<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Hello Liz,<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">This is Waudo. I would like to attend.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Tue, Jul 7, 2020, at 1:30 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">Dear Listers<br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">Greetings!<br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">The Senate Standing ICT committee is inviting us
a
consultative meeting to deliberate on emerging legislative and policy gaps in
the ICT sector that may require the intervention of the Committee, more so in
response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The meeting will be held on <b><u>Wednesday, 15 July, 2020 at 9:40 a.m. on
the Zoom</u></b>. A secure link will be shared with yours with those who are
interested in participating.<br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">In 2017, we engaged with the Senate ICT
committee, and produced a report <i>‘Talk to
the Senate’: Priorities 2017-2022</i> which can be found here: <span style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);background-image:initial;background-position-x:initial;background-position-y:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat-x:initial;background-repeat-y:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:whitesmoke;"><a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?mdocs-file=40221" style="color:blue;">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?mdocs-file=40221</a></span><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"><span style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);background-image:initial;background-position-x:initial;background-position-y:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat-x:initial;background-repeat-y:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:whitesmoke;"> </span><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">The
engagement focused on 4 broad areas namely:<br></p><p class="qt-gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";"><span class="size" style="font-size:7pt;"> </span></span></span>ICT challenges, risks and opportunities
in the counties<br></p><p class="qt-gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";"><span class="size" style="font-size:7pt;"> </span></span></span>Opportunities for intervention by the Senate<br></p><p class="qt-gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";"><span class="size" style="font-size:7pt;"> </span></span></span>Necessary legislative interventions<br></p><p class="qt-gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";"><span class="size" style="font-size:7pt;"> </span></span></span>Effective public participation, and<br></p><p class="qt-gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";"><span class="size" style="font-size:7pt;"> </span></span></span>Emerging issues.<br></p><p class="qt-gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">You
may want to see whether anything has changed in these thematic areas, in
particular in light of Covid 19. Are there ways in which things can be
done differently?<br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">We request listers interested in participating in this meeting to
kindly express their interest to Liz Orembo via <a href="mailto:lizorembo@kictanet.or.ke" style="color:blue;">lizorembo@kictanet.or.ke</a> by Tuesday
July 14, 2020 at 5 PM. A secure link will then be shared. For those who
cannot make it but would still want to raise an issue, please do so here on
this list and we will ensure it gets to the committee.<br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">Asanteni sana.<br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;"> <br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">Rgds<br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;">Grace<br></p></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>kictanet mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br></div><div><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br></div><div>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br></div><div>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>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></div><div><br></div><div>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><div><br></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>