<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Walu</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Excerpts from my 'thesis' to cover this topic:-</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. The performance or utilization of the National Optic Fibre Backbone (NOFBI) must be brought into review. According to the ICT Authority website:-</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The ICT Authority is implementing Phase 11 of the National Fibre Optic cable. The construction begun in September 2014 and is expected to be complete by June 2016. The second phase will build 1,600KM of fiber linking all the 47 county headquarters and an additional 500KM dedicated for military use. This is in addition to the existing 4,300KM of NOFBI I completed in 2009. NOFBI phase1passes 58 towns in 35 counties</span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To date:</span></p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1200Km out of the 1600KM civil works are completed.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">900Km of fibre has been laid in the backbone section.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The backbone section is now complete and fibre installed in all the 47 counties (Kajiado County fibre in NOFBI I was damaged by road construction) and capacity to connect Kajiado County HQ will be sourced from other operators whose fibre is along the power line to Namanga</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Metropolitan fibre civil works has been completed in 35 of 47 counties.</span></li></ol><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NOFBI Phase 1 is already in use in the national government, Telkom, Safaricom, Jamii Telecom and KENET utilizing more than 3,000KM of the cable. The operations and maintenance of NOFBI Phase 1 is being handled by Telkom.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read more:-</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><a href="http://www.icta.go.ke/national-optic-fibre-backbone-nofbi/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.icta.go.ke/national-optic-fibre-backbone-nofbi/</font></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is absolutely commendable. We must now move to the next stage of critical evaluation of this Critical Infrastructure. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">a) What are the learnings? </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">b) What could we have done better? </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">c) What are the bottlenecks to last mile connectivity? </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">d) Why haven't our connectivity costs reduced considering that most of the telcos are using this backbone which is a national resource? </span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are stepping on the shoulders of giants who envisioned this resource for the country. We must make absolutely sure that we squeeze every ounce of the advantage it has given us.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">e) Why are we not in the top 50 global internet penetration rankings? Make no mistake about it. Our competition is not Africa. It is global.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2. The Universal Service Access Fund is a commendable initiative but too often there hasn't been much information on the impact the critical resource is having. My suggestion would be to have an interactive real time map showing its impact and why certain regions are chosen to receive its largess and not others. This should be linked with Infrastructure sharing and last mile strategies to provide connectivity from the NOFBI. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">WayLeaves. There has to be robust engagement with counties to ensure that ISPs and Telcos are not held to ransom by short term county revenue hunting at the expense of spreading ubiquitous broadband connectivity. This is so critical that a clear strategy paper needs to be put together by all stakeholders to guarantee its implementation.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What are the roadblocks that hinder us from achieving universal broadband connectivity?</span></div><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 22 Jun 2016, at 10:47 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="line-height: 16pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271803"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271804"><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271805">How to Develop ICT infrastructure (Day 1-Wed 22nd June 2016)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271806"></span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271807"><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271808"> *telecoms, broadcast, broadband internet, postal)</span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271809"><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271810">*Investment incentives (FDI,Equity Shares)</span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271811"><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271812">*Open Access</span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271813"><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271814">*Infrastructure Sharing (Masts, Ducts, Wayleave etc)</span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271815"><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271816">*Spectrum Management</span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271817"><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271818">*Postal/National Addressing System</span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819"><span lang="EN-US" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271820">*Data Centers, IXPs, CDN</span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819"><span lang="EN-US">---</span></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819">So further to the welcome message below, today, we kick off the discussion with Infrastructure issues in mind. Basically think about what needs to be done to ensure a robust telco/internet, broadcast, postal environment from an infrastructure perspective. The subtopics above being guidelines.</div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819"><br></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819">Contentious issues have been around foreign direct investments with respect to the policy requirement for local equity shareholding. Should this be mandatory and at what % - keeping in mind that equity share holding requires local investors who may not always be keen in keeping money in ICTs (preferring traditional destinations of Land/Real estate).</div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819"><br></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819">On Open Access, how far do we want this to go? In mombasa we have the submarine landing points implementing open access where SEACOM, TEAMS, LION, EASSy etc are open to any interested player and this has worked well. Do we want to see this principle practiced domestically in terms of infrastructure sharing (Masts, Fiber Ducts, and even Spectrum?)</div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819"><br></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819">Finally what role do we see Postal Kenya taking within the ICT ecosystem, particularly with regard to the lack of the National Addressing system - which analysts feel is holding back the ecommerce potential.</div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819"><br></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819">Lets hear your views today since tomorrow we move onto INFO-structure issues.</div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819"><br></div><div style="line-height: 16pt;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271819">walu. </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271685"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271689" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271688"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271687"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271686"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271691"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271693"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_272187"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_272186">From:</span></b> Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:25 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> ICT Policy Discussions:-Overview, Thematic Topics (Day 1 to Day 10)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271730"><br><div id="yiv8335719068"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271729"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271728"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_265198">Greetings Listers,</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264093">As promised on monday, we kick off the discussions today and would like to share the general flow and how we shall move. </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795">Basically we have two platforms we shall use and listers are free to use one or both of them. The two plaftforms are KICTAnet platform and the <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv8335719068edited-link-editor" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264997" target="_blank" href="http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy">Jadili Platform </a> (<a href="http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy#heading-1">http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kenya-ict-policy#heading-1</a>) courtesy of Strathmore University, Law School. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795">The Jadili platform is hosting the Draft Policy in editable format and Listers are encouraged to login and post their specific proposal onto the platform. </div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795">The KICTAnet listserver plaftform is where we shall run guided discussions as per the plan below. Contributions on both platforms shall be consolidated and validated at a later face-2-face function. The overview of the discussion will be as shown below.</div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264578" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264579"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264580" lang="EN-US" style="">How to Develop ICT infrastructure (Day
