Martha Karua Faults Appointment of Michael Joseph as Safaricom Interim CEO

It is time a local took control of the reigns of the so called" most profitable company" in East Africa.Have confidence in one of your own furthermore it is the Kenyan people who have made you what you are.Some of this jungu expatriates are bogus look at Kenya airways.

I was thinking along the same lines Martha. He was basically fished out of retirement. No one local was mentored to step up? Ubeberu na utumwa Kenya!

they are pissed off ? they can't manage shit. Kenyans have stealing in their DNA. iM SURE THERES CAPABLE KENYANS BUT THEY CANT GET THESE JOBS COZ OF CORRUPTION. NAH JUST NAH

The appointment is temporary while the board get a permanent replacement. My be the permanent will be a local, you or me. BTW, What makes Joseph "Non-Local"?

@Imkgoogo...you got me there. You are right put that way. I would just like to see a brother or sister sit on such a throne.

For those who want a black skin to take over Safaricom I say take a look at how other institutions which are run by the black fare! Starting frm the presidency downwards! This should give you a clue of what kind of values we hold dearly! Someone has rightly said it's in our DNA! Baaang!!! Martha, we know you have open sores which are still healing but your remarks are baseless! The Safaricom board of Directors has spoken & who are you to criticize their decision? Allogant! Lubbish!

Safaricom was formed in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya, In May 2000, Vodafone Group PLC of the United Kingdom acquired a 40% stake and management responsibility for the company

I would rather leave SAFCOM to do the hiring according to the standard they have set for their outfit.
KENYANS HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES UNWORTHY OF SUCH APPOINTMENTS.

Check carefully, Michael Joseph is a Kenyan

They give it to a Kenyan,....ooo boy, Safaricom will just go under. Mark my words. With the huge profit margin that keeps on rising year after year, Safaricom is surely a goldmine for these ANY Kenyan thief. The CEO will collaborate with junior employees to hatch complicated web of "thievery" that even highly experienced auditors will only see darkness, or a mirage of shadows heading to nowhere. Ruto will fight tooth and nail to get a Kalenjin appointed to tht position. And then Safaricom will be," gone, gone, and gone...without a trace.

@Andrew, I wholly disagree with you! It's not a case of wanting a "black skin" to take over Safaricom as you put it, it's all to do with the quality of the candidates, being home grown and trained within the organisation as one may expect. Bob Collymore was a BLACK man in case it escaped your attention, the only difference being that his ethics and values were intact. He was a true believer in taxation for better services and listening to him in one of his interviews was a joy and music to my ears. To read your shameless acceptance that corruption and thievery is part of our DNA really saddened me. I reject these are innate traits in all of us, rather I believe these are bad habits passed on from generation to generation often from the rich to exploit the poor. Is your DNA theory what you will tell your son or daughter when they strive to reach for the sky? That it is no use trying to achieve through hard work and honesty because their DNA dictates they achieve through corruption and thievery? Sad.

Martha Karua; Kwanza you stole 2007 elections for Kibaki then he rewarded your nasty self with a ministerial position. Let me give you a free lecture; the way corporations work is the CEO is appointed by shareholders and I am pretty sure you know and understand how it's done. So you coming out and saying Joseph do not deserve to be appointed CEO by the shareholders is stupid and ignorant. Leave Safaricom alone and stop miseducating Kenyans. Majority of Kenyans know you are trying to stay relevant but your time is over Grandma!! Go home or go to a nursing home, when I see your face in media I feel like puking coz of what you did during 2007 elections.

Kenyans are talented people and capable to lead such an organization, no question about that. The problem is the culture of unfair financial gain from their employer. Rarely can this be avoided when other brothers and sisters continue to steal from organizations they lead. There are many Kenyans holding high positions in various organizations within the United States doing so well and you cannot hear they have run them down. Why don't they steal? Because they do not see others doing the same and consequences and bad.