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

Tue Jul 12 12:03:00 EAT 2016

Dear Walu,

Thanks for the response. Please confirm that you will integrate my
substantive comments, in addition to the extension.

Kind regards,

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

On 12 July 2016 at 11:52, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> @Prof. Waema,
>
> Comments noted.  As they say, it is better late than never.
>
> On this issue of time extension, this has come up several time.  Perhaps
> the ministry listen and reconsider.
>
> walu.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Mwololo Waema Tim <timwololo at gmail.com>
> *To:* Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:03 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Draft National ICTPolicy:-End of Online
> Discussions, next steps.
>
> 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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