April 2006 - KICTANet

Kenya ICT Bill
by B Macharia 16 May '06

16 May '06

Greetings, I am a Kenyan ICT professional here in Nairobi. I am currently exploring the BPO side with a view to setting up soon. Kindly include me in your mailing list, and pls send me a soft copy of the ICT draft Bill. Regards, B. Macharia --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.

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Fw: KICTANET Website
by alice＠apc.org 11 May '06

11 May '06

Dear All Linux Chicks have provided a link ( http://www.kenet.or.ke/kictanet/ ) for the KICTANet website. Please pay a visit and make comments. thank you and best regards alice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorcas Muthoni" <dmuthoni(a)kenet.or.ke> To: "Alice Munyua" <alice(a)apc.org> Cc: "LORNA AYAKO" <lornaab(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:01 PM Subject: KICTANET Website > Hi Alice, > > Please follow this link to review the design of the KICTANET website. > Provide comments and feedback. May be we can also have member comments > at the meeting. > > http://www.kenet.or.ke/kictanet/ > > Regards, > Muthoni >

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Interim Report: Review and analysis of the Kenya Information Communication Bill 2006
by alice＠apc.org 02 May '06

02 May '06

Dear KICTANET Members Below and attached is the interim report for the review and analysis of our IC bill. Thank you and best regards alice --------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 Introduction Following the publication of Kenya Information and Communications Bill 2006 by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Feb 2006, KICTAnet decided to establish an infrastructure to review the bill in a systematic manner. The purpose was to take on board comments emerging from stakeholders in an efficient, constructive and nationally engaging process. Consequently KICTAnet established a team to undertake the review. This an interim report of the work of the I&C Review Team 2.0 Team composition The Team was formally constituted in the beginning of May and comprise of the following facilitators and their theme of responsibility in the Bill review exercise as set out in Table 1. Table 1: team membership and area of focus 1. Telecommunications: Muruiki Mureithi 2. Legal/Regulatory: J. N. Kihanya 3. Social Dimensions, including gender, youth etc: Dorcas Muthoni 4. Broadcasting/Media: Grace Githaiga 5. Acadamia: Victor Kyalo 6. Internet and information technology: John Walubengo 7. Economics: Ndungu Kimani 8. Outreach: Alari Alare The team Chair is Mr Muriuki Mureithi 3.0 Activities At its first meeting held on April 10th the team - approved an innovative model to review the bill . The model developed by Summit Strategies Ltd breaks down the review process into three dimensions, namely carriage system(s), content and finally services provision environment over three time phases. A detailed description of the model is attached - reviewed and allocated responsibilities for each team member as indicated in Table 1 above - Agreed to finalise and present phase 1 – contextualisation by Tue April 25 - Requested the Chair to brief and seek collaboration from PS Ministry of Information and Communications - Decided to publicise the bill review process to get constructive engagement with broad participation by all stakeholders - Decided to engage an expert to help engage the media on the review process These activities were carried out and reported in the 2nd meeting held on April 19th .This second meeting took note of the following;- - Briefing on the meeting with PS on April 13th who committed to support the process as reported below Dear Colleagues Further to our concurrence to work with the Ministry of Infocom, I met the PS on Thursday April 13th at 1700hrs and briefed him - on the framework and strategy we are using to review the bill - that the motivation of the process was to create synergy among all stake holders and enhance efficiency in the review process - that it was an open process we seek to bring all stakeholder interest on board - the team is giving time as a national contribution to development of ICT in the country - being a phased approach we shall have a peer