Well, I stand to be corrected but the fact that he was more of a communications professional and did not micromanage the industry counts , he had the requisite leadership touch that has partly facilitated the growth of the industry though that is water under the bridge now , its strange that we keep talking about Rwanda and other countries where our very own professionals have played key roles in establishment of the sectors yet they don't feature anywhere unless the ones we have may be wanting in certain areas (:-() that could not afford them the opportunities. There is a difference between the paper (Letter) and the spirit. The Spirit inspires, the letter does not, time will tell. Best Regards On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Alice Munyua <alice@apc.org> wrote:
Ditto (analogue :-) )
+1
Best Alice
Umm,
What exactly did Poghisio inspire/champion? I might have missed it, please enlighten me....
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, Barrack Otieno wrote:
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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