Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers, Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion. As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate. This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. This is our guiding question for today– *What do you consider to be the ICT * * (a) challenges; * * (b) risks; and * * (c) opportunities in the counties?* As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them. We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. This discussion is now open! -- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
Hey Kanini, sorry I posted this on another thread, let me reprise below:- Good morning Senator Halake, Glad to have you on board. Just a few remarks I got to make:- - Maybe as you start off, now more than ever, would be a good time for the Senate committee to commission a robust in-depth study/review across the nation - (go on the ground). There, a clearer picture will emerge. If this was ever to happen, please ensure you bring on board such diligently good objective ICT experts as this is a purely technical exercise that will aid you in the feasibility study, and this list has plenty of jolly good experts. We need to do a comprehensive SWOT analysis sweep across the land to ensure we equally chart a robustly comprehensive ICT roadmap going forward. Let the overarching objective be to bridge the widening digital divide across this country, once and for all. This time let's get it right for posterity. I strongly think some studies commissioned in the past, could also be sitting somewhere.You could also benefit from these. Do engage C.A, and ICT Authority and others. Time to bring out these drafts and subject them to scrutiny. - From this commissioned feasibility study, let's please look forward to a draft blueprint as a product emerging that could underpin the ICT vision going forward, possibly some odd 20-40 years ahead, let this be subjected to a thorough review for refining and also benchmark against the best case studies around the world to ensure that we also tap into the emerging global technological innovations and best practices. - Huduma centres was one of the best ideas mooted and implemented, if it can be strengthened, improved and innovated further for cost effective service delivery, the much better. Please, can the senate look into how the product can be further devolved to counties that are missing out on the action at the moment.? IMHO , methinks the USAF fund could play a big role in this direction in order to ensure that critical services are accessible at the grassroot level and to bridge this digital gap. - Meanwhile, the academic centres are a crucial component in enabling us empower, train, mentor and equip the next generation set of innovators and service delivery personnel. As you refocus, this needs to be a centrepiece of your ICT vision at the devolved units. At each Huduma unit, we could also come up with a centre of IT excellence that can train both young and old at a subsidized cost. Again USAF can play a big role here. Thanks, Harry On 5 Feb 2018 07:30, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans. For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables. This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their trenching and tunneling. Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we will have all regions covered with protected rings. Sent on mobile. On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off. So far I gather: - Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure. It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes. On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans.
For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables.
This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their trenching and tunneling.
Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we will have all regions covered with protected rings.
Sent on mobile.
On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Hey Mercy, A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace.. Harry On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off.
So far I gather:
- Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure.
It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans.
For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables.
This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their trenching and tunneling.
Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we will have all regions covered with protected rings.
Sent on mobile.
On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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That's right @Harry! We did see quite a bit of that in the last House and devolution definitely suffered. Thank you for raising the cohesion issue. @Deborah, not to worry. Thank you for reposting. Again, the issue of duplicity and I might even add counterproductivity comes up. A broad reading of Article 96 pits the Senate as the godfather of devolution so I believe this is something the Senate ought to be able to address; how do we streamline efforts by all these stakeholders to achieve the desired results? On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Mercy,
A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace..
Harry
On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off.
So far I gather:
- Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure.
It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans.
For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables.
This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their trenching and tunneling.
Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we will have all regions covered with protected rings.
Sent on mobile.
On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Dear Listers, The Senate committee should identify and come with county committee to identify and protect Assets in the Cyberspace, Threats against the security of the Cyberspace, Roles of stakeholders in Cybersecurity, Guidelines for stakeholders, Cybersecurity controls and Framework of information sharing and coordination within the counties. Julius NjirainiBsc compute security and forensics Cyber security and forensics investigator 0724293490 On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:11 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
That's right @Harry! We did see quite a bit of that in the last House and devolution definitely suffered. Thank you for raising the cohesion issue.
@Deborah, not to worry. Thank you for reposting. Again, the issue of duplicity and I might even add counterproductivity comes up. A broad reading of Article 96 pits the Senate as the godfather of devolution so I believe this is something the Senate ought to be able to address; how do we streamline efforts by all these stakeholders to achieve the desired results?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Mercy,
A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace..
Harry
On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off.
So far I gather:
- Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure.
It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans.
For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables.
This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their trenching and tunneling.
Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we will have all regions covered with protected rings.
Sent on mobile.
On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Thank you Julius. Just a follow up for clarification -do you suggest that cybersecurity should be handled at a county level as opposed to at a national level? On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
The Senate committee should identify and come with county committee to identify and protect Assets in the Cyberspace, Threats against the security of the Cyberspace, Roles of stakeholders in Cybersecurity, Guidelines for stakeholders, Cybersecurity controls and Framework of information sharing and coordination within the counties.
