<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181"><span>@Alex,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373253">Am not a ministry guy so will not speak on their behalf. However, just to point that mandates of various government agencies are always defined in their respective Acts. A good place for these acts is always :</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373378"><a href="http://www.kenyalaw.org/kl/" class="enhancr2_4f3b730e-eeeb-c175-e4b7-eabe674d4246" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373377">Kenya Law: Home Page</a><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373420"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_4f3b730e-eeeb-c175-e4b7-eabe674d4246" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="http://www.kenyalaw.org/kl/" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr"> <a href="http://www.kenyalaw.org/kl/" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373438"> <table class="card-wrapper yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373437"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373436"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373435"> <td width="400" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373434"> <table class="card yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373433"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373432"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373431"> <td class="card-primary-image-cell" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/QuRRpEQGzvHvGUSAlH67yQ--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/templates/img/logo.png.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" background="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/QuRRpEQGzvHvGUSAlH67yQ--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/templates/img/logo.png.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373430"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/QuRRpEQGzvHvGUSAlH67yQ--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/http://www.kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/templates/img/logo.png.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" valign="top" style="width:100%;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373429"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373428"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373427"> <td style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png" bgcolor="transparent" valign="top" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373426"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" height="185" style="width:100%;height:185px;min-height:185px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373425"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373424"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373423"> <td class="card-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td class="card-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373422"> <div class="card-share-container"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374106"> <td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374105"> <table class="card-info yahoo-ignore-table" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:95%;max-width:380px;border:1px solid #e0e4e9;border-bottom:3px solid #000000;margin-top:-40px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374104"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374103"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374102"> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374101"> <h2 class="card-title" style="font-size: 16px; line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">Kenya Law: Home Page</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;"></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373456"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr">But since I know most folks wont search. I can share my understanding of the reading.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr">1. Minstry of ICT: deals in all ICT Policy, Legal, Regulatory & Implementation matters. The ministry has specialized in some cases semi-autonomous agencies to help it carry out this huge mandate.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr">a) National Comm Secretariate (NCS): Advices ICT minister on ICT Policy matters. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr">b) Regulator: Develops and enforces ICT regulations </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr">c) Universal Service Advisory Council: Works with regulator to achieve universal service</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr">d) ICT Authority: works with ministry to spread ICTs within government/public sector, while marketing Kenya as an ICT destination.(ref: took over eGov+ICT Board functions)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr">e) PCK: National Postal Service provider</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr">f) Parliamentary Committee on ICT (not sure if still combined with Transport) but this committee deals with anything and everything ICT in the country. If you have scandals to report or a bill to propose, you have to start here and treat the MPs otherwise you are headed nowhere :-)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373181" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180">Some other relevant bodies:</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr">g) Media Council of Kenya:-self-regulatory body for the media, they have a complaints committee in case u feel aggrieved</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr">h) Multimedia Appeals Tribunal:-mostly used by operators who feel aggrieved by the regulators rulings.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr">One thing that seems to be missing out is ofcourse is the role (if any) of ICT professional bodies and Civil Society Organisation (CSO) in the ICT sector. We do have several ICT professional bodies such as ISACA-Kenya, ICT Assoc of Kenya, Computer Soc of Kenya, KEPSA - ICT Forum?, KITOS amongst others. </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr">The Civil Society groups I have come across in this space so far include KICTAnet, Article 19, Mzalendo etc.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr">How these groups link up and contribute to the national ICT discourse seems to be left to how well they know the incumbents at the ministry. Perhaps we may need to formalize this relationships at a policy level to avoid future ministers deciding how well to engage or ignore these groups.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373180" dir="ltr">walu.<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373196" 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_1467267294131_373195"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373194"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373193"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373198"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374392"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374526"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374525">From:</span></b> Alex Watila via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Alex Watila <awatila@yahoo.co.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 4, 2016 11:22 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] National ICT Policy Discussions: Day 9 of 10: Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373200"><br><div id="yiv6095843729"><style>#yiv6095843729 #yiv6095843729 --