1-Wed 22nd June 2016)</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264581" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264583" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264584" lang="EN-US" style=""> *telecoms, broadcast,
broadband internet, postal)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264586" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264587" lang="EN-US" style="">*Investment incentives (FDI,Equity
Shares)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264589" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264590" lang="EN-US" style="">*Open Access</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264592" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264593" lang="EN-US" style="">*Infrastructure Sharing (Masts, Ducts,
Wayleave etc)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264595" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264596" lang="EN-US" style="">*Spectrum Management</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264598" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264599" lang="EN-US" style="">*Postal/National Addressing System</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264601" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264602" lang="EN-US" style="">*Data Centers, IXPs, CDN</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264604" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264605" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264607" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264608"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264609" lang="EN-US" style="">How to Develop ICT Info-Structure (Day
2-Thrs 23rd June 2016)</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264610" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264612" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264613" lang="EN-US" style="">*Local Content, </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264615" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264616" lang="EN-US" style="">*Broadcast Content, Diversity, Cultural
Identity</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264618" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264619" lang="EN-US" style="">*Access to Information/OpenData</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264621" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264622" lang="EN-US" style=""> *Local Application Development</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264624" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264625" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264627" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264628"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264629" lang="EN-US" style="">How to Develop Skilled Human Capital
(Day 3-Fri 24th June 2016)</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264630" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264632" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264633" lang="EN-US" style="">*ICT integration in primary, secondary,
tertiary levels,</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264635" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264636" lang="EN-US" style="">*Specialized Skills (Software
/Engineering)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264638" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264639" lang="EN-US" style="">*Research & Development Capacity</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264641" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264642" lang="EN-US" style="">*eLiteracy for citizens/public </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264644" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264645"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264646" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></b></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264648" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264649"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264650" lang="EN-US" style="">*How to enhance Universal Service &
Access (Day 4-Mon 27th June 2016) </span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264651" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264653" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264654" lang="EN-US" style="">*Universal Access (Infrastructure)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264656" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264657" lang="EN-US" style="">*Universal Service (PWD) </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264659" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264660" lang="EN-US" style="">*Affordable Internet broadband Services</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264662" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264663" lang="EN-US" style="">*Affordable User Devices</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264665" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264666" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264668" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264669"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264670" lang="EN-US" style="">How to Develop local ICT Industry (Day
5- Tue 28th June 2016)</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264671" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264673" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264674" lang="EN-US" style="">*eCommerce, National Addressing System</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264676" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264677" lang="EN-US" style="">*Local eBusiness, </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264679" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264680" lang="EN-US" style="">* BPOs</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264682" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264683" lang="EN-US" style="">*Investment incentives (Equity Shares)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264685" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264686" lang="EN-US" style="">*ICTs in SME, (Small Medium Size
Enterprises)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264688" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264689" lang="EN-US" style="">*ICT regional export incentives</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264691" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264692" lang="EN-US" style="">*Local Device Manufacturing</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264694" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264695" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264697" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264698"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264699" lang="EN-US" style="">How to Accelerate eGovt Services (Day 6-
Wed 29th June 2016)</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264700" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264702" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264703" lang="EN-US" style="">*eHealth, eAgriculture, eTransport,
eGovt, eLearning</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264705" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264706" lang="EN-US" style="">*ICT regional (county) incentives)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264708" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264709" lang="EN-US" style="">*ICTs in Society, Culture</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264711" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264712" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264714" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264715"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264716" lang="EN-US" style="">How to enhance Cybersecurity (Day 7) -
