[kictanet] ICT Authority?

[John Walubengo]

Waudo, 

jst wondering if we dont already have enough overlaps
between ICT Board, eGovt Secretariate, Government
Info-Technology Services (GITS) and now you (KEPSA?) want
to add on an ICT authority?

walu.

--- waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:
All this ultimately  suggests the necessity for the
establishment of an oversight statutory
ICT  Authority as is being proposed by KEPSA to the ongoing
Government harmonization Committee.



--- waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:

> Actually the Government never voted and was never called
> upon to
> vote on this issue. The Government only facilitated the
> stakeholder committee at KEBS and national voting was
> done by
> members of that committee. The overall issue however
> reiterates
> what I see as a persistent problem regarding ICT and
> Government:
> ICT is wide and diverse, as well as being horizontal to
> the
> Governm
ent structure. This sometimes leads to matters
> that are
> considered "ICT" not revolving around a central spoke in
> the
> Governemnt structure. So for example KEBS (and by
> extension
> issues of ICT standards) falls under the Ministry of
> trade. In
> the committee that handled OOXML there was no
> representative from
> the Ministry of Info and Comm., which was a mistake
> because the
> Government was a Stakeholder. All this ultimately
> suggests the
> necessity for the establishment of an oversight statutory
> ICT
> Authority as is being proposed by KEPSA to the ongoing
> Government
> harmonization Committee.
> 
> Waudo
> 
> 
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:14:43 -0700 (PDT), "Rebecca
> Wanjiku" <rebeccawanji
> ku at yahoo.com> said:
> 
>           Microsoft denies threatening to withdraw
> funding
> 
> Microsoft East Africa has dismissed allegations that it
> threatened to withdraw funding to Kenya if the government
> did not
> vote "yes" on OOXML.
> 
> Louis Otieno, Microsoft general manager in East and
> Southern
> Africa denied the allegations, saying that Microsoft EA
> acted
> appropriately.
> 
> "We've acted appropriately in all instances. And we are
> grateful
> that the National Body members engaged in this process
> collaboratively and constructively," Otieno said.
> 
>
http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/04/21/microsoft-denies-t
> hreatening-withdraw-funding
> 
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