| @Edith, Correct me if am wrong but current Kenyan laws do NOT provide for multi-stakeholder, participatory input to Government Policy. Whenever this has happened, it has been at the "goodwill" of the various technocrats within the affected ministries/agencies. Indeed, the "openness" within the ICT ministry has been "in spite of" rather than because of the law which clearly stipulates that that the National Communication Secretariate is the sole agency recognized to make ICT Policy for the Kenya Government (Communication Act 1998 - which still applies through the Communication Amendment Act2009). @ David, waiting for Parliament to do its bit before other stakeholders can get a chance for input is truly a tall order. The practice has been that whatever Bills the Executive tables, they often go through "as-is" 99% of the times, unless honorable Eng. Rege can tell us things have since changed. walu. --- On Fri, 7/23/10, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote:
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