review meeting on May 12th and a national workshop towards end of May or early June to be determined by the publishing of the bill by the AG The PS expressed appreciation to the work we are doing and committed to support us in this noble activity. He indicated that he will send his staff on the meeting of May 12th and that the ministry will takeover ownership of the national workshop to ensure high level participation. His office is open for any consultations we may need or support to undertake research that we may need. The Asst minister also came in briefly in our meeting Email to team members dated April 18th , 2006 , by Muriuki Mureithi chair - very concise reports by all members on their respective themes - the process leading to publishing of the bill by the Attorney General explained below ‘My very rudimentary understanding of the Bills process will be that on finalisation by the AG, the Bill will be published and forwarded to the House Business Committee, which will in turn forward it to the relevant committee of the House. The Bill will then be presented for its first reading by the Minister for communications. This involves a paragraph by paragraph reading of the all clauses in the Bill..or highlight of the PARTS of the Bill...It will then go to the second stage where the house will convert itself into a committee and raise queries on the Bill and then refer the Bill to the appropriate committee for any amendments proposed. It will then come back to the House for a final third reading and if passed, will await presidential assent to become law. I hope this gives a guide of some sort ON THE TIME FRAME.I could make a detailed report after enquiries. I am not aware of the internal workings at the AGs but would assume that the relevant officers will make the relevant changes to accord the Bill a final parliamentary style and when passed by the AG, the process above would kick in..’ Submission to the team by J N Kihanya Legal/ regulatory on Parliamentary process April 18th - Low response from the KICTANET list members. The team tasked a specialist Mr Alari to develop a strategy to engage all stakeholders in the bill review process - Commenced phase 2 – analysis of the bill with a view to make substantive proposals on the bill. A guideline has been developed by the legal expert on how to make proposals to the text as below Section 58(1)(ICBill) “The Minister may, by notification in the Kenya gazette, declare that any computer system or computer network is s a protected system.” Comment Delete entire section. The data protection regime needs a more robust treatment and we should seek views in other jurisdictions on how they have achieved this. Mr J N Kihanya Legal expert - to hold a media owners/ senior editors workshop in the first week of May to brief the media on the process - others key stakeholders to be engaged and briefed include TESPOK, Telkom Kenya, Safaricom, Celtel , E-government Secretariat, Postal Corporation of Kenya, CCK, Civil Society of Organisation - to meet on May 10th to present output of Phase 2 - to present our findings to a ½ morning workshop for peer review on may 12th - 4.0 Status PS Ministry of I&C has confirmed to attend the breakfast media briefing workshop on May 5th. We are now finalising the logistics to organise the meeting and bring in Media owners and senior editors Team members have almost finalised the final reports of Phase 1 whose cut off was Tue April 25th 5.0 Future programme The team has planned the following near term activities a.. Brief the Minister on the review once the report is complete b.. To organise a one day workshop for ICT reporters once review is complete to educate them on the contents of the Bill and our proposals Once the Bill is published by the AG a.. Jointly with the Minister organise a one day national workshop b.. Jointly with IEA , ATPS hold a two day workshop for Members of Parliament Committee responsible for ICTs 6.0 Resources The team is literally donating time and expertise for these national activities. The team needs funding for the better honoraria to cover direct costs and funding to organise the National workshop as well as the two day workshop with Members of Parliament Committee responsible for ICTs. +++

