<div dir="auto">In agreement with Kivuva on this issue. We need a register or proper map of which areas have coverage and the areas that don't otherwise universal coverage remains a pipe dream.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, 12:28 pm Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">To me, it seems a timely intervention. What is now required is for the different agencies to work in concert. CA, ICTA, Ministry of Roads, etc.<div><br></div><div>We are always advocating for DIG ONCE policies for our roads and walkways. How will that be achieved if we don't start somewhere? For example, a register will show that Road X has no ducts, therefore Ministry of Roads should prioritize ducts the next time works are being done, the same way it prioritizes drainage, road furniture, pedestrians, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>This is one of the policy interventions we have always been advocating in the different fora we have been holding.<br><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_7219744959929211383gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva,</div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 12:07, Collins Areba via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I smell overreach. With an asset like Nofbi, ICTA should be focused more on using that to break barriers in the industry than doing an inventory of private asset lists. </div>
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<p style="font-family:Raleway;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;border:0px;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;color:rgb(102,100,97)"><i>The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Authority is a State Corporation under the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology. The corporation was established in August 2013. The Authority is tasked with rationalising and streamlining the management of all Government of Kenya ICT functions. Our broad mandate entails enforcing ICT standards in Government and enhancing the supervision of its electronic communication. We also promote ICT literacy, capacity, innovation and enterprise in line with the Kenya National ICT Masterplan 2017</i></p>
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Tel: +<b>254 707 750 788</b> / <b>0731 750 788</b><br>
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<div dir="auto">Does ICTA have that kind of mandate? does regulation not squarely lie in the hands of CA?</div>
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<p style="line-height:11px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold">James Wamathai</span> | CEO, <a href="http://hapakenya.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">hapakenya.com</a><br></font></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:11px;color:rgb(153,153,153)"><font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Follow Hapa Kenya: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>Twitter</i>: <a href="http://twitter.com/hapaKenya" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@HapaKenya</a>, <i>FB</i>: <a href="http://fb.com/HapaKenya" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">fb.com/HapaKenya</a></span></font></p>
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<div dir="auto">Is there a copy of these regulations anywhere? The message in the AD seemed to be along the lines of “Be a good citizen and send us this info”. </div>
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<div name="messageReplySection">On 25 Jul 2019, 11:13 AM +0300, Wamathai (HapaKenya) via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>, wrote:<br>
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