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

[Alex Watila]

Dear All,

Could the representatives of egov, icta, CA, Min of ICT clarify share their main mandates to make the discussion more informed.

 

I also still have the feeling that other relevant bodies need to be roped in so that the policy is aligned .e.g.

*         Standards – KEBS is the custodian of ISO related standards that include many with impact on ICT. E.g. Information Security Management Standards, Record Management Standards, IT Services Management etc

*         Archiving – we discussed the role of KCB but also Kenya National Archives has a mandate and needs to be encouraged to provide this archived information in a digital format.

 

Regards,

 

Alex

 

 

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@Walu and all

 

I have always find it very confusing to remember all the various players and their roles in the ICT Ministry. Might there be a justification to rationalize them? Like the process that the eGovernment Dept and the predecessor to the ICT Authority went through? 

 

The other issue is one of independence and confusion of the different players in the sector. We see the CA sometimes dabbling in policy and the Ministry in regulations. Sometimes the line is murky true..but we must endeavor to respect those roles. 

 

How does the policy address this issue? 

 

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On 4 Jul 2016, at 8:58 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto: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.

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Day 9 of 10: Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework 

Role of Regulator, USAC, CERTs, NCS, ICTA, PCK, CSO, Professional Bodies etc

Needed 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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