[kictanet] Kenya ICT Action Network Report on the Draft ICT Policy

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It seems the Jadili annotations are not included and glad it is a draft
document as some omited some proposals. I hope the final report will
include these:

(1). Public Participation: A major change brought about by the 2010
Constitution was the concept of "self governance" by the people through
devolution; where public participation was identified as mandatory
component in every development or governance process. As a result, County
laws are already mandated the use of ICTs in achieving public participation
in governance. The ICT Policy 2016 needs to guide the achievement of
citizen participation in governance and in enhancing transparency; These
are major policy challenges in under the 2010 Constitution and Vision 2030.
The policy may treat the self-governance/public participation concept
either as a cross-cutting issue or as a key objective; but at the very
minimum, it should explicitly facilitate research and programmes that seek
to apply ICT in delivering the Constitutional dream of self-governance and
public participation.

2. IoT and Cryptocurrencies were mentioned but there are capacity
challenges in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, augmented
reality that will need to be deliberately tackled through research and
projects supported through the final ICT Policy 2016.

I hope this late additions add value to the process.

Regards,
Wainaina

On Friday, July 15, 2016, Judy Okite via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

>  thank you Barrack and Walu,
>
> Does this include the observations shared on the Jadili platform?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> *'Chance Favors the prepared mind'* - Louis Pasteur
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke');>> wrote:
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>> Dear Colleagues
>>
>> Attached please find the draft report on the Online discussions that
>> we had last week on the Draft ICT Bill for your comments and feedback.
>> The same will be validated during a face to face meeting to be
>> announced soon.
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>> Thank you
>>
>> Walu and Barrack
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