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

Mon Jul 4 13:33:15 EAT 2016

While we discuss policy, I think the challenge will remain who really are
the policy makers?

Came across this and was a real eye opener, felt the gentleman was a bit
clueless

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36682694

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 10:38 AM, awatila--- via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> The policy could encourage the adoption of the standards.
>
> I was informed the countries are actually competing on the number of
> professionals and organizations certified on the various standards.
>
> Sent from Samsung tablet
> On Jul 4, 2016 12:20 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> on KEBS, I would say the do have various and serious ICT standards as
> adopted from the global ISO standards.
>
> However, these standards would be useful from a regulatory level.  Perhaps
> at a policy level we just need to throw in a clause to point the regulator
> to enforce these standards as and when applicable.
>
> The other challenge ofcourse is that the ISO standards tend to be optional
> - except those that are health/safety related. So in some cases, a
> trade-off may need to be acknowledged by the regulator.
>
> walu.
>
>
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> *From:* Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 4, 2016 11:38 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] National ICT Policy Discussions: Day 9 of 10:
> Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework
>
> @ Alex,
>
> You bring in a very important point Kenya Bureu of Standards
> Kenyanizes hundreds of International Standards that are very good yet
> are hardly used within the local context. I think Standards play a
> critical role in the developement of the sector and ought to be
> enforced to say the least?, i wonder what @ Walu or @ Kivuva can say
> from a KEBS and ISACA perspective. I would also have liked to hear the
> opinion of Waudo Siganga, (CSK), Kamotho Njenga ICT Association of
> Kenya and the ISACA Kenya Chapter President Roy or Preston on this
> matter.
>
> Finally i have gone through the standard and did not see anything on
> Consumer protection, did i miss something?
>
> Regards
>
> On 7/4/16, Alex Watila via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: kictanet
> > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
> Behalf
> > Of Ali Hussein via kictanet
> > Sent: Monday, July 4, 2016 10:46 AM
> > To: awatila at yahoo.co.uk
> > Cc: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] National ICT Policy Discussions: Day 9 of 10:
> > Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework
> >
> >
> >
> > @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?
> >
> >
> >
> > Ali Hussein
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
> what
> > no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > ----
> >
> > 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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