On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 6:07 PM AST (Arabian) Kivuva wrote:
>Probably Burachara relinquished his position at Nairobinet on taking the
>CEO's position at KENIC. We have seen this culture before, like when Esther
>Passaris relinquished her position at Adopt-Alight to run as Mayor of
>Nairobi, and When Paul Kukubo relinquished his position at 3-Mice to take
>up the position of CEO at ICT Board. But in all cases, major conflicts of
>interest have ensued, and this should not be allowed to take place.
>
>
>
>The Board of Directors’ job is to define strategy and direction of the
>company. If the current strategic plan implemented by KENIC failed under
>the chairmanship of Burachara, how can he claim to be able to turn around
>the organisation as the CEO and come up with a new strategy? If the current
>strategic plan had major gaping issues, who should be made accountable?
>Under what authority did he get to the position of interim CEO? Did the
>board sanction the appointment? What are the qualifications of the change
>manager? Was KENIC's HR policy followed in the process of hiring him? Is
>Buruchara the right person to bring change at KENIC? What is his track
>record at NairobiNet? If he could not transform NairobiNet to the league of
>Wananchi Online or Africa Online, do we expect him to transform KENIC to
>the regional leader we all envision? There were interviews for a new CEO
>done several months ago. What were the results? Members need to know
>because company resources were used in the hiring process.
>
>
>
>It should also be noted that the board has been a negative influence and
>interferes with the running of KENIC, causing major instabilities. How can
>they explain the high turnover of CEOs? There is a very dark cloud hovering
>around.
>
>
>
>For a Board that has managed to only register 25,000 domains in the
>lifetime of KENIC, compared to .
co.za's 780,000 and 100,000 additions
>annually, isn't it time for a major overhaul? I had proposed on this list
>to have board members run for a maximum of two terms of 3 years each. This
>will ensure synergy and fresh ideas are injected into our KENIC, and propel
>its growth and success.
>
>
>
>The KENIC AGM has always been made around July, but so far, members have
>not got any communication from the Board convening the AGM. If there is no
>communication forthcoming, the members should call for an extra-ordinary
>AGM to chat the way forward, and streamline the company.
>
>
>
>It was a shame really that visibility of KENIC in the just concluded EAIGF
>held here in Nairobi was minimal. These are the opportunities that should
>be capitalised for publicity and marketing.
>
>
>
>Regards
>lordmwesh
>
>
>On 19 July 2012 11:42, Rebecca Wanjiku <
rebeccawanjiku@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> If you have views on Kenic, please share on the latest post. All views
>> welcome
>>
>> Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC), is never short of drama. There
>> seems to be something very wrong but no one seems to have the right answer;
>> over the last month, three board members have resigned and the chair is
>> said to be on the way out.
>> Over the same month, former board member Sammy Buruchara took over as the
>> CEO or ”change manager” and there was mixed reactions over the turn of
>> events. It is not clear whether resignations of Aly Hussein, Moses
>> Kemimbaro, and Lucky Waindi have anything to do with the turn of events or
>> whether Alice Munyua’s, (chair) unhappiness has anything to do with it, but
>> something is not right.
>> Continue...
>>
>>
>>
http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2012/07/resignation-chaos-at-kenic-as-former-board-member-takes-over/
>>
>> Tel. 254 720 318 925
>>
>> blog:
http://beckyit.blogspot.com/
>>
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