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why do brilliant minds accept govt jobs ?
FRM2011
#61 Posted : Monday, January 02, 2017 5:55:44 PM
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FRM2011 wrote:
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I resurrect this thread in light of the kenya pipeline MD hiring debacle.

As expected, with keter as cs, the main qualification was always going to be tribe, home county and family connection in that order.

Now the chairman of kpc is investment banking guru John Ngumi. He has been the brains behind every syndicated loan in the country. He is the father of structured refinancing. Someone once told me that his bonus is usually so huge it's paid quarterly by his employer.

And he is just sitting there with tribal kingpins who are only interested in milking the parastatal.

Am assuming he doesn't need more money than he is making at stanbic.

Why not walk away while you still have some dignity left. Ama all of us are looking for an opportunity to dip our fingers in the till.


Seems that we also mis-understood our guy here.

http://www.theeastafrica...98954-jy6a27/index.html
hardwood
#62 Posted : Monday, January 02, 2017 7:46:15 PM
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FRM2011 wrote:
FRM2011 wrote:
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I resurrect this thread in light of the kenya pipeline MD hiring debacle.

As expected, with keter as cs, the main qualification was always going to be tribe, home county and family connection in that order.

Now the chairman of kpc is investment banking guru John Ngumi. He has been the brains behind every syndicated loan in the country. He is the father of structured refinancing. Someone once told me that his bonus is usually so huge it's paid quarterly by his employer.

And he is just sitting there with tribal kingpins who are only interested in milking the parastatal.

Am assuming he doesn't need more money than he is making at stanbic.

Why not walk away while you still have some dignity left. Ama all of us are looking for an opportunity to dip our fingers in the till.


Seems that we also mis-understood our guy here.

http://www.theeastafrica...98954-jy6a27/index.html


After going through that article it seems Ngumi and the board are doing a splendid job such as closely following up on status of Line 5 to ensure the lazy contactor (who is 2yrs late) finishes the project, and also I've seen that him & the board refused to pay for suspicious supplies meaning they are jealously guarding our money as taxpayers despite the immense pressure by corrupt cartels that they accept suspicious supplies. We need more Ngumis in gov't. #MuchRespectToNgumi

C+p

“We were hiring new general managers
and the board’s human
resources committee had to sit through
the process of elimination, shortlisting
and subsequent interviews of eighteen
candidates. Also, in November last year,
we decided to get involved as a board on
the Line 5 works since the contractor
had failed to meet the deadlines,”
Mr Ngumi said.
“I don’t think we have anything to hide
about these sittings, and the allowances
drawn are available for anyone to
scrutinise,” he added.

aemathenge
#63 Posted : Tuesday, January 03, 2017 12:29:19 AM
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why do brilliant minds accept govt jobs ?

I don't know.

Perhaps it is because govt has a way of taking good care of its own.

Quote:
He will receive a saloon car and a four-wheel drive vehicle, both of which will come with drivers and fuel allowance equivalent to 15 per cent of the monthly pay of the serving CJ.

The vehicles will be replaced after every four years.

Taxpayers will also cater for maintenance of the vehicles at dealerships besides offering Dr Mutunga one personal assistant, one secretary, one housekeeper, one senior support staff, one gardener and one cleaner at the State’s expense.

The fuel allowance and pension will guarantee Dr Mutunga a lifetime monthly pay of about Sh1.25 million — almost at par with the basic salary of the Deputy President.


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obiero
#64 Posted : Tuesday, January 03, 2017 6:32:10 PM
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FRM2011 wrote:
I have been toying with this question in my mind over and over.

You are a brilliant chap, at the pinnacle of your professional path, and then you take up a govt job that undoes all you have built over the years. Examples may suffice.

Amos wako was an internationally recognized lawyer who once served as UN special rapporteur for east Timor. Joined moi's govt and the rest is history. Dr. Wilfred Koinange of goldenberg and that other Harvard educated economist who received a msomo from justice bosire during the goldenberg inquiry.

My question is based on the assumption that when you take up a govt job, you are being set up to fail.

I can understand prof githu muigai wanting to serve nyumba, but what about Philip Kinisu? He knows for sure he is being set up to fail. After working on your professional reputation for all these years, why risk it all with a govt job ? Is it worth it ? And poor Nzioka Waita ?

And my second question, why not try to stand out and leave a mark and a legacy ?

Two names here. Brig. Boinett and former CGS Daudi Tonje. Moi must have thought these were fellow tribesmen but each left a mark that changed the institutions they headed for ever. They refused to swim with the tribal tide and thought about posterity and future generations. After the 2002 elections, the clowns from the MoPW refused to build a dias that would accomondate kibaki's wheelchair. Brig. Boinett supervised the construction and made it clear to Moi, he had to respect the people's will.

Uhuru has one in the name of CBK gov Dr. Patrick Njoroge.

Funny enough, I don't remember any name that stood out during kibaki's reign. Arguably our greatest president ever.

Not arguably. Kibaki was the best president Africa has ever seen

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githundi
#65 Posted : Tuesday, January 03, 2017 8:34:03 PM
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obiero wrote:
FRM2011 wrote:
I have been toying with this question in my mind over and over.

You are a brilliant chap, at the pinnacle of your professional path, and then you take up a govt job that undoes all you have built over the years. Examples may suffice.

Amos wako was an internationally recognized lawyer who once served as UN special rapporteur for east Timor. Joined moi's govt and the rest is history. Dr. Wilfred Koinange of goldenberg and that other Harvard educated economist who received a msomo from justice bosire during the goldenberg inquiry.

My question is based on the assumption that when you take up a govt job, you are being set up to fail.

I can understand prof githu muigai wanting to serve nyumba, but what about Philip Kinisu? He knows for sure he is being set up to fail. After working on your professional reputation for all these years, why risk it all with a govt job ? Is it worth it ? And poor Nzioka Waita ?

And my second question, why not try to stand out and leave a mark and a legacy ?

Two names here. Brig. Boinett and former CGS Daudi Tonje. Moi must have thought these were fellow tribesmen but each left a mark that changed the institutions they headed for ever. They refused to swim with the tribal tide and thought about posterity and future generations. After the 2002 elections, the clowns from the MoPW refused to build a dias that would accomondate kibaki's wheelchair. Brig. Boinett supervised the construction and made it clear to Moi, he had to respect the people's will.

Uhuru has one in the name of CBK gov Dr. Patrick Njoroge.

Funny enough, I don't remember any name that stood out during kibaki's reign. Arguably our greatest president ever.

Not arguably. Kibaki was the best president Afriyca has ever seen

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