With vast ICT experience, John Barorot joins the team as the Chief Technical & Information Officer #NewDawn pic.twitter.com/12bw3whsoq
— Telkom Kenya (@TelkomKenya) June 14, 2016
This one looks like a kamagut goat herder
:) someone really drunk on his own koolaid. So this "telco guru" will stop Mucheru rigging or what? Engineers are a dime a dozen - no need to offer anyone DG or such post.
Muchero knows nothing. He started ISP with his sister and made some money after they sold Wananchi to Zuku. Got hired by Google as it first Africa head and run around like he knows anything. He KNOWS NOTHING.
Barorot run Safaricom with legendary MJ for 10yrs as CTO. Then he run Airtel. Telkom. That is not a guy you want to joke with.
Nobody knows kenya Telcom infra like Barorot....he has served as CTO basically of all the big players.
Ruto has three very serious tech guys - Chirchir, Barorot and Chepkwony - all cut their teeth under the tuteleage of Eng Ngeny of Telkom/Posta and though they are in their 50 and 60s - they know their shiet - all of them are billionaires. Not small boys like Mucheru :)
Chepkwony is definitely the richest - owning the Jamii stable of companies - including Jamii telcom that has 4G license. Barorot next - and Chepkwony third.
Mucheru - is an idiot just shouting - I think he has marketting degree or something like that :):) someone really drunk on his own koolaid. So this "telco guru" will stop Mucheru rigging or what? Engineers are a dime a dozen - no need to offer anyone DG or such post.
Oooh my Lord.... I now confirm that you are very naive!!!
I know all 3 gentlemen you mention both at a professional level and as friends.
They are not the Demi-gods you are describing. You are in awe of mere mortals. And the characterisation and skill you are presenting isn’t at that level you are touting here.
Bararot was at Moi Uni if I am not wrong... he is just a normal engineer graduate like many similar ones all over. A dime a dozen as Robina says. He made his “billions” through Huawei with MJ when they skimmed them for the 4G and Data roll-out as well as Radio Network expansion.
As for Chepkwony, I don’t think he is even a graduate... but definitely worked at KPTC at some point. He is a billionaire, yes... part of that came initially from having been very close to the Moi regime and got a couple of plots allocated in Nairobi which he later sold for a tidy sum. He was a close pal of Gachanja, former Land Commissioner. His telco biasharas have done well for sure... and kudos for his smart moves.
Chirchir was CIO Telkom Kenya and led the TKL privatisation. When you a in charge of such a process and are a custodian of certain information especially about the expansive properties that TKL had, you can do a couple of things with that info (i.e. if you “want to”). What is undeniable is that Chirchir is a very competent fellow, a smart head. He is also a very good project manager and can be very keen once given a task to deliver.
Now, the less said about Mucheru the better. But the person he started Wananchi with wasn’t his sister but a former work colleague (Njeri Rionge) where they were both previously employed. She is now a “Prophetess”... .Muchero knows nothing. He started ISP with his sister and made some money after they sold Wananchi to Zuku. Got hired by Google as it first Africa head and run around like he knows anything. He KNOWS NOTHING.
Barorot run Safaricom with legendary MJ for 10yrs as CTO. Then he run Airtel. Telkom. That is not a guy you want to joke with.
Nobody knows kenya Telcom infra like Barorot....he has served as CTO basically of all the big players.
Ruto has three very serious tech guys - Chirchir, Barorot and Chepkwony - all cut their teeth under the tuteleage of Eng Ngeny of Telkom/Posta and though they are in their 50 and 60s - they know their shiet - all of them are billionaires. Not small boys like Mucheru :)
Chepkwony is definitely the richest - owning the Jamii stable of companies - including Jamii telcom that has 4G license. Barorot next - and Chepkwony third.
Mucheru - is an idiot just shouting - I think he has marketting degree or something like that :):) someone really drunk on his own koolaid. So this "telco guru" will stop Mucheru rigging or what? Engineers are a dime a dozen - no need to offer anyone DG or such post.
So because someone went to Moi - he is not good.
Moi produced the best and only telecommunication engineers. No other university did that in Kenya. UON and JKUAT produced mostly electrical engineers who knew little telecomm but because of lack of jobs - you find them in Telcomms or ICT
Barorot is the best...and is highly sought in telecomm field.
Chepkwony you're wrong. Chepkwony made his money almost by accident. He is also engineer - who started at KPTC - then during 2003 - he went to South Africa for master degree.
While there - he either saw or started building Simu ya Jamii contraption. Basically get headset hook it up to the battery and he use to sell it for 100K - and that was nothing - when safaricom and airtel saw volumes of call from simu ya jamii - they made chepkwony super-dealer - and he shared money from every simu ya Jamii sold.
Overnight Chepkwony became a billionaire. Ruto and Kulei invested in most of his ventures when he proven himself.
Chepkwony the formed Kass fm, many jamii telcoms and is now a billionaire. As for Chirchir - I worked for his Kenya online ISP in late 90s - and then he also went into safaricom dealership with BonVoyage - and of course is also into tea sector with factory Chebango EPZ.
And they are not techies - but tech managers - who know how to run complex systems that you need in 24 hour no margin of error operations.
Not marketting guru Gicheru lying to Raila that he knows shiet about computers.Oooh my Lord.... I now confirm that you are very naive!!!
I know all 3 gentlemen you mention both at a professional level and as friends.
They are not the Demi-gods you are describing. You are in awe of mere mortals. And the characterisation and skill you are presenting isn’t at that level you are touting here.
Bararot was at Moi Uni if I am not wrong... he is just a normal engineer graduate like many similar ones all over. A dime a dozen as Robina says. He made his “billions” through Huawei with MJ when they skimmed them for the 4G and Data roll-out as well as Radio Network expansion.
