<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Kivuva and your team</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Congratulations on this work you've done. And congratulations to our partners who collaborated with KICTANet on this project.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Special thanks and appreciation goes to the Communications Authority of Kenya for being open, forward-thinking, and engaging with the community they work with. Hongera kabisa! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 1:06 PM Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) formulated a <a href="https://www.ca.go.ke/public-consultation-on-draft-licensing-and-shared-spectrum-framework-for-community-networks-in-kenya/" target="_blank">Licensing and Shared Spectrum Framework for Community Networks</a>,
 with contributions from KICTANet, the entire community, and other 
partners (the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the 
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, and supported by the 
United Kingdom’s Digital Access Programme)</div><div><p>CA has released the guidelines, application forms, and compliance 
forms for operators to apply for the community network license under the
 Unified Licensing Framework. The documents currently on the CA website 
are;</p>
<ol><li>Community Network and <a href="https://www.ca.go.ke/document/community-network-and-service-provider-cnsp-license/" target="_blank">Service Provider-CNSP Lice</a>nse</li><li>Community Network and Service Provider – <a href="https://www.ca.go.ke/document/community-network-and-service-provider-compliance-return-form/" target="_blank">Compliance Return Form</a></li><li>Application <a href="https://www.ca.go.ke/document/application-form-for-community-network-and-service-provider-license-1-tl-8-0/" target="_blank">Form For Community Network and Service Provider License 1-TL-8.0</a></li></ol><div><p>Community networks are now under the regulatory ambit in Kenya. The 
license application fee is Ksh1000, with an annual renewal fee of 
KSh5000. The license is valid for 10 years. The community network will 
be limited to a subcounty. This is considered affordable compared to the
 lowest fee in the Network Facilities Provider license where an initial 
license fee is  Sh200,000.</p><p>If any community networks operator or prospective operator needs support in applying for the license, they can contact CA or KICTANet for help.</p><p>Find More details on Comunity Networks from the KICTANet website <a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/category/community-networks/" target="_blank">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/category/community-networks/</a></p><p>Best Regards</p></div></div><div><div><div dir="ltr">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva</a></div></div></div></div>
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