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Listers,

Just googled the nominee for the ICT Secretaries post and i am a bit lost as to whether he is the right person for the job. Two things come into my mind:

1. With regional balancing Dr. Ndemo will definately not make it as principal Secretary even if he merits. For such a crucial ministry i thought we needed some continuity otherwise we might slow down or lose out on the gains we have achieved in the last couple of years, i wonder what listers think. As a public we also have an obligation to vet the nominees.

2. The nominee appears to be a governance expert as opposed to an Information and Communications Technology expert, will he inspire the ICT community to move to the next frontiers the way Kagwe, Poghisio and Ndemo did? This are some of the concerns i have whilst respecting the Presidents Choice, what do others think? Let us collect our views as an ICT community, i am willing to consolidate them and then we submit to the necessary Parliamentary Commitee.

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