[kictanet] ICT Policy Discussions:-Overview, Thematic Topics (Day 1 to Day 10)

John Gitau jgitau at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 14:00:44 EAT 2016


10th day is also the day we go over governance challenges to infrastructure
development? , capacity to design a strategic vision for developing
infrastructure etc etc...? I also suspect im reading this thread from the
bottom up


On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @Alex
>
> Good question.  I did not explicitly allocate time for this, thinking the
> vision, mission hoping this will emerge from the 10Day deliberations.
>
> Vision, mission statements often get extremely contentious and we can
> easily get stuck splitting hairs on text at the expense of the bigger
> issues.
>
> That said, we shall add this on the last day (Day 10) and hope we agree on
> the text then :-).
>
> walu.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Alex Watila <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>
> *To:* 'Walubengo J' <jwalu at yahoo.com>; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2016 1:41 PM
> *Subject:* RE: [kictanet] ICT Policy Discussions:-Overview, Thematic
> Topics (Day 1 to Day 10)
>
> Walu,
> On what day will we discuss the mission and vision statements?
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
>
> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=
> yahoo.co.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Walubengo J via kictanet
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:26 AM
> *To:* awatila at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* [kictanet] ICT Policy Discussions:-Overview, Thematic Topics
> (Day 1 to Day 10)
>
> Greetings Listers,
>
> As promised on monday, we kick off the discussions today and would like to
> share the general flow and how we shall move.
>
> Basically we have two platforms we shall use and listers are free to use
> one or both of them. The two plaftforms are KICTAnet platform and the Jadili
> Platform  <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy> (
> http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy#heading-1) courtesy of
> Strathmore University, Law School.
>
> The Jadili platform is hosting the Draft Policy in editable format and
> Listers are encouraged to login and post their specific proposal onto the
> platform.
>
> The  KICTAnet listserver plaftform is where we shall run guided
> discussions as per the plan below.  Contributions on both platforms shall
> be consolidated and validated at a later face-2-face function.  The
> overview of the discussion will be as shown below.
>
> *How to Develop ICT infrastructure (Day 1-Wed 22nd June 2016)*
>  *telecoms, broadcast,  broadband internet, postal)
> *Investment incentives (FDI,Equity Shares)
> *Open Access
> *Infrastructure Sharing (Masts, Ducts, Wayleave etc)
> *Spectrum Management
> *Postal/National Addressing System
> *Data Centers, IXPs, CDN
>
> *How to Develop ICT Info-Structure (Day 2-Thrs 23rd June 2016)*
> *Local Content,
> *Broadcast Content, Diversity, Cultural Identity
> *Access to Information/OpenData
>  *Local Application Development
>
> *How to Develop Skilled Human Capital (Day 3-Fri 24th June 2016)*
> *ICT integration in primary, secondary, tertiary levels,
> *Specialized Skills (Software /Engineering)
> *Research & Development Capacity
> *eLiteracy for citizens/public
>
> **How to enhance Universal Service & Access  (Day 4-Mon 27th June 2016) *
> *Universal Access (Infrastructure)
> *Universal Service (PWD)
> *Affordable Internet broadband Services
> *Affordable User Devices
>
> *How to Develop local ICT Industry (Day 5- Tue 28th June 2016)*
> *eCommerce, National Addressing System
> *Local eBusiness,
> * BPOs
> *Investment incentives (Equity Shares)
> *ICTs in SME, (Small Medium Size Enterprises)
> *ICT regional export incentives
> *Local Device Manufacturing
>
> *How to Accelerate eGovt Services (Day 6- Wed 29th June 2016)*
> *eHealth, eAgriculture, eTransport, eGovt, eLearning
> *ICT regional (county) incentives)
> *ICTs in Society, Culture
>
> *How to enhance Cybersecurity (Day 7) - Thrs 30th June 2016)*
> *Online Citizen Safety,
> *Child Protection
> *Privacy issues
> *Security business transactions (Info-Security)
> *Security & Reliability of Critical ICT infrastructure
>
> *Emerging Issues (Day 8 -Fri 1st July 2016)*
> Internet of Things, M2M
> Net Neutrality & OTT
> Big Data
> Virtual Money/BlockChains
>
> *Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework (Day 9-Mon 4th July 2016)*
> Role of Regulator, USAC, CERTs, NCS, ICTA, PCK, CSO, Professional Bodies
> etc
> Needed Legislation, Data Protection, eTransaction, Intermediary Liability
> etc
>
> *DAY 10, Tue 5th July -Wrap UP Closure*
>
> I look forward to your active engagement.
>
> J. Walubengo
> for KICTAnet.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> *To:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 20, 2016 3:25 PM
> *Subject:* Fw: DRAFT ICT POLICY 2016 LINK-KICTAnet Stakeholder Input
>
> Dear Listers,
>
>
> The Ministry of ICT (PS V. Kyalo) has asked KICTAnet to ran a two week
> moderated discussion on the Draft ICT Policy 2016, that will replace the
> current 2006 ICT Policy.
>
>
> Please download and go through in preparation of the online discussions
> scheduled to kick-off this wednesday 22nd June 2016.
>
> You views will be consolidated and later on you will be invited to
> validated the same at a face-to-face session to be confirmed at a venue and
> date to be confirmed later.
>
> Kazi kwenyu. Do not say you were not consulted :-)
>
> Best rgds.
>
> walu.
>
>
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> Dear All,
>
>
> The Draft ICT Policy 2016 has been posted in the MoICT website for
> stakeholders comments.  Please use the link below to access the document.
>
>
>
>
> http://www.information.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Draft-National-ICT-Policy-20June2016.pdf
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
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