[kictanet] ICT Authority?

[Evans Ikua]

I think I have also seen the term harmonization somewhere in regard to  
KEPSA's proposal. That basically means removing the overlaps Walu?

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Quoting waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com>:

> I would not see any overlap Walu as the bodies you have mentioned have
> their specific mandates which are not encompassing the ICT universe.
> Roughly I think ICT Board is for marketing (Min. of INFOCOM), GITS to
> run Gov. ICT services (Min. of Finance) and the e-Secretariat to
> implement the e-Gov. strategy (Office of Pres.). I am always open to
> correction but meantime I am endorsing the KEPSA proposal.
> Waudo
>
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:23:50 -0700 (PDT), "John Walubengo"
> <jwalu at yahoo.com> said:
>> 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
>> >
>> >   Tel. 254 720 318 925
>> >   blog:http://beckyit.blogspot.com/
>> >
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