Thrs 30th June 2016)</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264717" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264719" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264720" lang="EN-US" style="">*Online Citizen Safety, </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264722" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264723" lang="EN-US" style="">*Child Protection</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264725" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264726" lang="EN-US" style="">*Privacy issues</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264728" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264729" lang="EN-US" style="">*Security business transactions
(Info-Security)</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264731" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264732" lang="EN-US" style="">*Security & Reliability of Critical
ICT infrastructure</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264734" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264735" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264737" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264738"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264739" lang="EN-US" style="">Emerging Issues (Day 8 -Fri 1st July
2016)</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264740" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264742" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264743" lang="EN-US" style="">Internet of Things, M2M</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264745" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264746" lang="EN-US" style="">Net Neutrality & OTT</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264748" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264749" lang="EN-US" style="">Big Data </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264751" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264752" lang="EN-US" style="">Virtual Money/BlockChains</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264754" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264755" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264757" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264758"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264759" lang="EN-US" style="">Institutional, Legal & Regulatory
Framework (Day 9-Mon 4th July 2016)</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264760" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264762" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264763" lang="EN-US" style="">Role of Regulator, USAC, CERTs, NCS,
ICTA, PCK, CSO, Professional Bodies etc</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264765" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264766" lang="EN-US" style="">Needed Legislation, Data Protection,
eTransaction, Intermediary Liability etc</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264768" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264769" lang="EN-US" style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263795">
</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264771" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><b id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264772"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264773" lang="EN-US" style="">DAY 10, Tue 5th July -Wrap UP Closure</span></b><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_264774" lang="EN-US" style=""></span></div><div class="yiv8335719068qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263796"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8335719068qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263796">I look forward to your active engagement.</div><div class="yiv8335719068qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263796"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8335719068qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263796">J. Walubengo</div><div class="yiv8335719068qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263796">for KICTAnet.</div><div class="yiv8335719068qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263796"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8335719068yqt2453772452" id="yiv8335719068yqt20891"><div class="yiv8335719068yahoo_quoted" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263800" style="display:block;"> <div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263799" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263798" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263797"> <font id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263802" size="2" face="Arial"> </font><hr id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263884" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 20, 2016 3:25 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Fw: DRAFT ICT POLICY 2016 LINK-KICTAnet Stakeholder Input<br clear="none"> </div> <div class="yiv8335719068y_msg_container" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263804"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv8335719068"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263807"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_263806" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723">Dear Listers,</div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723">The Ministry of ICT (PS V. Kyalo) has asked KICTAnet to ran a two week moderated discussion on the Draft ICT Policy 2016, that will replace the current 2006 ICT Policy.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723">Please download and go through in preparation of the online discussions scheduled to kick-off this wednesday 22nd June 2016.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723">You views will be consolidated and later on you will be invited to validated the same at a face-to-face session to be confirmed at a venue and date to be confirmed later.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723">Kazi kwenyu. Do not say you were not consulted :-)</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723">Best rgds.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723">walu.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163723"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8335719068qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_271780"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8335719068yahoo_quoted" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163686" style="display:block;"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163685" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163684" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163683"> </div> <div class="yiv8335719068yqt5509690397" id="yiv8335719068yqt42427"><div class="yiv8335719068y_msg_container" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163701">----<br clear="none"><div id="yiv8335719068"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163709"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466158741697_163708" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22293"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22214">Dear All,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22421"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22214"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22416"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22436">The Draft ICT Policy 2016 has been posted in the </span><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22214"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22437">MoICT </span>website for stakeholders comments. Please use the link below to access the document.<br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22313"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22214"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22314"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22214"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22317" target="_blank" href="http://www.information.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Draft-National-ICT-Policy-20June2016.pdf">http://www.information.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Draft-National-ICT-Policy-20June2016.pdf</a></span></div><div class="yiv8335719068yqt9389030758" id="yiv8335719068yqtfd04191"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22200"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22450"> </div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22449">Kind regards,<br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv8335719068signature" id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22202"><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22201"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22207" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(134, 135, 164);font-weight:bold;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Jane W. Migwi<br clear="none">Administrative Secretary<br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22203"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22206" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(134, 135, 164);font-weight:bold;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">National Communications Secretariat</span></div><div id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22204"><span id="yiv8335719068yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466415415396_22205" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(134, 135, 164);font-weight:bold;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">P.O. 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