[kictanet] FW: Thank you note: ICT Authority Bill Breakfast Meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT

Mon Aug 25 18:09:12 EAT 2014

I assume roaming charges abolishment applies to East African Charges and
not charges in entirety?
On 25 Aug 2014 17:54, "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
> On Thursday last week, the CS meet with some members from the sector to
> appraise them on the ICT Authority Bill among many other issues. Please see
> a summary of what was discussed.
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> Rgds
> GG
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> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:35:28 -0400
> From: communications at ict.go.ke
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
> Subject: Thank you note: ICT Authority Bill Breakfast Meeting with the
> Cabinet Secretary,Ministry of ICT
> CC:
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>      *Thank you for attending the ICT Authority Bill breakfast meeting
> with the Cabinet Secretary,Ministry of ICT.*
>     Dear Grace
>
>  Thank you to those who attended the ICT Authority Bill breakfast meeting
> held on *21st August 2014 at Serena Hotel*. For those who did not manage
> to attend,you can see below a summary of what was discussed.
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>    1. *Sector capacity and Skills:* The Ministry of ICT and ICT Authority
>    will pursue a robust engagement with the Private sector. Stakeholders are
>    invited to input to the PPP's framework to give the ICT perspective.
>    Already, the Authority has developed policies, standards and guidelines on
>    hosting government websites and trained a core team.
>    2. *ICT Authority bill:* The Ministry is drafting the ICT Authority
>    bill, which will be subjected to public participation. Stakeholders are
>    invited to contribute to the legislation.
>    3. *Cyber Security:* To address the current challenges the government
>    has constituted an inter-agency collaboration team in addition to the newly
>    launched Kenya Computer Emergency Response Center (KCERT). The Ministry is
>    also collaborating with the Directorate of Public prosecutions on the issue.
>    4. *Bills in Parliament:* The Information bill has already been tabled
>    in parliament. The ICT Ministry is currently working on the Data Protection
>    Act and Access to Information Bill. This should be ready by December 2014.
>    5. *Local Content Framework:* The Ministry is drafting the local
>    content Framework that will give affirmative action to local ICT business
>    in Kenya and compel Multinationals to use local skills and plough back
>    gains in the economy. This will be shared for stakeholders input.
>    6. *Roaming Charges:* From 1st of September 2014 roaming charges will
>    be abolished. A Gazette notice will be published on this.
>    7. *Wireless Broadband Spectrum Policy Inputs:* Stakeholders are
>    invited to input on the Spectrum policy which will be open for public
>    participation in the next few weeks.
>    8. *Rwanda ICT Sector Conference:* A team drawn from the private
>    sector will be constituted by the ICT Authority to represent the Country at
>    the conference and convey Kenya's Agenda.
>    9. *Innovation Conference:* An innovation Conference will be held on
>    4th-5th December that will bring together venture capitalists and
>    innovators. This will look into how to monetize innovations.
>    10. *ICT Infrastructure on LAPSSET Corridor Project:* All Heads of
>    States have agreed that ICT infrastructure will be input from the project
>    inception.
>    11. *Government Digital Payments:* A team is working to move more
>    government services to the digital platform in the next six months.
>    12. *ICT Master Plan execution:* Already embarked on the
>    implementation of the 16 critical projects identified e.g e-procurement,
>    e-citizen portal.
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> Once more, thank you for your time and contributions.
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> Yours sincerely
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> Victor Kyalo
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> *Ag.Chief Executive Officer *
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> *ICT Authority. *
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