Listers, (apologies for cross-posting)

Thanks again for those who spared time to provide feedback - so that the rest of us can read and interrogate the same :-)

Over the next 3 days I shall share the feedback and basically hope to get further reactions from the floor.  I attach the feedback document but with summaries below:

1. Policy & Legal Feedback

a) 52% of the respondents felt that the Universal Service Fund(USF) had not met its objective. 40% felt that it had to a moderate extent while 8% felt it had a very large extent.
 
b) 61% of the respondents felt that ICT Policies and initiative had not impacted the counties. 23% of the respondents felt that these had moderately impacted the counties, while 10% felt they had an impact to a very large extent.
c) 41% of the respondents felt that the multi-stakeholder approach between ICT stakeholders and government was moderately achieved. 31% felt it was not achieved while  25% felt it was, to a very large extent.
d) Policy/Legal Issues not yet addressed include: Cyber Crime /Cyber Security Bill and its position in Senate and National Assembly, Data Protection Bill, ICT Practitioners Bill, Privacy Issue Linkages between National & County Governments on ICT matters, Quality of Internet, Infrastructure Sharing
Regulatory Feedback
2. Regulatory Feedback
a) 48% of the respondents felt that the question of affordable communications/internet pricing had not been well addressed. 30% felt that the question of affordable pricing has been moderately addressed while 20% felt it has been addressed to a very large extent.
b) 68% of the respondents felt that the issue of dominance in the sector was affecting pricing of communication services to a very large extent. 16% felt it moderately affected pricing while 13% felt it was really not an issue.
c) 48% of the respondents felt that the urban-rural digital divide had not been adequately addressed while 34% felt that it had been moderately addressed while only 7% felt it had been addressed to a very large extent.
d) 65% of the respondents felt that the regulator had not addressed the issue of inclusivity with regard to persons with disabilities (PWD). 27% felt this had been moderately addressed while only 5% felt it has been addressed to a large extent.
e) Areas needing Regulatory Interventions: Operator Dominance Issues, Internet Pricing & Affordability issues, White Spaces, Operationalization of Universal Service Fund & Access, Failed Number Portability, Data protection for Subscriber Data, Conflict between regulatory bodies, Last mile connectivity and Way-leaves, Net-Neutrality, Support for ICT-startups, Support for Digital evidence in courts, Inclusion & Support for Persons With 
Irrespective of whether you participated  in the questionnaire or not, you are invited to comment, support, oppose and/or seek clarifications on the views of stakeholders.
Tommorrow we shall post the feedback on Human Capital & Infrastructure.