<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Rant >> Legal fees should never exceed budgets allocated for projects increasing service delivery and access to information.</span><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/City-Hall-to-pay-lawyer-Ojienda-Sh262-million/539546-4161134-1mwtbe/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr>businessdailyafrica.com/news/<wbr>City-Hall-to-pay-lawyer-<wbr>Ojienda-Sh262-million/539546-<wbr>4161134-1mwtbe/index.html</a><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">@Walu Your comments sum up why we need to Legislate principles and then, within that Legislation require IT Procurement and Management Regulations to be<span> </span></span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u>gazetted</u></b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> + updated by the </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><b><u>Kenya ICT Authority</u></b></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> every 36 or so months. The KICTA needs to allow for public participation. Public being the IT industry - individuals, companies and associations who avail themselves for public forums, whether in body or online.</span><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div>County residents may sue their executives if these regulations are ignored and information concerning resident welfare is not readily accessible.</div><div><br></div><div><b>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Best practice will distribute instances (installations) of service applications. Even if there is a centralized service for all counties, each county should have their own information backed up at their premises and in other localities or counties. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">
</div><div><span style="font-weight:normal">Each and every citizen/resident unable to access the Internet should be able to access data within county premises - including paper notifications stuck on notice boards and digital dash boards. At County premises, you should be able to enter your ID or Passport number on some digital appliance (dashboard) and access workflow information - where your case/matter has reached and who is handling it at each stage and how to contact them. There should be a complaint/feedback mechanism at your finger tips if service is not forthcoming.</span></div><div><span style="font-weight:normal"><br></span></div></b></div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 12:34 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div>@Kanini,</div><div><br></div><div>I got busy and forgot to share...so the following may perhaps fit in the previous days discussions but you decide.</div><div><br></div><div>I was involved with Counties a while back while developing some of their <a href="http://icta.go.ke/county-ict-roadmaps/" target="_blank">County ICT roadmaps</a> which most have not bothered to implement. One thing we observed was that very few counties had a substantive ICT ministry at county levels. Many had lumped ICTs under Youth ministries, or education ministries. One if am not wrong even had put ICT under health or housing ministry ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>So anyway, what this means is that when it comes to budgeting, ICT issues would be last on the queue or put differently, no budgets for ICTs. That was problem no 1.</div><div><br></div><div>Problem no 2. was the county assemblies, the folks who approve county budgets had little understanding of ICT budgets, so when push comes to shove, even progressive 'ICT' counties like Uasin Gishu would have their ICT budgets chopped off viciously.</div><div><br></div><div>Problem no3. I observed was that most counties needed the same 'ICT' services eg. Health info systems, Revenue Collection (parking fees, licensing fees, rates, etc) and so they would benefit from coming together and purchasing Cloud services as opposed to each individually buying the same system (H/ware & S/Ware) from perhaps the same supplier who charges them x47 times for separate installations.</div><div><br></div><div>But most Counties prefer to operate in isolation since it gives them leeway on deciding who gets the ICT tenders (read between the lines ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe going forward, Senate Committee on ICT could increase its focus County ICT budgets (or their lack thereof). Further they would demand more accountability on how these budgets are spent..tendered..etc. Essentially provide deeper ICT oversight and performance indicators for counties.</div><div><br></div><div>walu.</div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 9:13:51 AM GMT+3, kanini mutemi via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:
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We have discussed at length the challenges facing the counties and made exciting proposals for a brighter future. We will culminate this discussion with an earnest look at how we can foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature (think, effective public participation). The proposals we come up with could very easily be adopted into a Public Participation Bill that would dictate how counties are to conduct public participation, talk about killing two birds with one stone. </span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><br class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670">Please indulge me in answering the following questions–</font></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><br class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"></font></span></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670">(a) What constitutes effective public participation? </font></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><br class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"></font></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670">(b) How can we leverage on ICT to achieve effective public participation?</font></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><br class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"></font></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670">(c) Please give proposals on engagements you would like to see between the ICT community and the Senate ICT Committee. </font></span></div></blockquote><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><br class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"></font></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670">Let us finish strong! </span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><font color="#0433ff" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><br class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"></font></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><span style="font-size:14px" class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><br class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"></span></div><div class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"><br class="m_-5154683536603939558gmail-m_7099393754707893904m_3237000957617587897ydp296d7ff8yiv9658835670"></div></div></div></div></div><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m<wbr>ailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTA<wbr>Net/</a><br><br></span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m<wbr>ailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%<wbr>40yahoo.com</a><span><br><br>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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