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Poghisio to respect Posta’s verdict on Ali

Information Minister Samuel Poghisio has indicated he will respect a decision by the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) board not to renew the chief executive’s contract.

Mr Poghisio, who said he is yet to read the letter requesting him to fire the postmaster-general Major-General (rtd) Hussein Ali said the board is tasked with reviewing the performance and not his ministry.

“The board hires and is the one tasked with reviewing his performance since it deals with him on a day-to-day basis, and their recommendations are taken very strongly,” the minister said in an interview on the sidelines of the Connected Kenya Summit 2012 in Mombasa.

“Some appointments are made through the President while others are advertised, but my role is to write the letter confirming renewal or otherwise. I am yet to officially receive the letter,” he said.

Our sister publication, the Business Daily, reported on Wednesday that the PCK board had resolved not to renew Mr Ali’s contract set to expire in five months time.

Minimum threshold

Maj-Gen Ali scored 52 per cent against a minimum threshold of 70 per cent needed to retain him at the helm of the organisation.

Mr Poghisio has been accused of not respecting board decisions in the appointment of the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) director-general Charles Njoroge and the board will be watching how he handles its latest recommendation.

Maj-Gen Ali, a former police chief, was appointed postmaster-general/chief executive officer of the corporation in September 2009, taking over from Mr Fred Odhiambo.

The Connected Kenya 2012 summit is in its fourth year and is the brainchild of the Kenya ICT Board in collaboration with industry players and government.

The annual forum is a platform for collaboration, training and knowledge sharing between the government and the ICT stakeholders.

This year’s summit, under the theme, Knowledge and beyond, has attracted over 500 delegates.

They include captains of the ICT industry, IT practitioners and officials from the Vision 2030 secretariat.