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#yiv6095843729 </style><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373204"><div class="yiv6095843729WordSection1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373203"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373202"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Dear All,</span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373207"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373206">Could the representatives of egov, icta, CA, Min of ICT clarify share their main mandates to make the discussion more informed.</span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374251"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374257"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374256">I also still have the feeling that other relevant bodies need to be roped in so that the policy is aligned .e.g.</span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoListParagraph" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373468"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373467">Standards – KEBS is the custodian of ISO related standards that include many with impact on ICT. E.g. Information Security Management Standards, Record Management Standards, IT Services Management etc</span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoListParagraph" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373947"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374355">Archiving – we discussed the role of KCB but also Kenya National Archives has a mandate and needs to be encouraged to provide this archived information in a digital format.</span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Regards,</span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374356"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Alex</span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6095843729yqt8901251916" id="yiv6095843729yqt28732"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374255"><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374254"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374253"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ali Hussein via kictanet<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 4, 2016 10:46 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> awatila@yahoo.co.uk<br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] National ICT Policy Discussions: Day 9 of 10: Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373953"> </div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal">@Walu and all</div></div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"> </div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374358"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374357">I have always find it very confusing to remember all the various players and their roles in the ICT Ministry. Might there be a justification to rationalize them? Like the process that the eGovernment Dept and the predecessor to the ICT Authority went through? </div></div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal">The other issue is one of independence and confusion of the different players in the sector. We see the CA sometimes dabbling in policy and the Ministry in regulations. Sometimes the line is murky true..but we must endeavor to respect those roles. </div></div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"> </div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374360"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374359">How does the policy address this issue? </div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373227"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373226"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373963"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373962"><b>Ali Hussein</b></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373969"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373968"><b>Principal</b></div></div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"><b>Hussein & Associates</b></div></div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</span></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373225"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373224"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">Twitter: @AliHKassim</div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">Skype: abu-jomo</div><div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"> </div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373971"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373970"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal">"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div></div><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal">Sent from my iPad</div></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373967"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373966"><br clear="none">On 4 Jul 2016, at 8:58 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373248"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373247"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373246"><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295048"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373972"><span style="">Listers, </span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295048"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374361"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295048"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">@Barrack had introduced the above theme over the weekend but looks like folks were on a family day off. So agreed to have today to see if we can get views on this matter and then wrap up everthting tomorrow.</span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295048"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="">----</span></b><span style=""></span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295048"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="">Day 9 of 10: Institutional, Legal & Regulatory Framework </span></b><span style=""></span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295051"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">Role of Regulator, USAC, CERTs, NCS, ICTA, PCK, CSO, Professional Bodies etc</span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295053"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373245"><span style="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373244">Needed Legislation, Data Protection, eTransaction, Intermediary Liability etc</span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295055"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295058"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="">The Background:</span></b><span style=""></span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295061"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373977"><span style="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_373976">Now that we have discussed most of the issues, it is time to look at the governance framework for the same. Traditionally, the key governance actors have been the ICT Parliamentary Committees, the ICT Ministry, the National Communication Secretariate (NCS), the ICT regulator, the ICT Authority, the ICT (Multimedia) Appeals Tribunal,etc.</span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295063"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295066"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374367"><span style="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_374366">The market players have been the Operators, Postal Agency, Courier Services, Application Service Providers.</span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295068"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295071"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">Have these entities worked well for us or do we want to delete, add or restructures some of them? Is there a need to define and bring in specific roles for Professional bodies, Civil Society and others within the ICT space?</span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295073"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295076"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">What are the legal & regulatory gaps we find moving forward?</span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295078"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295081"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">We have 1 Day on this as usual.</span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295081"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style=""> </span></div></div><div id="yiv6095843729yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467267294131_295081"><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">walu.</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><div class="yiv6095843729MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">kictanet mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unsubscribe or change your options at <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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