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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Monica Kerretts-Makau <mkmakau@yahoo.co.uk><BR>To: mleonardo@yahoo.com<BR>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:51:23 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority?<BR><BR>Waudo,<BR><BR><BR>While I agree that there needs to be coordination, should there not be a<BR>review of existing agencies : for scope and mandate and see if these<BR>agencies can be realigned to meet the gaps as raised rather than creating a<BR>new body? In doing so we may end up with even lesser institutions if some<BR>are merged etc?<BR><BR>Dr. Monica Kerretts-Makau<BR><BR><BR>On 24/4/08 2:26 PM, "waudo siganga" <<A href="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com" ymailto="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com">emailsignet@mailcan.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> Alex - actually the KEPSA proposal is not at
a stage of detail. I think<BR>> the first stage is for all to determine and agree, as KEPSA has done,<BR>> that there is a problem of "coordination and coherence" with regard to<BR>> ICT and Government. We can use a forum like this one to share<BR>> experiences to determine this. For me the reality is that ICT is<BR>> cross-cutting and horizontal to the Government structure while most<BR>> Ministries appear structured to operate in a vertical format. The<BR>> Ministry of trade will tell you that OOXML (and ICT standards in<BR>> general) is their baby; so is the yet to be attended to WTO Information<BR>> Technology Act; so is signing (WTO) commitments to liberalize ICT<BR>> services sector. Finance will claim GITS; Immigration want to<BR>> unilaterally control the entry of ICT experts into the country, etc.<BR>> There is no-one stop-shop to manage or even act as an interface. In this<BR>> connection an ICT Authority
is just one proposal but the flesh of it<BR>> would have to come from wider consultation and input of all<BR>> stakeholders. <BR>> <BR>> Waudo<BR>> <BR>> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:03:05 -0700 (PDT), "Alex Gakuru"<BR>> <<A href="mailto:alex.gakuru@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:alex.gakuru@yahoo.com">alex.gakuru@yahoo.com</A>> said:<BR>>> <BR>>> --- Edith Adera <<A href="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke" ymailto="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke">eadera@idrc.or.ke</A>> wrote:<BR>>>> <BR>>>> Can the proposal be shared in this list?<BR>>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> I have refrained from commenting without seeing and<BR>>> understanding what the said proposal contains.<BR>>> <BR>>> Alex <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> _____________________________________________________________________________<BR>>> _______<BR>>> Be a better friend,
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