Dear Team Kenic It's great that you are seeking public participation. Here's some unsolicited and well-intentioned advice:- Too often public participation in this country is a *tick the box* exercise. Can we structure the response better? Beyond an email address? Here's KICTANet's report on public participation <https://www.kictanet.or.ke/kictanet-unveils-report-on-assessment-of-public-participation-in-recent-ict-policy-making-processes-in-kenya/>. Some good pointers there on what to do and not to do. As a minimum provide us with a framework and roadmap of how the Public Participation Process will flow, who will manage it, and feedback will be provided. Short of this it becomes an academic exercise without transparency and hence lacking in accountability. Bottom Line Public participation in the ICT policy process must be open, accessible, diverse, collaborative, evidence-based, and transparent. Also, there is a need to have a holistic, multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder mechanism for public participation. Thanks! *Ali Hussein* Digital Transformation Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 3:27 PM KeNIC Admin Emails via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
We trust you are doing well.
This is a public participation request on the updated *KeNIC WHOIS policy* and *Information sharing policy* which is due for adoption.
Being a critical data custodian and processor, we would like to ensure that the data we have is correct, safe and secure.
Your input is highly appreciated. Find the documents here https://bit.ly/3ByatZz.
Thank you.
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