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<div>Thanks Deborah for highlighting this. It is becoming apparent that KICTANET needs a full time Secretariat (admin & coordination unit) and such should have guaranteed but independent funding.</div><div><br></div><div>Other things to ponder:</div><div>1. Does KICTANET hold elections? </div><div>2. Does if have a full time management team?</div><div>3. Does it have a budget? </div><div>4. What are the sources of financing this year? </div><div>5. Are there potential conflicts of interest from financiers/sponsors/donors) in terms of agenda setting?</div><div>6. How does KICTANET prevent big money from controlling it's agenda in favor of big corp and foreign tech at the expense of the local ecosystem? </div><div><br></div><div>I think being left out in the budget policy participation is a serious wake up call for all stakeholders.</div><div><br></div><div>Good day.</div><div>Patrick.</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 6:06:14 AM GMT+3, Deborah Wanjugu via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp6e0fa9c9yiv0665177072"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Listers,<div><br></div><div>I came to learn the Treasury has issued a call for public comments on the Budget Policy Statement 2019.</div><div><br></div><div>I never saw any particular firm plans the Government has for ICT so I thought it best to bring this to your attention, albeit a little later than I should have. I could be wrong, though. Maybe I had high expectations owing to the exposure I get from you all.</div><div><br></div><div>What I love about this group is there are so many diverse opinions on various issues. I think it would be great to let the Government hear all these well - considered opinions on its ICT plans.</div><div><br></div><div>The deadline for institutions to put in their comments was on Friday, which means Kictanet might not be able to, but as individuals you would be able to participate. </div><div><br></div><div>The deadline for submitting our comments is 31st January 2019, i.e. this Thursday. </div><div><br></div><div>I created a public Google folder for this purpose. You can access it here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LsgzmXlEgPagqUDN-qQqlQEeEzK9pYqM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LsgzmXlEgPagqUDN-qQqlQEeEzK9pYqM</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>You are free to share this widely.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Deborah </div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<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/mailman/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/KICTANet/</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pmaina2000%40yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pmaina2000%40yahoo.com</a><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. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br><br>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<br></div>
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