[kictanet] Draft National ICT Policy Discussions Day 4 of 10: How to enhance Universal Service & Access

[Timothy- Coach- Oriedo]

Universal Access Entrench Public institutions and corporations to expand
availability. Initiatives like the now defunct posta satellites be
relaunched to drive penetration of the usage to the mashinani. Kenya Power
be mandated to carry fibre infrastructure on the poles to match the
electricity penetration footprint.

Universal Service: PWD have a better opportunity now than ever before to
have their needs mainstreamed. Government to make a provision that makes it
mandatory for the product developers and devices owners to allocate funds
for R&D to improve the service offerings. Braille technology could be
provided on digital platform more cheaply, speech recognition software's
for Cerebral Palsy children, Voice automation solutions for Blind and a
host of other learning materials that  Innovators be encouraged to develop.
An special incentive be given to spur the development.

Affordable devices: Innovation for local product developers and tax
concessions for importers of mass market phones.

Public E-Literacy: Creation of multi media learning content to drive
literacy at different levels from masomo ya kumbaru to early childhood
education. Delivery format for educational learning ought to be through
devices.

Affordable Internet Broadband Innovative Pricing by Telcos that will be
tied to consumption and geo tagged to locations. Increase momentum on
initiatives like internet.org by partnership with corporates to sponsor
villages and sectors to access affordable wifi connection.

Kind Regards

Timothy Oriedo
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On Jun 28, 2016 7:44 AM, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
>
> We inadvertently skipped the day 4 discussion since it was to be done
> over the weekend (Saturday 25 June 2016). As such we will back track
> so that we can tackle the topics which are very important.
>
> Today we focus on the following topics
>
> *Universal Access (Infrastructure)
>
> *Universal Service (PWD)
>
> *Affordable Internet broadband Services
>
> *Affordable User Devices
>
> *Public e-Literacy
>
> The Background
> Universal service principles are based on the fact that all citizens
> are entitled to basic communication rights.  In other words, the
> government is obliged to ensure that communication signals reach all
> Kenyans, irrespective of their income levels, remote localities, lack
> of (e)literacy and/or disabilities (e.g. the blind/deaf/etc).
>
> There was recent access-gap study commissioned by the regulator which
> confirmed that a large number of Kenyan localities are underserved
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/3155384/-/l3vdw8z/-/index.html
> .
>
> How can we change the situation?
>
> Thank you
>
>
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