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Dear Ali
I wish to extend an invitation to you, for a press briefing that will serve as a handover for the Draft Critical Infrastructure Bill.
Date: Tuesday, 1st September, 2015
Venue: Ministry of ICT, Boardroom, 9th Floor
Time: 10.30am
Expected Guests: Dr Fred Matiang'i, CS, Ministry of ICT, Taskforce members, stakeholders from Energy and Petroleum, ICT as well as Transport and Infrastructure.
At the meeting, the taskforce will handover to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT the below:
-Draft Bill
-Policy Document
-Taskforce Report
The Bill is expected to be presented to Parliament later on in the year after a review by the Attorney General.
About the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill
The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information Communications and Technology in fulfillment of its mandate to the people of Kenya, has been undertaking key infrastructure projects across the country considered critical in nature. This infrastructure includes roads, Power lines, Pipelines, ICT infrastructure and water reticulation systems among others.
Currently, the deployment, maintenance and protection of Critical Infrastructure is done in an independent and uncoordinated manner leading to disruption of essential services and losses due to damage. There is need therefore to consider having a whole inclusive approach in the planning, designing implementation and protection of critical infrastructure.
It is on this basis that the Cabinet Secretaries of the Ministries of Transport and Infrastructure, Energy and Petroleum and that of Information, Communications and Technology have formed a Taskforce to draft a policy and legislative framework for the protection of critical infrastructure in the Country.
In this regard, a task force on formulation of a Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill was formed on 27th March 2015 (Kenya Gazette (No. 1987 of 2015).
Contact
Looking forward to your presence to cover this event.
Kindly RSVP to Phyllis Nyambura.
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