[kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)
nmutungu at gmail.com
Mon Feb 5 18:23:21 EAT 2018
Dear Kanini and listers,
Skimmed through our 2016 discussions on the draft ICT policy discussions.
Adding some issues/opportunities, apologies if they have already been
mentioned and please add any that might have been missed.
- ICT policy should clearly identify the role of county structures in
implementation of the policy
- Infrastructure: county governments should be more facilitative eg
- harmonise wayleaves and other conditions for trunking;
- build in ICT infrastructure space in road construction ;
- require buildings to be ICT ready
- encourage grassroots initiatives eg community broadband
- Still on infrastructure: NOFBI, costs different in different counties,
costs significantly higher in far flung counties
- BPO in county industrial parks
- Youth polytechnics that are under county governments should be
included in big ICT projects for transfer of knowledge
- Counties should leverage on ICTs for public participation that is
sensitive to PWD needs
- County's role in national addressing system- planning, mapping etc at
county level should synergise with NAS
- e-gov services for national and county government should not be
siloed. Mwananchi should get service and support as seamlessly as possible
- fatigue with law making style of creating more specialized agencies
that add bureaucracy and silo services (re cyber security)
regards,
2018-02-05 17:56 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
> @Colins
>
> Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less
> than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major
> utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are
> not careful.
>
> Regards
>
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> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> From where I sit:
>>
>> NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is
>> laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get
>> charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from
>> Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate
>> expansion of the larger players>?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Collins Areba,
>> Kilifi, Kenya.
>> Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788*
>> Twitter: @arebacollins.
>> Skype: arebacollins
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Good afternoon all
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some of the main challenges include:
>>>
>>> - Coordination with central government and between Departments
>>> in Counties
>>>
>>> - Sharing of best practices and also sharing of
>>> systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
>>>
>>> - Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that
>>> (should) use ICT
>>>
>>> - Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that
>>> supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives
>>> the County’s development (i.e. external)
>>>
>>> - Measuring benefits of ICT
>>>
>>> - Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst
>>> county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some of the main risks include:
>>>
>>> - Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
>>>
>>> - Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more
>>> negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some of the opportunities include:
>>>
>>> - PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and
>>> public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing
>>> youth with meaningful work experience
>>>
>>> - Open innovation from county government with local start-ups,
>>> businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
>>>
>>> - Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as
>>> the largest customer/puchaser locally)
>>>
>>> - Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them
>>> out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer
>>> awareness which the government can help)
>>>
>>> - Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so
>>> they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their
>>> content
>>>
>>> - Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement
>>> with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best
>>> available products
>>>
>>> - Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police
>>> etc)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane=
>>> huawei.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via
>>> kictanet
>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM
>>> *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane at huawei.com>
>>> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi at gmail.com>
>>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Good morning Listers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the
>>> framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public
>>> participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to
>>> make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I
>>> therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look
>>> forward to an animated discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion
>>> focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in
>>> the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will
>>> proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving
>>> these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements
>>> between the ICT community and the legislature.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is our guiding question for today–
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *What do you consider to be the ICT *
>>>
>>> * (a) challenges; *
>>>
>>> * (b) risks; and *
>>>
>>> * (c) opportunities in the counties?*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties,
>>> feel free to highlight them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate
>>> ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This discussion is now open!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Grace Mutung'u
Skype: gracebomu
@Bomu
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