November 9, 1993: The Managing Director of the troubled Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC), Mr. Kipng’eno arap Ng’eny, (left) retires after 14 years with the Corporation. Mr. Ng’eny said the numerous accusations against the Corporation were not unusual because the KPTC was a public utility. “You will continue hearing such accusations in future,” he said. Mr. Ng’eny, who was appointed MD on August 2, 1979,said his retirement was voluntary and he had not been pressured to go. There was no immediate indication of who his successor would be. “After serving for such a long time and having achieved a measure of success, I thought it was wise and desirable to retire,” he said. He denied there was any investigation into corruption within the organisation. Addressing a Press conference, the first he is ever known to have called, Mr. Ng’eny said he had faced tremendous challenges but had tried his best to bring the KPTC to the present level. During his period; he said, the Corporation had grown from a workforce of 7,000 to 30,000 and revenue had grown from some Sh600 million to over Sh15 billion today. In the photo, The chairman of the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (Afralti), Mr. Kipng’eno arap Ngeny, tries his finger on the Sh4 million computer equipment presented by Australian High Commissioner to Kenya, Mr. David Goss (centre). Afralti’s chief technical advisor, Mr. Gordon Austin, looks on. The high-technology computer hardware and software will be principally used as training aid for extensive telecommunications network management in December 1990.

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