<div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning listers,</div><div><br></div><div>The senate has established an ad-hoc committee that will oversee the responses of the national and county governments to the covid 19 pandemic. The committee has issued a call for submissions on the following themes.</div><div><ol><li><b>Health </b>- includes community health, testing centers, mental health, role and engagement of county governments.</li><li><b>Economic and Finance Issues - </b>Includes macro economic effects, measures that the government can take to cushion SMEs and borrowers.</li><li><b>Social, Public order and Human Rights - </b> Includes protection of vulnerable groups, and enforcement of curfews </li><li><b>Access to Food, Water and other basic commodities </b>Includes measures to support continuous production and supply of essential services at affordable prices. Food, water etc</li><li><b>Support services and cross cutting issues - </b>Includes awareness creation, how to combat stigmatization and network access across the country.</li></ol></div><div><br></div><div>Listers, what are your views? How can ICTs help in these 5 areas? and how can the government improve its communication and network connectivity across the country? </div><div><br></div><div>Please find attached the call for public participation with more details. The deadline for submission is 8th April. </div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best regards.<br>
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