[kictanet] [loose organization is reactive - we need a secretariat] Public Consultation on National Broadband Strategy for Kenya

Wed Mar 13 13:00:32 EAT 2019

Patrick

KICTANet is a Multi-Stakeholder Platform that works purely on a voluntary
basis. With passion for certain but wholly voluntary. What you bring out is
the classic conundrum platforms like ours face.

Having said that, and to reiterate what Grace said before we are happy for
listers to provide solutions that can resolve such issues.

Regards

*Ali Hussein*

*Principal*

*AHK & Associates*

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On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 5:53 PM Patrick A. M. Maina <pmaina2000 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Greetings GG, Ali & Listers,
>
> It looks to me like we as Kictanet have a pattern of reactive engagement
> and I believe that it is a major contributor to the haphazard way things
> seem to pop-up in the local (and regional) ICT space. Possibly also an
> indicator that MNC lobbyists are much more proactive and effective than
> local stakeholders in *agenda setting*.
>
> Multi-stakeholderism has certain powerful advantages (e.g. a uniquely
> egalitarian platform where all voices can be heard) - but it also appears
> to have some crippling disadvantages (e.g. reactive , instead of proactive
> engagement) when it is the sole mode of stakeholder-Government engagement.
>
>
> Of course there are those who benefit from, and thus prefer, the status
> quo - but I would want to believe that the majority of local stakeholders
> would want Kictanet to be a proactive "guiding light" in the policy space
> so that any proposed public policy is primarily beneficial to the Kenyan
> public, local businesses and our economy - in a net-positive, sustainable
> way.
>
> Is it worth exploring whether there is a better way of engaging with
> Government institutions? For example: What if before the actual public
> consultation starts, there is a process for identifying and on-boarding
> potentially impacted stakeholders, establishing the optimum consultation
> approach (be they conferences / town hall / shared documents etc..
> including budgets / program management etc) and negotiating reasonable
> timelines?
>
> One thing is certain: If we don't organize for proactive engagement (e.g.
> via full-time secretariat), Kictanet will continue to struggle at being
> proactive and thus, have severely limited effectiveness in the policy space.
>
> Effectiveness is positively correlated with organization. To be organized
> you need a framework of formal structures, dedicated teams, strategies,
> plans, priorities, rules, processes and resources.
>
> I truly appreciate Kictanet as it currently is (and have noted many
> benefits of multi-stakeholderism) so I hope this will not be misunderstood.
> This is a call for an honest housekeeping discussion... can we work better
> via some kind of hybrid structure. e.g. we can have Kictanet organized into
> chapters: A consultative engagement chapter (secretariat) and an industry
> activism (political / multistakeholderism) chapter - both supporting each
> other under one umbrella.
>
> Brgds,
> Patrick.
>
> Patrick A. M. Maina
> [Cross-domain Innovator | Independent Public Policy Analyst - Indigenous
> Innovations]
>
>
> On Monday, March 11, 2019, 8:38:15 AM GMT+3, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>
> Gimode
>
> Greetings. Seeing that you posted this email on Friday, 8th March, I'm
> curious to understand how the committee can expect to get substantive
> responses within a week on such a critical piece of document?
>
> I think it's time this country reviews what it means when the constitution
> talks about Public Participation. I know that there are members of the
> August House in this list. I challenge them to address this issue. I fear
> that government officials are taking us through a 'tick the box' exercise
> when it comes to public participation.
>
> *Ali Hussein*
>
> *Principal*
>
> *AHK & Associates*
>
>
>
> Tel: +254 713 601113
>
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>
> Skype: abu-jomo
>
> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>
>
> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
>
> Chiromo Road, Westlands,
>
> Nairobi, Kenya.
>
> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
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>
>
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 9:04 PM Gimode, Chiimbiru via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Dear Listers,
>
>
> You will recall the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology
> (MoICT) constituted an inter-agency Steering Committee to review of Kenya’s
> first National Broadband Strategy (NBS) for the period 2013-2017. The
> Committee draws membership from the MoICT, Communications Authority of
> Kenya (CA), Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat (VDS), National Communications
> Secretariat (NCS) and the ICT Authority (ICTA).
>
>
>
> The team is at the tail-end of the review of the NBS and is seeking  views
> from the members of the public to enrich the NBS for the period 2018 – 2023
>  in line with Constitution of Kenya 2010.
>
>
> Attached is a public notice  on the same.
>
>
> You can access the consultation paper on the Authority’s website on this
> link: https://ca.go.ke/consumers/public-consultations/open-consultations/
>
>
> The deadline for submission of comments is* 15th March 2019.*
>
>
> *Best  Regards,*
> Chiimbiru Gimode, *CMRP, MPRSK.*
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