[kictanet] Day 1 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues

[Barrack Otieno]

Listers,

We welcome  more feedback  on day 1 discussions on how we have
performed as an industry in 2016 . We will start day two this
afternoon after providing a summary of day ones discussion should we
receive feedback by then.

Best Regards

On 11/28/16, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Walu,
>
> Many thanks for the email. My humble opinion is that generally the
> government and related agencies have made great efforts in investing
> in ICT's. However it is worth noting that government is never good at
> marketing itself or communicating and i guess this is where the
> Ministry and related agencies need to pay attention. For example the
> issue of IFMIS has really been misunderstood. Software should never be
> blamed for fraud , people commit Fraud. We should always remember that
> ICT's are a means to an end and not an end in themselves.
>
> Regards
>
> On 11/28/16, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
>> Listers, (apologies for cross-posting)
>> Thanks again for those who spared time to provide feedback - so that the
>> rest of us can read and interrogate the same :-)
>> Over the next 3 days I shall share the feedback and basically hope to get
>> further reactions from the floor.  I attach the feedback document but
>> with
>> summaries below:
>> 1. Policy & Legal Feedback
>> a) 52% of the respondentsfelt that the Universal Service Fund(USF) had
>> not
>> met its objective. 40% feltthat it had to a moderate extent while 8% felt
>> it
>> had a very large extent.
>>
>>
>>
>> b) 61% of the respondents felt that ICT Policies and initiativehad not
>> impacted the counties. 23% of the respondents felt that these
>> hadmoderately
>> impacted the counties, while 10% felt they had an impact to a verylarge
>> extent.
>>
>> c) 41% of the respondents felt that the multi-stakeholder approachbetween
>> ICT stakeholders and government was moderately achieved. 31% feltit was
>> not
>> achieved while  25% felt it was, to a very large extent.
>>
>> d) Policy/Legal Issues not yet addressed include: Cyber Crime/Cyber
>> Security
>> Bill and its position in Senate and National Assembly, DataProtection
>> Bill,
>> ICT Practitioners Bill, Privacy Issue Linkages betweenNational & County
>> Governments on ICT matters, Quality of Internet,Infrastructure Sharing
>>
>> Regulatory Feedback2. Regulatory Feedback
>>
>> a) 48% of the respondents felt that the question of
>> affordablecommunications/internet pricing had not been well addressed.
>> 30%
>> felt that thequestion of affordable pricing has been moderately addressed
>> while 20% felt ithas been addressed to a very large extent.
>>
>> b) 68% of the respondents felt that the issue of dominance inthe sector
>> was
>> affecting pricing of communication services to a very largeextent. 16%
>> felt
>> it moderately affected pricing while 13% felt it was reallynot an issue.
>>
>> c) 48% of the respondents felt that the urban-rural digitaldivide had not
>> been adequately addressed while 34% felt that it had beenmoderately
>> addressed while only 7% felt it had been addressed to a very largeextent.
>>
>> d) 65% of the respondents felt that the regulator had notaddressed the
>> issue
>> of inclusivity with regard to persons with disabilities(PWD). 27% felt
>> this
>> had been moderately addressed while only 5% felt it hasbeen addressed to
>> a
>> large extent.
>>
>> e) Areas needing RegulatoryInterventions: Operator Dominance Issues,
>> Internet Pricing & Affordabilityissues, White Spaces, Operationalization
>> of
>> Universal Service Fund &Access, Failed Number Portability, Data
>> protection
>> for Subscriber Data,Conflict between regulatory bodies, Last mile
>> connectivity and Way-leaves,Net-Neutrality, Support for ICT-startups,
>> Support for Digital evidence incourts, Inclusion & Support for Persons
>> With
>> Irrespective of whether you participated  in the questionnaire or not,
>> you
>> are invited to comment, support, oppose and/or seek clarifications on the
>> views of stakeholders.Tommorrow we shall post the feedback on Human
>> Capital
>> & Infrastructure.
>>
>>
>
>
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> +254733206359
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>


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