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KICTANet Monthly Meeting April 28 4pm Jacaranda
by Andrew Karanja 29 Apr '06

29 Apr '06

Dear Members You are all invited for a network monthly meeting, which will take place on Wednesday at 4.00p.m. at the Jacaranda hotel. The meetings proposed agenda will be as follows: .Update on the setting up of the secretariat .Feedback on the Analysis of the ICT Bill 2005 . Planning for the Open Policy Forums at Constituency Levels (10 Constituencies), slated for May-August . An update on the KICTANet registration . Finalized MOU between AeRC and KICTAnet . Review of proposal to IDRC for institutional assessment and strengthening . fundraising activities . A.O.B Kindly confirm attendance Regards Andrew Karanja

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Fw: KICTANet OSIEA Proposal
by alice＠apc.org 29 Apr '06

29 Apr '06

----- Original Message ----- From: "Florence Etta" <feanywhere(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: "Warigia Bowman" <warigiabowman(a)hotmail.com>; "FEMNET FEMNET" <communication(a)femnet.or.ke>; "'Alex Gakuru'" <gakuru(a)mail.co.ke>; "Bill Kagai" <billkagai(a)gmail.com>; "Lizette Kraft" <lkraft(a)idrc.or.ke>; "Brian Longwe" <brian(a)pure-id.com>; "'Brian Longwe'" <brian(a)inhand.co.ke>; "Joseph Mucheru" <mucheru(a)wananchi.com>; "Wainaina Mungai" <wainaina.mungai(a)oneworld.net>; "Alice Munyua" <alice(a)apc.org>; "Muriuki Mureithi" <mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke>; "'Dorcas Muthoni'" <dmuthoni(a)kenet.or.ke>; "'Grace Mutung'u'" <nmutungu(a)gmail.com>; "charles nduati" <charlesnduati2002(a)yahoo.co.uk>; "james Nguo" <james(a)alin.or.ke>; "Lucy Njogu" <luchiru(a)yahoo.com>; "Ben Sihanya" <innovativelawyer(a)wananchi.com>; "'Tony Wafula'" <twaf78(a)yahoo.com>; "'John Walubengo'" <jwalubengo(a)kcct.ac.ke>; "Rebecca Wanjiku" <rebeccawanjiku(a)yahoo.com>; "'Tim Wanyonyi'" <timwanyonyi(a)kenyanparaplegic.org> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 7:34 PM Subject: Fw: KICTANet OSIEA Proposal > Hi all, > I am sorry that I could not attend today's meeting as planned. Could you > please deal with this OSIEA offer as seen fit? > Cheers, > FE > > > Florence Etta PhD > Tel: + 254-733-621851(Mobile)/254-20-7121506 > Email:feanywhere@yahoo.co.uk > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Florence Etta <feanywhere(a)yahoo.co.uk> > To: Kerry Shapleigh <kshapleigh(a)sorosny.org> > Sent: Tuesday, 25 April, 2006 2:11:41 PM > Subject: RE: KICTANet Proposal > > Dear Kerry, > Thank you very much for this welcome news. I just got back to Nairobi > after about three weeks in West Africa. There will be a KICTANet meeting > at the end of this week and I will table this information there and will > therefore be in a better position to give you an update etc. > > In the meantime do give our warn regards to Binafer if you are in touch > with her. I was not aware that she is away on medical grounds. > > Cheers, > FE > > Kerry Shapleigh <kshapleigh(a)sorosny.org> wrote: RE: KICTANet Proposal > Dear Florence, > I hope my message finds you well. As you are probably aware, Binaifer is > currently on medical leave and will be returning to OSIEA in about one > month. In the meantime, I have been tasked with guiding proposals through > the review process. We recently brought the KICTANET proposal to our > committee, presenting the attached workplan. > The committee has approved the proposal for 2 disbursements of $36,500 > each and $31,000 as a matching grant. Essentially, OSIEA will issue a > grant of US $73,000. If KICTANET is able to raise an additional US > $31,000, OSIEA will also match that amount. Please consider this > arrangement and let me know your thoughts. > Best, > Kerry > > <<Work plan 2005.doc>> > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > >

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Gazettement of the Kenya National ICT Policy
by Muriuki Mureithi 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hi colleagues The Minister has gazetted the National ICT Policy and therefore conforms to the requirement of Kenya Communications Act 1998 as a policy notification to Communications Commission of Kenya. CCK may therefore implement the policy A copy is available at Government Printer at Ksh 50 Rgds Muriuki Mureithi --------------------------------------- Summit Strategies Ltd - Strategic information for decision support in infocommunication business ICT Consultancy & Research in Eastern & Central African markets Contacts : Tel +254 (20) 3875824 , Cell + 254 (722) 520090, email: <mailto:mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke> mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke

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Media Workshop Report -Mombasa, 10th-13th March 2006
by alice＠apc.org 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Dear KICTANet members Attached the media and ICT policy workshop report. The workshop took place in Mombasa in March with Media editors from the mainstream media and alternative media thank you and best alice

