Good points of information Ali. The situation is getting clearer for me
now.
My assumption is that the funds at the CA are actually accessible to the
Ministry on request & availability - by the letter of the law.
If the MoICT is going outside of the set regulations and these allegations
are true then both the PS & DG (for attempting to confer powers of approval
that have not been assigned to him) ought to be immediately dismissed from
office.
The CS should also issue a comprehensive statement to Kenyans indicating
how this could have been happening without his knowledge or otherwise.
These are public funds that we are talking about. I am now therefore
demanding an explanation as is my right as a Kenyan citizen.
@Kevin
I like your response. The interplay between independence and
interdependence. :-)
I fully agree with you.
I have one issue though and this is one of *Corporate Governance*. The
monies we are talking about are not small change in the scheme of things. A
million here and 25 million there..This adds up.
No organization worth its salt should be run 'Kiholela' like that. With
all due respect to the Mandarins at the MOICT. They should know better. The
right way to do things is to sit with the CA and have a discussion at the
end of every year as to which activities they would like CA to fund. These
then should be consolidated and ExComm (Executive Committee of the Senior
Management Team at CA) presents this to the Board of Directors for
ratification and it becomes a budget item and above board.
The CA is a critical institution and the goings on there smack of
machinations to control the billions that CA has in its budget. It's wrong
for MOICT to treat the CA budget as its personal piggy bank/slush fund. The
MOICT has a vote. Let it live within its means like we all do. And in case
they are unable to the paragraph before this should be a guideline on how
to go about it so that no one is exposed.
Lastly, I also think what the Director General did, if the reporting has
any truth to it is wrong. He simply should not have the power to approve
extra-judicial budget items. This leaves him vulnerable later to
manipulation. Let there be clear procedures on how these things are done.
At the Boards that I sit in that in itself is a firing offence. Let us not
expose our heads of government agencies to such manipulation. It is akin to
abuse of power by MOICT. It simply is not acceptable.
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On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I am eagerly waiting for the report of the audit that is being currently
conducted. This and the responses thereafter will give a clear indication
of the situation at the CA.
As for the letters regarding the request of funds, I do not find any
issue with this. The only condition is that these funds must be accounted
for and even better a report written about the official activities that
were attended to by whom, where and also what returns are to be gained from
the engagements. And further follow up until the intended goals are
achieved.
Our institutions need to be independent, yes. They are also
inter-dependent. Having the PSs of the ICT or other Ministries does not
have to be bad thing. It in fact can serve as a way to expedite decision
making and enhance cooperation - basically doing away with
inter-institutional bureaucracy.
Regards,
Kevin
On 24 January 2018 at 13:06, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers,
In Summary
- Surely, somebody must be made to answer for those letters.
- This is the sector that gave Kenya global leadership in mobile
banking.
https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/To-save-CA-from-bullie
s-restore-its-autonomy-and-independence/440808-4275382-a055q
6/index.html
PS. Its sad to see what is happening at CA because we debated
extensively on this list the process that gave it its autonomy. I am
confident the team at the helm of the ministry has what it takes to put us
back on the correct path.
Regards
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