[kictanet] National ICT Poilicy: DAY 10 of 10:-Vision, Mission, Objectives.

Tue Jul 12 14:48:43 EAT 2016

Hi Walu & team,

My comments are on the Jadili platform.

Overall, we need to ensure we are writing a policy document that goes
beyond "*keeping abreast with current ICT the current ICT technology*." For
the ICT sector, things get obsolete the moment they are accepted as being
"current". So let us go beyond that and plan for "emerging and futuristic"
by facilitating innovation.

As Prof. Waema stated, the drafting of the document seems to have been
rushed. I noticed the section without any comments/annotations titled "*ICT
Professional Bodies*" and which stated:

*The Government will recognize and encourage the formation of national ICT
> professional bodies registered under the laws of Kenya to foster
> professional ethics, standards and human resource development in the
> sector.*

Apart from the comments made elsewhere on the "ICT Practitioners Bill", the
policy should make it clear that this section does not call for a single
'umbrella' body as ICTAK attempted to have enacted but rather the
recognition of the roles of the various professional bodies and
multi-stakeholder forums.

A similar approach applies to *Broadcasting professionals* especially the
ones involved in "technical aspects of broadcasting" who have to deal with
convergence but are always caught up in fixing the crisis created by the
public broadcasting or media owners failing to adopt convergence, not just
in terms of 'converged technology', but also *convergence in their
operations*:

*(n) Encouraging national professional bodies for media practitioners to
> participate in setting standards in broadcasting. Also encourage media
> training institutions to provide structured specialized programmes that
> cater for people with talent for creative writing, film production,
> animation creative and technical aspects of broadcasting*

Lastly, there is no mention of *Freedom of Information* as a concept. Only
"Access to Information" is covered and in reference to making government
websites accessible and sharing government content with private sector for
reuse.

Regards,
Wainaina

Watch African TV live online and learn about Digital Television policy,
regulation and technology in Africa on issues relating to Consumers,
Content and Coverage.

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 12:25 PM, esther nyambura via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Lastly....
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> The Vision should reflect not just consumption but also production and the
> same should be reflected in the overall strategies applied in the policy.
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> *Example: Vision: “*A Kenya that is an ICT Consumption and Production
> Powerhouse”
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> A little ambitious but we have to dream big if we are serious about
>  becoming an ICT driven society.
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> Find attached brief comments already submitted for further clarity on this.
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> Good work Walu, much appreciated.
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> Kamande.
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> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Florence Etta via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> ·         Current Vision - A prosperous and competitive ICT-driven
>> Kenyan society.
>>
>> ·         Current Mission - To improve the livelihoods of Kenyans by
>> ensuring the *availability* of accessible, efficient, reliable,
>> affordable and secure ICT services.
>> My contribution!
>> Proposed Vision: A country where ICTs are enabling prosperity through
>> creativity and competitiveness in all sectors and levels of society
>>
>> Proposed Mission - All ICT professionals, practitioners and relevant
>> stakeholders will work together  to improve the availability and accessibility
>> of secure, efficient, reliable and affordable ICT services in/to all
>> parts of the country.
>>
>> Interesting read well done Walu & all.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> FE
>>
>> 
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>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>>> Today Safaricom was launching its SDG integration campaign. Going with
>>> that example, I propose the vision to be something like: " A society where
>>> ICT is used to achieve the SDG goals."
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, July 5, 2016, Walubengo J via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Listers,
>>>>
>>>> Thanx all for your contributions over the last 9days. Today we wrap up
>>>> the online discussions by going back to the the beginning. We look at the
>>>> Vision Mission Overarching Objectives of the Draft ICT Policy.
>>>>
>>>> *Background*
>>>>
>>>> The Vision is the dream, where you want to be 10, 15, 20years from now.
>>>>   The Mission is what you need to do regularly to get there, while the
>>>> Objectives are intermediary milestones, the specific, measurable and
>>>> achievable targets to guide you towards your mission and vision.  It would
>>>> be nice to have one objective per thematic area but do not be constrained
>>>> by that.
>>>>
>>>> Just wear your creative hat and float out what Vision, Mission and
>>>> Overarching objectives you propose for our ICT policy in any manner :-)
>>>>
>>>> You may also opt to propose amendments to the proposed Vision, Mission
>>>> & Objectives as hosted on Jadili platform.
>>>> <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy>
>>>> 1Day on this issue.
>>>>
>>>> -walu.
>>>>
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