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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;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. </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;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:whitesmoke"><a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?mdocs-file=40221" style="color:blue">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?mdocs-file=40221</a></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">The
engagement focused on 4 broad areas namely:</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 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;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    
</span>ICT challenges, risks and opportunities
in the counties</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 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;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    
</span>Opportunities for intervention by the Senate</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 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;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    
</span>Necessary legislative interventions</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 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;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    
</span>Effective public participation, and</p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 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;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    
</span>Emerging issues.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;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?</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;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.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Asanteni sana.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Grace</p></div>