[kictanet] ICT Authority?

[Alex Gakuru]

Therefore it is a KEPSA/KIF considered opinion at this
point in time. Recalling an old (draft) ICT Policy
statement "lack of high level leadership," Will new
institutions deliver/improve ICT leadership, or thinly
spread the little there might be? We must strive to
avoid possible "bloated ICT bodies" complains later.

1/2 cent;)

/Alex
 

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

> Alex - actually the KEPSA proposal is not at a stage
> of detail. I think
> the first stage is for all to determine and agree,
> as KEPSA has done,
> that there is a problem of "coordination and
> coherence" with regard to
> ICT and Government. We can use a forum like this one
> to share
> experiences to determine this. For me the reality is
> that ICT is
> cross-cutting and horizontal to the Government
> structure while most
> Ministries appear structured to operate in a
> vertical format. The
> Ministry of trade will tell you that OOXML (and ICT
> standards in
> general) is their baby; so is the yet to be attended
> to WTO Information
> Technology Act; so is signing (WTO) commitments to
> liberalize ICT
> services sector. Finance will claim GITS;
> Immigration want to
> unilaterally control the entry of ICT experts into
> the country, etc.
> There is no-one stop-shop to manage or even act as
> an interface. In this
> connection an ICT Authority is just one proposal but
> the flesh of it
> would have to come from wider consultation and input
> of all
> stakeholders. 
> 
> Waudo
> 
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:03:05 -0700 (PDT), "Alex
> Gakuru"
> <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com> said:
> > 
> > --- Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Can the proposal be shared in this list?
> > > 
> > 
> > I have refrained from commenting without seeing
> and
> > understanding what the said proposal contains.
> > 
> > Alex  
> > 
> > 
> >      
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