Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 92, Issue 98
Muraya, Expound a little, what kind of paper on e-Procurement? Catherine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:24:08 +0300 From: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> To: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>, KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits Message-ID: <CAE3a0En5GSyVdvyUuWXbaS1-=v8wPKVDV3J6y9pPb2JtQ2Pt+A@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Would be very interested in reading a paper on (e) procurement from her perspective :) Regards Murigi / Stanley Muraya *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32* On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Nyaki,
How can you leave before giving me a plot at Konza? I am going to mobilize politicians to ensure your replacement comes from our village :-)
Nway, you were there from the beginning and your contribution will be always be remembered. And on that note, someone needs to write the memoirs on ICT evolution in Kenya - the key projects, players, their roles & challenges. Particularly for the period before KANU left (1998-2002), NARC period (2002-2007), Coalition period (2008-2013) through now.
It doesn't hurt for the future generation to learn from what is now becoming ICT history right before our eyes.
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* Catherine Adeya via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *To:* jwalu@yahoo.com *Cc:* "elizaslider@yahoo.com" <elizaslider@yahoo.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:35 PM *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits
Yes Mwendwa,
I am a founding member of Kictanet and will always be here though sometimes I lurk in the background. To set the record straight. I did not quite, my Contract in government has come to an end. I have been Acting for two years and truth be told, I did not want to be handed the position on a silver platter. They advertised, I did not apply. The rest is history so let me sign off with:
*How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown. ? Elisabeth Kubler-Ross*
Thank you, Catherine
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Message: 2 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:09:19 +0300 From: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>, "ISOC@lists.my.co.ke" <isoc@lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits Message-ID: <CAEhPqwr=cQMMfGVOMz2wnaRX+kxK2i71n7k5BjC4pU6G1Kb2rA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Listers, we should note that Catherine Adeya was one of the few active CEOs on KICTANET.
http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Blow-as-acting-Konza-techno-city-boss-quits...
A top official who has been at the helm of the Konza Techno City project has opted out amid claims of resource constraints and slow progress.
Dr Catherine Adeya-Weya, who has been the acting chief executive officer of the Konza Technopolis Development Authority for two years, said she had decided to quit and let someone else come in and lead the project.
It was, however, clear from her statements that bureaucratic tendering, resource constraints and the slow pace of takeoff had largely influenced her decision.
"I just felt someone else needs to take over this project after acting for almost two years. I may have considered staying if confirmed, but I may not have wanted it. For a project of this magnitude, we require the right calibre of staff, and a proper and sufficient recurrent budget.
''What I was being paid as chief executive was less than what I used to earn in my former role in the private sector and so it is hard to attract the high calibre staff with that remuneration," Dr Adeya-Weya said at a joint press conference in Nairobi with board chairman, Mr John Ngumi, on Tuesday.
*PERFORMED WELL*
Mr Ngumi said Dr Adeya-We ya had performed well despite being in an acting capacity for the entire period.
He, however, added that the authority was prepared to continue with the little available resources since insufficient funding was a normal challenge in all government projects.
The chief executive's term was to end in February, with an option to apply when the position was announced in November last year.
She, however, chose not to, sparking speculations around her withdrawal from the team she has led for months.
Mr Ngumi said: "In my view, Catherine has had one of the toughest jobs. Anybody who has worked in the private sector knows how hard it is to start a startup. It is harder in the public sector where you have all manner of stakeholders, and you got to deal with constraints and criticism.
"She is an example of what we should have in public service and we, as the board, would have loved her to apply. I have implored her to remain involved in Konza at advisory role to the project." ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
Morning. The nation article noted: "It was, however, clear from her statements that bureaucratic tendering, resource constraints and the slow pace of takeoff had largely influenced her decision..." Essentially, how do you think some of the issues noted in the statement can be resolved? Repeatedly we have heard, since NARC days, from the highest levels of office, about how slow (bureaucratic) procurement is in Kenya. What is in place to ensure lower budgets, quotations, offers are not used to discourage or sabotage progressive talent and works requiring higher budgets? How can our procurement (whether manual or electronic) system factor the motivation of talent?
Wow Muraya, you are onto something here but I am still a government official. By the way, the 'slow pace of take off' that the media insinuate did not influence my decision as that I understand and can be explained in some cases. It is true some issues could have moved faster. Can I respond generally as a Kenyan but 'carefully'? The Procurement Law really needs a serious review. It is important to address the following: 1. The lowest quote does not necessarily mean they are the best or understand the job. Actually I know a case (and do not say I said in the Konza project as I know media are lurking around but I am sharing this positively) that required PPOA to clarify and assist which they ably did. But the question is whether the Procurement Officers in responsible agencies are adept to understanding how to assess some of these issues logistically?2. When is comes to complex ICT projects, must it be Officers who do those jobs to make the decisions when they may not have sufficient knowledge, experiential or otherwise? Is there are way that others can be legally mandated in special cases to make decisions rather than give information. Let me leave it there for now, please pretty please...until later. Best Regards, Catherine On Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:22 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote: Morning. The nation article noted: "It was, however, clear from her statements that bureaucratic tendering, resource constraints and the slow pace of takeoff had largely influenced her decision..." Essentially, how do you think some of the issues noted in the statement can be resolved? Repeatedly we have heard, since NARC days, from the highest levels of office, about how slow (bureaucratic) procurement is in Kenya. What is in place to ensure lower budgets, quotations, offers are not used to discourage or sabotage progressive talent and works requiring higher budgets? How can our procurement (whether manual or electronic) system factor the motivation of talent?
Wow Muraya, you are onto something here but I am still a government official. By the way, the 'slow pace of take off' that the media insinuate did not influence my decision as that I understand and can be explained in some cases. It is true some issues could have moved faster. Can I respond generally as a Kenyan but 'carefully'? The Procurement Law really needs a serious review. It is important to address the following: 1. The lowest quote does not necessarily mean they are the best or understand the job. Actually I know a case (and do not say I said in the Konza project as I know media are lurking around but I am sharing this positively) that required PPOA to clarify and assist which they ably did. But the question is whether the Procurement Officers in responsible agencies are adept to understanding how to assess some of these issues logistically?2. When is comes to complex ICT projects, must it be Officers who do those jobs to make the decisions when they may not have sufficient knowledge, experiential or otherwise? Is there are way that others can be legally mandated in special cases to make decisions rather than give information. Let me leave it there for now, please pretty please...until later. Best Regards, Catherine On Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:22 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote: Morning. The nation article noted: "It was, however, clear from her statements that bureaucratic tendering, resource constraints and the slow pace of takeoff had largely influenced her decision..." Essentially, how do you think some of the issues noted in the statement can be resolved? Repeatedly we have heard, since NARC days, from the highest levels of office, about how slow (bureaucratic) procurement is in Kenya. What is in place to ensure lower budgets, quotations, offers are not used to discourage or sabotage progressive talent and works requiring higher budgets? How can our procurement (whether manual or electronic) system factor the motivation of talent?
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