Hii ni kali. Double entendre at its finest.

EMSI is stalking Bob Collymore

A few days ago, I picked up on a lady - Mary Chege @emsiwatoto a Kenyan who apparently came back to Kenya from South Africa recently. She has generated approx. 78 pages of tweets and 42 pages of Facebook posts in an effort to attract Bob's attention. Despite engaging Safaricom Director of Corporate Affairs, no one can calm her and her legalese down!

Her main issue appears to be the old issue of whether MPESA makes Safaricom a deposit taking institution. And in a self-appointed class act manner, is accusing Safaricom of unjust enrichment.
http://www.sabn.za.com/blog.tel...al-institutions-829.html


Frankly speaking, I think she just wants a job. What a way to do it though, so akin to madness. She is now spamming media personalities on twitter on the same issue.

Closely following Sunny Bindra's strategy summit held Mon/Tue at Strathmore Business School, her behaviour demonstrates the problem with social media. Is it possible for a CEO to be too accessible?

Can you imagine what Kibaki would go through if KMPDU/ teachers/ nurses/ lecturers could speak directly to him?

@ Muganda I think some-ones personality has a lot to do with whether a CEO is too accessible. I for one this is a tool for celebrities and media personalities, it 's ok for ie a CEO to have a press office however I get blown my the number of times this guys are on twitter and certainly they sure have a lot more to take in than I do.

I notice the business leaders in this jurisdiction are def not on twitter Guy Laurence,Stephen Hester, Nathaniel Rothchild guys we deal with on a day to day basis and. Can't help but wonder have we taken this accessibility thing way to far?

Thanks guys...
@Ric dees, @quicksand... I'd say what is important for a CEO is to have a way of getting unadulterated facts about your business. Even a president has the same challenge, to find out what is of concern to the citizens.

But it is often said you can't run a country on census polls. Similarly, the need to personally engage with all and sundry reflects a 'celebrity CEO'. But even for any celebrity only OUTPUT carries the day.


@mawinder... MPESA money is normally held in trust by CBA or some other bank. Safaricom channels any 'fund income' to MPESA foundation. Their income is only what they charge you for transaction tarrif and not on the money.

Mary Chege seems to have come down from her legal horse and gone to Westage for Customer Service after silencing her tweets. Bob Collymore's security should be alert during the Safaricom Sevens though

Mary Chege is just the fellow who was not hugged when she was little ...Daddy issues.

Most of the questions she is asking are in the terms and conditions of Mpesa,which safaricom does not own by the way...safaricom acts as an agent of a money transfer solution.The same way western unioun operates.

The issue of deposit taking,CBK licensed the solution so it is within the law and deposits are protected by Law.

The Robert alai article seems far fetched,The board has no power to remove the CEO,Vodafone holds the rights to that...the other thing is mixing personal issues with company's...if what he wrote is the truth then Safaricom problems are with the board not the CEO...the issues they were raising are petty in My view.