<div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Polite reminder listers. </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_8335784009124536333gmail-docs-internal-guid-7f437370-7fff-83a1-f18c-9324c0b8d9b8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Partner,</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RE:  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Invitation to the Dissemination Meeting on ‘Public Participation: An Assessment of Recent ICT Policy Making Processes in Kenya.’</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) would like to invite you to a virtual meeting on </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">‘Public Participation: An Assessment of Recent ICT Policy Making Processes in Kenya.’</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> The meeting will take place on </span><u><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday 11 August, 2021</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10:00 AM to 11:00 AM</span></u><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> via </span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEufuigqjotGtJ9QXcLr_8Cmq8G9LzMQk2z" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoom</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The main objective of the meeting is to provide a platform to create awareness on KICTANet's latest policy brief on Public Participation in the ICT Sector. The brief assesses the extent to which the public participated in three recent ICT policy and law-making processes namely the National Information Communications and Technology (ICT) Policy, 2019, the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018, and the Data Protection Act, 2019.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This meeting is expected to provide a platform for discussion, information sharing and strategic thinking on implementing public participation in the ICT sector.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please confirm your availability, at your earliest convenience, by registering your details </span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEufuigqjotGtJ9QXcLr_8Cmq8G9LzMQk2z" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing all the meeting information.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to your participation.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Warm regards,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Grace Githaiga, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Gentium Book Basic",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">KICTANet Convenor.</span></p></span><br><div>--<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Grace Githaiga</span><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">KICTANet Convenor</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">KICTANet portals</span><br></div><div><a href="https://kictanet.or.ke/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">KICTANet.or.ke</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/kictanet" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Twitter</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> | </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">LinkedIn</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> | </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Facebook</a><br></div></div></div></div>
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