As for Chepkwony, I don’t think he is even a graduate... but definitely worked at KPTC at some point. He is a billionaire, yes... part of that came initially from having been very close to the Moi regime and got a couple of plots allocated in Nairobi which he later sold for a tidy sum. He was a close pal of Gachanja, former Land Commissioner. His telco biasharas have done well for sure... and kudos for his smart moves.
Chirchir was CIO Telkom Kenya and led the TKL privatisation. When you a in charge of such a process and are a custodian of certain information especially about the expansive properties that TKL had, you can do a couple of things with that info (i.e. if you “want to”). What is undeniable is that Chirchir is a very competent fellow, a smart head. He is also a very good project manager and can be very keen once given a task to deliver.
Now, the less said about Mucheru the better. But the person he started Wananchi with wasn’t his sister but a former work colleague (Njeri Rionge) where they were both previously employed. She is now a “Prophetess”... .Muchero knows nothing. He started ISP with his sister and made some money after they sold Wananchi to Zuku. Got hired by Google as it first Africa head and run around like he knows anything. He KNOWS NOTHING.
Barorot run Safaricom with legendary MJ for 10yrs as CTO. Then he run Airtel. Telkom. That is not a guy you want to joke with.
Nobody knows kenya Telcom infra like Barorot....he has served as CTO basically of all the big players.
Ruto has three very serious tech guys - Chirchir, Barorot and Chepkwony - all cut their teeth under the tuteleage of Eng Ngeny of Telkom/Posta and though they are in their 50 and 60s - they know their shiet - all of them are billionaires. Not small boys like Mucheru :)
Chepkwony is definitely the richest - owning the Jamii stable of companies - including Jamii telcom that has 4G license. Barorot next - and Chepkwony third.
Mucheru - is an idiot just shouting - I think he has marketting degree or something like that :):) someone really drunk on his own koolaid. So this "telco guru" will stop Mucheru rigging or what? Engineers are a dime a dozen - no need to offer anyone DG or such post.
Dammmnnn.... Mr. Too much know!!!
I know all that history you are presenting about Chepkwony and his biasharas... I have been hobnobbing with him since 1995/6, when he had just left Telkom and was now starting out in business. I insist I don’t think he is a graduate engineer. When I tell you his major start was in property with Gachanja, I know what I am talking about. Yes, his huge break was of course Jamii... and then he got into a coupling with Bararot and MJ at Safcom when they made him a major player... supplier of leased lines by his startup metro network when Safcom got started in data services.
Mr. I know all these guys very intimately, let’s not go there.
No you dont.
Chepkwony made his money almost in Kibaki regime.
He was broke KPTC engineer and got break while doing his MSC in South Africa.
Now if you dont know such basic what do you you know.
Simu ya JAMII made chepkwony!
Unless you're talking about another Joshua Chepkwony.
You definitely have no clue what you are talking about....!!!
Want to bet 1000usd or your too broke :)
I will provide your a clip of Chepkowny interview in 2002/2003 as LANKY telcom engineer with his simu ya Jamii contraption.
I have memory that never forgets :)
Be careful.You definitely have no clue what you are talking about....!!!
You are wagering on what?? That CK ain’t a graduate engineer or what?? I said I don’t think... I was not emphatic that he ain’t.
The rest of stuff I have said is factual and incontrovertible. I know what I am talking about, not a story I read somewhere.Want to bet 1000usd or your too broke :)
I will provide your a clip of Chepkowny interview in 2002/2003 as LANKY telcom engineer with his simu ya Jamii contraption.
I have memory that never forgets :)
Be careful.You definitely have no clue what you are talking about....!!!
Pragmatic really pulled Pundit skirt here :D
Some situations you just cut your losses instead of sticking your neck out for more embarrassment.
There are so many kenyan IT professionals in Kenya who have a wealth of experience.The only reason these two kalenjins are popular is because they were brokers to Moi people and Michael Joseph.I don't think they can even match the experience of current IT teams in Safaricom Airtel and Telecom.
Neither Azimio or UDA has monopoly of IT expertise,They both have well capable teams.The only thing is that Azimio has an upper hand because it is the one running government and Kenya telecom sector.As long As IEBC can bring in defective or trouble some biometric kits,As long as Uhuru can jam the phone networks and internet,As long as Uhuru can switch off M-pesa by cutting money to agents,As long as he can edge out UDA agents in GEMA,Multiply turnout in Nyanza Western apart from bungoma and Ukambani.There is no way Ruto can win.NO WAY.
I am not your problem.
I am not a player.
I am a comentator.
Your problem is one WSR.
Dont make me your object of hate.
I dont play politics.
I am political pundit - armchair analyst - helping you understand the game.
If you must hate someone for making it hard for Baba - then please direct it to Ruto or even RVHH - who are related.
Ooh puhleeze! not I'm a just a commentator schtick again. You are on the pay of UDA, kif up.
There are so many kenyan IT professionals in Kenya who have a wealth of experience.The only reason these two kalenjins are popular is because they were brokers to Moi people and Michael Joseph.I don't think they can even match the experience of current IT teams in Safaricom Airtel and Telecom.
Neither Azimio or UDA has monopoly of IT expertise,They both have well capable teams.The only thing is that Azimio has an upper hand because it is the one running government and Kenya telecom sector.As long As IEBC can bring in defective or trouble some biometric kits,As long as Uhuru can jam the phone networks and internet,As long as Uhuru can switch off M-pesa by cutting money to agents,As long as he can edge out UDA agents in GEMA,Multiply turnout in Nyanza Western apart from bungoma and Ukambani.There is no way Ruto can win.NO WAY.