[kictanet] National ICT Policy Discussions: Day 9 of 10: Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework

[Barrack Otieno]

Hi Walu,

Many thanks for re-introducing the subject  i have a feeling that we
are over regulated , however some regulators are sleeping giants. A
case in point is the recently reloaded or is it refurbished  Kenya
Film Classification Board that has been sending shockwaves in the
industry. On the other hand we have various CERTS that rarely give us
joint updates on their activities apart from the TESPOK/Serianu
Initiative  . We have many questions on the perfomance or operations
of the Universal Access Fund which have been very opaque with few
answers coming forth to date other than occasional podcasts from the
media which leads me to ask the following question:

1. How do we rate/ gauge the effectiveness of this Institutions?
2. Can we have quarterly updates to the public on the performance of
this Institutions, i think ICTA can avail this?

It would be interesting to get other perspectives from listers.

Regards

On 7/4/16, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Listers,
> @Barrack had introduced the above theme over the weekend but looks like
> folks were on a family day off. So agreed to have today to see if we can get
> views on this matter and then wrap up everthting tomorrow.----Day 9 of 10:
> Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework Role of Regulator, USAC, CERTs,
> NCS, ICTA, PCK, CSO, Professional Bodies etcNeeded Legislation, Data
> Protection, eTransaction, Intermediary Liability etc
> The Background:Now that we have discussed most of the issues, it is time to
> look at the governance framework for the same. Traditionally, the key
> governance actors have been the ICT Parliamentary Committees, the ICT
> Ministry, the National Communication Secretariate (NCS), the ICT regulator,
> the ICT Authority, the ICT (Multimedia) Appeals Tribunal,etc.
> The market players have been the Operators, Postal Agency, Courier Services,
> Application Service Providers.
> Have these entities worked well for us or do we want to delete, add or
> restructures some of them?  Is there a need to define and bring in specific
> roles for Professional bodies, Civil Society and others within the ICT
> space?
> What are the legal & regulatory gaps we find moving forward?
> We have 1 Day on this as usual.
> walu.


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