Honestly is bob trying to say that there is no kenyan out there capable of this task of Head of Technical at safaricom. Is it to say the previous guy who held that position didnt know what he was doing?
Do they have to bring in a vodafone appointee?
whats your take guys??

Ten years from now the board will be asking where did the rain start beating us

There are some things better not said. The choice of words was not very good. Kenyans will not understand.

Agree with you there. One of the, almost, universal tenets of immigration laws is that foreigner should usually get an entry pass aka work permit to engage in employment only where the locals job pool does not have the qualification.

@Muganda is entitled to his mindset as a shareholder but government and common sense policy dictates that Kenyan jobs need to first go to Kenyans and where no Kenyan is qualified then and only then should we consider non-Kenyans.

Now now @tony stark, your emotions show strong sentiment. Be weary as strong emotions could lead to impaired reasoning.

Would you argue that 'global village' quickly transforms to a 'global theatre'...........
..where the death of an innocent peasant leads to world upheavals
..and the actions of politicans are tried at a world stage
..and the whims of a tablet computer, stroke desire worldwide
..and 2 rich men rally billionaires everywhere to give


Now how can we equate two positions in a 4,000 person company to a policy on immigration and job loss? Note all leading telecom tech companies are foreign - Nokia Siemens/Huawei/Ericsson/Motorolla.

In this age where Kenyan runners are feted at world stage, Kenyan roses celebrated in flower festivals, Kenyan wildlife cited as a new world wonder, and Kenyan innovations awarded at global technology conferences;

I say the best - and I pray it be Kenyan, but whether it be Hague, British, American, Carribean, Indian, Chinese - and that sir is my opinion!

Wazua. Talk wealth twitter stream:

Wazua:
@bobcollymore: "Is no local up to the task of heading Safaricom Technical department?" http://bit.ly/g81rBX
4 hours ago

Bob Collymore:
@wazua. Not for the first time the Daily Nation has gotten it completely wrong! There are no plans to bring in Vodafone Technical Chief.
2 hours ago

Safaricom Limited :
@wazua @bobcollymore We are seeking to fill the vacancy internally & failing that we will look externally
3 minutes ago

That I agree with but only to the extent that the internally should have a broader meaning to encompass Kenya if the externally refers to outside Kenya.

@ Muganda.
Right reasoning, maybe a little dogmatic, wrong conclusions, I think.

Lemme introduce yet another angle to this debate; I am now convinced Collymore is a Vodafone man not a Safaricom man.

He might want to do their bidding but that will harm the other 60% shareholders.

MJ understood Kenyans as a unique and peculiar people and thus relied on local knowledge and expertise to bring phenomenal growth to Safaricom. He was a safaricom man, not a Vodafone whimp.

Another point is; some will say it is just one or two positions..I say..expats earn so much more that it matters. I once worked for small German company in Kenya where our immediate expat manager earned more than all the Kenyans combined! Go figure.

I fear Collymore's stint will heavily favour Vodafone and not the other 60%.

Kenyans willingly "gave away" eabl(then kenyas top firm) to diaggio without any logical explanation other than an admiration for white people running a multinational, some of the vocal anti safcom people here cheered on that stupid move(and little wonder their beers cause running stomachs these days). Bob has explained that there are intergrity issues at safaricom and a purge was necessary. To put it simply, everyone knew whö the rotten eggs were at safaricom, a way to get rid of them had to be found, bottomline is shareholders interest, this is not a government arm where "regional balancing" is necessary.

Bob...i think you have no idea what 'rejection the kenyan way' means. Wewe ngoja tu.