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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">What is the timeline before the regulations are available and the Act implemented?</div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Tue, Jan 19, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks Hezron.<br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rgds<br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Grace<br></div><div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div id="qt-Signature"><div><div id="qt-divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><span style=""><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Grace Githaiga</b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><span style=""><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;">Twitter: @ggithaiga</span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><span style=""><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;">Skype: gracegithaiga</span></span><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga" class="qt-OWAAutoLink">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga</a><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><span style="color:rgb(85, 85, 85);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"PT Sans", arial, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px;">.<span style="color:rgb(0, 111, 201);"><i><span style="color:rgb(75, 165, 36);">.</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 111, 201);"><b>.</b></span></i></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 111, 201);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"PT Sans", arial, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px;"><b><i>the
 most important office in a democracy is the citizen. So, you see, that’s what our democracy demands. It needs you!----Barrack Obama.</i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br></p></div></div></div></div><div><div id="qt-appendonsend"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div><hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%;"><br></div><div id="qt-divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><div><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> kictanet <kictanet-bounces+ggithaiga=hotmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke> on behalf of Hezron Gikanga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b>Sent:</b> 18 January 2021 12:15 PM<br> <b>To:</b> ggithaiga@hotmail.com <ggithaiga@hotmail.com><br> <b>Cc:</b> Hezron Gikanga <Hezron.Gikanga@thearcrayon.com>; Zaki, Ramy <Ramy.Zaki@mastercard.com>; Fredrick Oduor <Fredrick.Oduor@thearcrayon.com>; Rojas, Sergio <Sergio.Rojas@fticonsulting.com><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Data Commissioner - Priorities for 2021</span></span> </div><div> <br></div></div><div lang="en-KE" style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><div class="qt-x_WordSection1"><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">We would be very glad if KICTAnet would also push for a meeting with the Commissioner/Taskforce at the earliest to expedite this – over to you Hussein, Grace, Kapiyo et al…and all the very best this year!</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Regards,</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">Hezron</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style=""> </span><br></p><div style="border-right-width:initial;border-bottom-width:initial;border-left-width:initial;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(181, 196, 223);padding-top:3pt;padding-right:0cm;padding-bottom:0cm;padding-left:0cm;"><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color:black;"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;">From: </span></span></b><span style="color:black;"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;">kictanet <kictanet-bounces+hezron.gikanga=thearcrayon.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke> on behalf of Hezron Gikanga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b>Reply to: </b>KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b>Date: </b>Monday, 18 January 2021 at 11:55<br> <b>To: </b>Hezron Gikanga <Hezron.Gikanga@thearcrayon.com><br> <b>Cc: </b>Hezron Gikanga <Hezron.Gikanga@thearcrayon.com>, "Zaki, Ramy" <Ramy.Zaki@mastercard.com>, Fredrick Oduor <Fredrick.Oduor@thearcrayon.com>, "Rojas, Sergio" <Sergio.Rojas@fticonsulting.com>, "maria@afrikaict via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b>Subject: </b>[kictanet] Data Commissioner - Priorities for 2021</span></span></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> <br></p></div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;">Caro, Omar,</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;">Good morning.</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;">Prior to the formation of the DPA Taskforce last Friday, the Data Commissioner had, in a webinar with the Kenya Private sector Alliance (KEPSA), in late Dec 2020 laid out her priorities for this year. We need to keep an
 eye on these even as the taskforce gets underway. I have already nudged AmCham KE to reconvene the Digital Economy Working Group sessions and also to (re)send that request for a Working session with Ms. Kassait.</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;">Regards,</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;">Hezron</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style=""> </span><br></p><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></span></span><br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;"><img width="814" height="433" id="qt-x__x0000_i1027" style="width:8.4791in;height:4.5104in;" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D6ED92.AB783BC0"><img width="819" height="437" id="qt-x__x0000_i1026" style="width:8.5312in;height:4.552in;" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D6ED92.AB783BC0"></span></span></span><br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;"><img width="773" height="348" id="qt-x__x0000_i1025" style="width:8.052in;height:3.625in;" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D6ED92.AB783BC0"></span></span></span><br></p></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> <br></p></div></div></div></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><div><br></div><div><b>Attachments:</b><br></div><ul><li>image001.jpg<br></li><li>image002.jpg<br></li><li>image003.jpg<br></li></ul></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>