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<p>You are right Harry. All these bodies should be brought under an<br />umbrella Authority. Yet another function that could fall under the Authority<br />would be one regulating ICT educational and training standards,<br />certification and professionalism. This is an area the Government is not<br />taking seriously and it is not clear which Ministry to deal with at the<br />moment. An ICT Authority may be better placed to actualize this by<br />bringing together the stakeholders and various Ministries such as education, Infocom, labour,<br />Science & Tech, etc. We need to have in mind that we have big ICT <br />plans for the country and these can only be achieved by having proper and structured capacity<br />building and professionalism. (KEPSA is advocating for enactment of IT Practioners<br />Management Act). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">If you are interested, you can become acquainted with the KEPSA proposals by clicking <a href="http://www.cskonline.org/downloads/kepsa_proposals.doc"><font color="#0000ff">here</font></a>.</p><p><br />Waudo<br />On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:02:26 +0300, <a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org">"Harry Hare"<br /><harry@africanedevelopment.org></a> said:<br />> Dear Walu and Waudo,<br />> <br />> You may all be right in your positions, but structurally speaking, all<br />> the<br />> agencies mentioned by Waudo ought to be under one administrative unit for<br />> effective management of the sector. Here I have in mind an ICT Authority,<br />> with functional boards/departments/agencies whatever we may want to call<br />> them, that may include;<br />> <br />> - GITS - Government ICT Implementation and Technical Support function<br />> - eGov - eGov Policy and Strategic function<br />> - ICT Board - Marketing and Promotion function<br />> - CCK - Regulatory function<br />> - NCS - National ICT Policy Advisory function<br />> <br />> Of course the mandate, functions and the legality of the institutions may<br />> have to be revisited and probably aligned and sharpened for effective<br />> operations. So the proposed authority can be used to converge the sector<br />> for<br />> and building synergies across the said institutions for effective<br />> management<br />> and service delivery.<br />> <br />> Regards<br />> Harry<br />> <br />> African eDevelopment Resource Centre<br />> 3rd Floor, Nelleon Place<br />> Raphta Road, Westlands<br />> PO Box 49475 00100<br />> Nairobi, Kenya<br />> Cel +254 725 650044<br />> Land +254 20 4453445<br />> www.africanedevelopment.org<br />> My Blogg<br />> <br />> ***********************************************************<br />> April/May 2008 Training Opportunities<br />> <br />> GIS 16-18 April<br />> Records Management 28-30 April<br />> Web Applications Security 28-30 April<br />> Certified Fiber Optic Technician 6-9 May<br />> e-Marketing 27-30 May <br />> <br />> Book Now, Limited spaces available<br />> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail<br />> <br />> -----Original Message-----<br />> From: <a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=africanedevelopment.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-bounces+harry=africanedevelopment.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br />> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=africanedevelopment.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke]<br />> On Behalf Of waudo siganga<br />> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:59 PM<br />> To: <a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org">harry@africanedevelopment.org</a><br />> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br />> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority?<br />> <br />> I would not see any overlap Walu as the bodies you have mentioned have<br />> their specific mandates which are not encompassing the ICT universe.<br />> Roughly I think ICT Board is for marketing (Min. of INFOCOM), GITS to<br />> run Gov. ICT services (Min. of Finance) and the e-Secretariat to<br />> implement the e-Gov. strategy (Office of Pres.). I am always open to<br />> correction but meantime I am endorsing the KEPSA proposal.<br />> Waudo<br />> <br />> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:23:50 -0700 (PDT), "John Walubengo"<br />> <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com></a> said:<br />> > Waudo, <br />> > <br />> > jst wondering if we dont already have enough overlaps<br />> > between ICT Board, eGovt Secretariate, Government<br />> > Info-Technology Services (GITS) and now you (KEPSA?) want<br />> > to add on an ICT authority?<br />> > <br />> > walu.<br />> > <br />> > --- waudo <a href="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com">siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com></a> wrote:<br />> > All this ultimately suggests the necessity for the<br />> > establishment of an oversight statutory<br />> > ICT Authority as is being proposed by KEPSA to the ongoing<br />> > Government harmonization Committee.<br />> > <br />> > <br />> > <br />> > --- waudo <a href="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com">siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com></a> wrote:<br />> > <br />> > > Actually the Government never voted and was never called<br />> > > upon to<br />> > > vote on this issue. The Government only facilitated the<br />> > > stakeholder committee at KEBS and national voting was<br />> > > done by<br />> > > members of that committee. The overall issue however<br />> > > reiterates<br />> > > what I see as a persistent problem regarding ICT and<br />> > > Government:<br />> > > ICT is wide and diverse, as well as being horizontal to<br />> > > the<br />> > > Governm<br />> > ent structure. This sometimes leads to matters<br />> > > that are<br />> > > considered "ICT" not revolving around a central spoke in<br />> > > the<br />> > > Governemnt structure. So for example KEBS (and by<br />> > > extension<br />> > > issues of ICT standards) falls under the Ministry of<br />> > > trade. In<br />> > > the committee that handled OOXML there was no<br />> > > representative from<br />> > > the Ministry of Info and Comm., which was a mistake<br />> > > because the<br />> > > Government was a Stakeholder. All this ultimately<br />> > > suggests the<br />> > > necessity for the establishment of an oversight statutory<br />> > > ICT<br />> > > Authority as is being proposed by KEPSA to the ongoing<br />> > > Government<br />> > > harmonization Committee.<br />> > > <br />> > > Waudo<br />> > > <br />> > > <br />> > > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:14:43 -0700 (PDT), "Rebecca<br />> > > Wanjiku" <rebeccawanji<br />> > > <a href="mailto:ku@yahoo.com">ku@yahoo.com></a> said:<br />> > > <br />> > > Microsoft denies threatening to withdraw<br />> > > funding<br />> > > <br />> > > Microsoft East Africa has dismissed allegations that it<br />> > > threatened to withdraw funding to Kenya if the government<br />> > > did not<br />> > > vote "yes" on OOXML.<br />> > > <br />> > > Louis Otieno, Microsoft general manager in East and<br />> > > Southern<br />> > > Africa denied the allegations, saying that Microsoft EA<br />> > > acted<br />> > > appropriately.<br />> > > <br />> > > "We've acted appropriately in all instances. And we are<br />> > > grateful<br />> > > that the National Body members engaged in this process<br />> > > collaboratively and constructively," Otieno said.<br />> > > <br />> > ><br />> > <a href="computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/04/21/microsoft" target="_top">computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/04/21/microsoft</a>-denies-t<br />> > > hreatening-withdraw-funding<br />> > > <br />> > > Tel. 254 720 318 925<br />> > > blog:<a href="beckyit.blogspot.com/" target="_top">beckyit.blogspot.com/</a><br />> > > <br />> > > _________________________________________________________<br />> > > <br />> > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with<br />> > > Yahoo!<br />> > > Mobile. 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