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Do you or your organization want to influence decisions that shape the Internet?
by alice＠apc.org 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Apologies for cross posting --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you or your organization want to influence decisions that shape the Internet? If you do, why not apply to be designated "At-Large Structure" and participate in the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decisions critical to the Internet's end users? ICANN's Interim At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is now accepting applications from existing or new groups that involve (or want to involve) individuals in Internet issues. Go to <http://alac.icann.org/> for more information. A new mechanism for individual Internet users participation in ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has been launched for people who want to be involved in issues that affect individuals use of the Internet's domain name system. ICANN is involved in shaping the Internet and is dealing with issues such as privacy protections for your personal domain registration information (called the WHOIS database), the implementation of internationalized domain names (use of non-ASCII characters), trade mark and domain name disputes and related matters, and how new top-level domains (i.e. .info, .name, .museum, etc.) are introduced. These are but a few ICANN issues on which the end-users voice needs to be heard. Groups throughout the world that deal with individual Internet users' interests are encouraged to register and participate in ICANN by submitting a simple application form. Groups that meet the minimum requirements will be designated as "At-Large Structures." The ALAC is an Advisory Committee to ICANN's Board charged with providing advice on activities of ICANN that relate to the interests of individual Internet users, and helping to organize At-Large groups throughout the world for structured involvement and informed participation of the individual Internet user community. Why become an At-Large Structure? By being designated an At-Large Structure, your group gets: a.. A recognized role in forming the policies that affect how individuals' use the Internet (ICANN is listening. Make sure your voice is heard!); b.. Quick and easy access to first-hand information on what's happening in ICANN and why it matters to end-users; c.. Opportunities to provide your members education on ICANN's work and Internet developments; d.. Participation in building your region's At-Large organization (RALO), and opportunities to network with other groups in your country and region as At-Large grows; e.. Representation in ICANN at the regional and international level, plus your group's members will be eligible to serve on important regional and international decision-making bodies in ICANN; f.. A free web page and other Internet-based mechanisms to support your group's work; and g.. Opportunities for funding to support some of your group's activities (ALAC is applying for grant funding). What type of groups can be At-Large Structures? Any group that supports individuals' ability to share their views on ICANN issues, and that meets the few simple criteria listed on the ALAC's website, can apply to be an At-Large Structure. Types of groups that have expressed interest in being designated At-Large Structures include: a.. Professional societies (e.g. engineers, attorneys, etc.) b.. Academic and research organizations c.. Community networking groups d.. Consumer advocacy groups e.. Internet Society chapters f.. Computer user organizations g.. Internet civil society groups Where can I get more information? Send an email to <als(a)alac.icann.org>, or go to the ALAC website at <http://alac.icann.org/>. We look forward to working with you, and hearing from you. ~ The Interim At-Large Advisory Committee

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Fw: [APC Forum] Digital Divide narrowing...
by alice＠apc.org 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Is this a good example of why the term 'digital divide' is misleading? > Technical vs education discouses? > > Maybe not. > > Frédéric Dubois > APC information coordinator > > Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/26/business/lost.php - > Reuters, International Herald Tribune > World's digital divide gets smaller > Reuters > > WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006 > > > BERLIN The digital divide is narrowing as citizens in emerging markets > get online via computers and mobile phones, > with some regions now on a par with developed nations, a ranking of > Web-savvy countries showed Wednesday. > > "Encouraging is the apparent narrowing of the digital divide," the > annual study, published by IBM and the intelligence unit > of British magazine The Economist, said. "This is particularly evident > in basic connectivity: Emerging markets are providing > the vast majority of the world's new phone and Internet connections." > > Within China and India, regions like Shanghai and Bangalore have almost > the same level of Internet and > mobile phone connections as developed nations, said Peter Korsten, > European director at IBM's Institute for Business Value. > > "This is the first time we see a level playing field between developed > and developing nations in terms of > connectivity," he said. "It's up to governments to take advantage with > education and other initiatives." > > The survey looks beyond basic connections and also studies how the > Internet is being used to > improve productivity and reduce costs, including online access to > public services. > > "Virtually all countries have improved their scores over the past > year," the study said. > "The improvement is greater in the lower tiers of the rankings than at > the top. > As a result, the distance separating the best from the rest has > declined." > > > > > ======================================= > APC Forum is a meeting place for the APC community - people and > institutions who are or have been involved in collaboration with APC, and > share the APC vision - a world in which all people have easy, equal and > affordable access to the creative potential of information and > communication technologies (ICTs) to improve their lives and create more > democratic and egalitarian societies. > > _______________________________________________ > apc.forum mailing list > apc.forum(a)lists.apc.org > http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/apc.forum

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Fw: AGREEMENT BETWEEN KICTANET AND AeRC
by alice＠apc.org 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Dear members Find draft MOU prepared by Innovative Lawyering for hosting of KICTANEt secretariat. Any comments alice

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