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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“But some stakeholders in the ICT industry feel that some amendments
should be made to the draft before it is presented for debate. Media owners feel
that the draft has not adequately addressed their concerns and instead has come
up with draconian measures regarding media ownership.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The above could be some of the things
holding the draft law. Different stakeholders lobby for different positions to
safeguard their interests! My suspicion is that the AG’s office could still be grappling
with issues of convergence (Broadcasting, IT and Telecoms all in one law) which
the draft bill is introducing. I remember this bill had done some rounds to
various stakeholders, was the AG office one of those offices that were
consulted? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Harry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
kictanet-bounces+harry=africanedevelopment.org@kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=africanedevelopment.org@kictanet.or.ke] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Rebecca Wanjiku<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 16, 2007 9:19
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">harry@africanedevelopment.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] ICT law or
none???</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>STILL WAITING FOR ICT LAW</span></font><u1:p></u1:p></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It has been a long wait for an ICT Act, and there is no immediate sign
that the wait is over. Though the draft policy was presented to the cabinet by
Attorney General Amos Wako, it is yet to be published in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region u2:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:country-region></st1:place>
gazette.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If the draft is published in the gazette, then there can be a chance it
will be presented to parliament for debate before end of this year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Though the AG’s office claims to be attending to the bill together with
others pending, the challenge is how to harmonize the draft bill to be in
tandem with the Communications Act (1998).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Wako’s office is debating whether to come up with a separate ICT Act or
to repeal the communications Act to incorporate the draft bill.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Lawyer Paul Mwangi, who has been following developments of the draft
policy, says that the AG can come up with a new Act so long as it does not
contradict the Communications Act.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“The draft bill can be published and presented to parliament then they
can decide whether to enact an ICT Act or to come up with a more comprehensive
Act by repealing the Communications Act and,” says Mwangi.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mwangi argues that the excuses by the AG are about convenience, and
nothing substantial. He adds that it is just a matter of codifying the law, and
that can come up with another Act and they will still be applicable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Lawyer Joseph Kihanya agrees that Bills can be debated and passed to
repeal Acts in force.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“Why this cannot be done with the Communications Act (1998) I can not
tell,” says Kihanya.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kihanya adds that Telecommunications law demands that the laws be
consolidated into one statute. He illustrates this by quoting the UK
Communications Act 2003 which was consolidated into one statute that deals with
every aspect of ICTs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The UK Communications Act (2003) deals with issues ranging from
regulations, media ownership and control, internet, ecommerce to the
relationship between the ministry and the British Broadcasting Corporation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The UK CA (2003) is divided into parts that exhaust legislation
relation to the field for instance, part 5 deals with competition in
communications market. Under this part, there are chapters guiding on functions
of the ministry according to the law, and media mergers, detailing how they
should be carried out.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><u1:p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Kenya ICT draft bill is a product of the Economic Recovery Strategy
for Wealth and Employment Creation (2003-2007) and was developed by the
Ministry of Information & Communications in January 2006. <br>
<br>
According to the ministry of Information and Communication website, the ICT
draft bill is seeking to encourage sustained economic growth and poverty
reduction, promote social justice and equity, mainstream gender in national
development, empower youth and disadvantaged groups, stimulate investment and
innovation in ICT, and achieve universal access. <br>
<br>
The draft bill addresses market structure, policy objectives and targets,
implementation strategies, universal access, and the institutional framework of
information technology (IT), broadcasting, telecommunications, radio frequency
spectrum, and postal services. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>But some stakeholders in the ICT industry feel that some amendments
should be made to the draft before it is presented for debate. Media owners
feel that the draft has not adequately addressed their concerns and instead has
come up with draconian measures regarding media ownership.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ends <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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