BIKO: Intellectuals, rotten leadership and the mundane issues we focus on

PHOTO | PPS President Kenyatta receives the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission’s final report from team chairman Bethuel Kiplagat at State House Nairobi.  PPS

In Summary

• What we need for leaders are men of the heart who are so helpful that they, in effect, do away with the need of their jobs.
• Who in their right mind will tax at the point of production? Who in their sane mind introduces an HIV tax in a world where we trying our level best to fight stigma on the same?
• When you look at the environment of leadership through the kaleidoscope of what true leadership is supposed to be, you will weep for Kenya.

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High Court dismisses Walter Barasa bid to defy ICC arrest warrant

Journalist Walter Barasa. PHOTO/FILE 

In Summary

• The ICC warrant must first pass before a Kenyan judge before it is acted upon
• Barasa has 14 days to appeal

Special court crucial in fight against impunity, says MP

PHOTO | PPS President Kenyatta receives the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission’s final report from team chairman Bethuel Kiplagat at State House Nairobi.  PPS

In Summary

• Attorney General Githu Muigai and Judicial Service Commission (JSC) member Samuel Kobia said on the sidelines of the Assemblies of State Parties meeting in The Hague last year that efforts were in place to establish the ICD to handle future crimes
• If formed, the new division will put into operation the International Crimes Act, a domestic version of the Rome Statute, the ICC’s founding treaty

Eternal vigilance only way to beat terrorists

Voters queue at a polling station during presidential elections in Zimbabwe last year. Research shows that our patience and self-control predict success in life.

In Summary

• Potential targets such as shopping malls, embassies, commercial entities, airports and other public institutions have been put on alert and security agents deployed to keep vigil.
• For all practical purposes and intents, the militants want to destabilise the region and undermine all efforts towards economic growth.

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When staff want to do it their way, let them

While teams may function independently, they need occasional supervision to ensure that they are on track. Allow people to do it their way and they will surprise you. ILLUSTRATION/NATION 

In Summary

• Regardless of the challenges any organisation may be facing, it is wise to remember that everything is impossible until someone else does it.
• Managers, like everyone else, fall into patterns of behaviour that have been laid down by those they admire or consider to be their mentors. Although most managers are defined by their ability to keep things under control, they need to allow their employees some autonomy.
• Team autonomy works if the entire team is in synch with the objectives of the organisation and if they have open communication. While teams may function independently, they need occasional supervision to ensure that they are on track. Allow people to do it their way and they will surprise you.