[kictanet] Draft National ICTPolicy:-End of Online Discussions, next steps.

Tue Jul 12 10:03:05 EAT 2016

Dear Walu,

I am sorry I did not have time to contribute to the discussions. Please
pardon me for raising a few issues as you consolidate comments. I have the
following observations which should be integrated into the consolidated:

1)  Evaluation of the 2006 ICT policy. No attempt was made to evaluate how
useful the 2006 policy was in guiding the industry. What was achieved/not
achieved? What did we learn? There was a section 4.2 on rationale but it is
too weak. I propose a substantive section on this in the Introduction.

2)  Reference to other policy documents. There are a number of documents
that could be considered at policy level, e.g. the National ICT Master Plan
and the National Broadband Strategy. No reference is made to these
documents yet they have very key policy statements, outcomes and targets.
For example, in the National ICT Master Plan, there is a recommendation to
create ICT as a stand-alone sector with its own ISIC classification
standards. This is something I would have expected the policy document to
pick up because it is so important for growth of ICT in this country.

3)  Section 6 is derived from the draft Science, Technology and Innovation
(STI) policy. No reference is made to this document, which unfortunately
was not formally adopted because it was presented just before the last
election and everyone was in a hurry. At the same time, most of the
material in this section 6 comes from the STI policy document without value
addition. Given that the draft STI policy was developed in 2011/12, I
propose we make amendments to the proposed Kenya National Innovation System
(KNIS) given that a lot has changed since then and a lot is likely to
change in the life of this document. The Ministry of ICT, ICT Authority,
the various tech innovation hubs and KoTDA are key actors now or in the
future and should be recognised in the KNIS.

4) Policy outcomes. The document contains policy objectives, which is fine.
However, it is very difficult to evaluate the accomplishment of objectives.
I propose that for each area, we develop policy outcomes. This way, we can
measure the achievement of this new policy. We would also be providing
direction to the various strategy documents that would need to be developed
at a lower level.

5) Hurried. Reading through the document, one gets the impression that it
was hurriedly put together. If it is going to serve us for > 10 years, we
need to give it time and produce a good document. So let us not be in a
hurry to push it for approval when there are glaring problems. In any case,
we have a policy that still continues to guide us, approximately.

Kind regards,

T. Mwololo Waema | Professor of Information Systems | School of Computing &
Informatics | University of Nairobi | PO Box 30197-00100, Nairobi |
@timwololo

On 11 July 2016 at 11:39, Walubengo J via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Greetings Listers,
>
> Just wish to thank Alex, Mildred and F.E for their contributions on the
> Vision theme given on the last day of the discussion.
>
> I also wish to say that we have not managed to secure the Wed 13th July
> Date for our planned face2face Validation meeting at Strahmore.  A new date
> will be advised by this wednesday. We shall also share the consolidated
> views by Thrs this week in preparation for the KICTAnet face to face
> validation meeting.
>
> Finally plse note that the contributions directly to the ministry are
> still open through tomorrow 12th July 2016 through the email address *ictpolicy2016 at information.go.ke
> <ictpolicy2016 at information.go.ke> . *
>
> A national stakeholder meetings will then follow at the end of July and we
> shall be advised.
>
> rgds.
>
> walu.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> *To:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 6, 2016 9:06 AM
> *Subject:* Draft National ICTPolicy:-End of Online Discussions
>
> Listers,
>
> We had wanted your full attention so that I can 'officially' declare the
> end of our online discussions on the Draft National ICT Policy.
>
> But clearly the proposed  ICT practitioners Bill has stolen our thunder :-)
>
> Either way, I thank all those who contributed as well as those who read in
> silence :-).  We shall have the compiled reports from the KICTAnet list as
> a well as the Jadili platform by the end of the week for your perusal.
>
> Thereafter, we shall hold a face2face Validation Workshop at the
> Strathmore University at a date to be confirmed later on next week.
> However, you can tentatively keep your Wed 13th open as we firm up  the
> date with the Ministry.
>
> All the best and thanx alot.
>
> Walu & Barrack
> on behalf of KICTAnet
>
>
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