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

Wed Jul 13 10:53:31 EAT 2016

Very good points Wainaina.

Regards

On 7/12/16, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> @Wainaina,
> Noted.
> walu.
>
>       From: DigitalTVAfrica via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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> Cc: DigitalTVAfrica <wainaina at digitaltvafrica.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 2:48 PM
>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] National ICT Poilicy: DAY 10 of 10:-Vision,
> Mission, Objectives.
>
> 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
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> 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.... The Vision shouldreflect not just consumption but also production
> and the same should bereflected in the overall strategies applied in the
> policy.  Example:Vision: “AKenya that is an ICT Consumption and Production
> Powerhouse” A littleambitious but we have to dream big if we are serious
> about  becoming an ICT driven society.  Findattached brief comments already
> submitted for further clarity on this. Goodwork Walu, much appreciated.
> Kamande.
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Florence Etta via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> ·         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
> 
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> 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.
> 1Day on this issue.
>
> -walu.
>
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