[kictanet] Day 3 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)

Wed Feb 7 12:37:05 EAT 2018

Kanini,

FYI- The Kenya Association of Manufacturers has been helping some 
counties to try this (via a website etc) but there's need to boost these 
efforts:
Integrate public participation into county procedures: 
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/eblog/2015/04/02/integrate-public-participation-into-county-procedures/

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Best Regards,

Ephraim Percy Kenyanito

Legal Researcher/ Policy Analyst
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On 07/02/18 09:36, Barrack Otieno via kictanet wrote:
> Good morning Kanini,
>
> There is need for a proper framework that defines meaningful public 
> participation which should be adhered to by the National and County 
> government. KICTAnet developed a tool kit that should be considered by 
> the Senate. At the very minimum the Senate should be providing 
> feedback whenever it calls the public as it did last year during the 
> elections amendment debate, honestly the wahehimiwas earn sitting 
> allowances while the public spends their precious time to contribute 
> to their work yet no feedback is provided. We need urgent feedback on 
> the ICT policy, we also need feedback on the public participation 
> exercise that culminated in the elections amendment act.
>
> I would also like to take this opportunity to applaud senator Halake 
> for engaging stakeholders electronically through the KICTAnet mailing 
> list, i think the senate can take advantage of mailing lists and 
> Social Media to engage the public provided the engagement is well 
> structured and based on a public participation framework.
>
> Best
>
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:10 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet 
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Dear Listers,
>
>     Welome to the third and final day of the Talk to the Senate
>     series. We have discussed at length the challenges facing the
>     counties and made exciting proposals for a brighter future. We
>     will culminate this discussion with an earnest look at how we can
>     foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature
>     (think, effective public participation). The proposals we come up
>     with could very easily be adopted into a Public Participation Bill
>     that would dictate how counties are to conduct public
>     participation, talk about killing two birds with one stone.
>
>     Please indulge me in answering the following questions–
>
>         (a) What constitutes effective public participation?
>
>         (b) How can we leverage on ICT to achieve effective public
>         participation?
>
>         (c) Please give proposals on engagements you would like to see
>         between the ICT community and the Senate ICT Committee.
>
>
>     Let us finish strong!
>
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