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Rejection of Posta Kenya CEO leaves firm in crisis

Saturday July 02 2016

Kenya has disbanded the board of the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) to forestall an operational crisis after chief executive and Postmaster General Enock Kinara was reappointed against the wishes of the board.

Uncertainty has also gripped the loss-making state-owned corporation after the government installed a new board, headed by career banker Wilfred Sang, to restructure the management in order to deliver on key policies, including automation of the institution’s operations.

The board is made up of eight non-executive directors and the Postmaster General.

In addition, a seven-member inter-ministerial taskforce has been selected to advise on key strategic interventions to turn around the company.

Last year, then ICT Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i renewed Mr Kinara’s term even though the board was dissatisfied with his track record.

The board, then chaired by Sammy Tangus, had decided to terminate Mr Kinara’s contract after he allegedly failed to meet the 71 per cent minimum score during his appraisal at the end of his three-year term.

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Principal Secretary in charge of Broadcasting and Telecommunication Sammy Itemere told The EastAfrican that wrangles between the  former board and the management have made operations at the institution difficult.

“We have just changed the entire board of management. We have a new team ready to give the management a clear mandate in terms of the strategic directions of the corporation. We wanted to stabilise at the top first, in order to give directions on where the company should go,” said Mr Itemere.

“Wrangles between the board and management have made it difficult for the company to move forward,” he added.

PCK is fully owned by the government; its principal activities are provision of communication, distribution and financial services. The corporation is facing stiff competition from technology firms and private courier firms.

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