Julius NjirainiBsc
compute security and forensics
Cyber security and forensics investigator
0724293490
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:11 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
That's right @Harry! We did see quite a bit of that in the last House and devolution definitely suffered. Thank you for raising the cohesion issue.
@Deborah, not to worry. Thank you for reposting. Again, the issue of duplicity and I might even add counterproductivity comes up. A broad reading of Article 96 pits the Senate as the godfather of devolution so I believe this is something the Senate ought to be able to address; how do we streamline efforts by all these stakeholders to achieve the desired results?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Mercy,
A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace..
Harry
On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off.
So far I gather:
- Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure.
It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye@gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans.
For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables.
This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their trenching and tunneling.
Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we will have all regions covered with protected rings.
Sent on mobile.
On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Dear kanini mutemi am proposing since cyber crime is complex problem, the county government should have county incidence reporting centre which should report direct to national computer incidence team. These will greatly helps national government to come with attacks statistics. Julius Njiraini Computer forensics investigator On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 2:55 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Julius. Just a follow up for clarification -do you suggest that cybersecurity should be handled at a county level as opposed to at a national level?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
The Senate committee should identify and come with county committee to identify and protect Assets in the Cyberspace, Threats against the security of the Cyberspace, Roles of stakeholders in Cybersecurity, Guidelines for stakeholders, Cybersecurity controls and Framework of information sharing and coordination within the counties.
Julius NjirainiBsc
compute security and forensics
Cyber security and forensics investigator
0724293490
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:11 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
That's right @Harry! We did see quite a bit of that in the last House and devolution definitely suffered. Thank you for raising the cohesion issue.
@Deborah, not to worry. Thank you for reposting. Again, the issue of duplicity and I might even add counterproductivity comes up. A broad reading of Article 96 pits the Senate as the godfather of devolution so I believe this is something the Senate ought to be able to address; how do we streamline efforts by all these stakeholders to achieve the desired results?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Mercy,
A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace..
Harry
On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off.
So far I gather:
- Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure.
It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye@gmail.com
wrote:
I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans.
For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables.
This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their trenching and tunneling.
Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we will have all regions covered with protected rings.
Sent on mobile.
On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Good morning Listers, > > > Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what > the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public > participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to > make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I > therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look > forward to an animated discussion. > > > As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day > discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by > the Senate. > > > This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern > in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will > proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving > these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements > between the ICT community and the legislature. > > > This is our guiding question for today– > > > *What do you consider to be the ICT * > > * (a) challenges; * > > * (b) risks; and * > > * (c) opportunities in the counties?* > > > As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the > counties, feel free to highlight them. > > > We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, > Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. > > > This discussion is now open! > > -- > *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%40gmail.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder > platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy > and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable > behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and > bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect > privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > >
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I see. Thank you for that. On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear kanini mutemi am proposing since cyber crime is complex problem, the county government should have county incidence reporting centre which should report direct to national computer incidence team. These will greatly helps national government to come with attacks statistics. Julius Njiraini Computer forensics investigator
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 2:55 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Julius. Just a follow up for clarification -do you suggest that cybersecurity should be handled at a county level as opposed to at a national level?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
The Senate committee should identify and come with county committee to identify and protect Assets in the Cyberspace, Threats against the security of the Cyberspace, Roles of stakeholders in Cybersecurity, Guidelines for stakeholders, Cybersecurity controls and Framework of information sharing and coordination within the counties.
Julius NjirainiBsc
compute security and forensics
Cyber security and forensics investigator
0724293490
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:11 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
That's right @Harry! We did see quite a bit of that in the last House and devolution definitely suffered. Thank you for raising the cohesion issue.
@Deborah, not to worry. Thank you for reposting. Again, the issue of duplicity and I might even add counterproductivity comes up. A broad reading of Article 96 pits the Senate as the godfather of devolution so I believe this is something the Senate ought to be able to address; how do we streamline efforts by all these stakeholders to achieve the desired results?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Mercy,
A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace..
Harry
On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off.
So far I gather:
- Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure.
It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye < kevin.kamonye@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications > infrastructure in their road plans. > > For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future > leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables. > > This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done > roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their > trenching and tunneling. > > Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks > and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the > counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we > will have all regions covered with protected rings. > > Sent on mobile. > > On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < > kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Good morning Listers, >> >> >> Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what >> the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public >> participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to >> make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I >> therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look >> forward to an animated discussion. >> >> >> As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day >> discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by >> the Senate. >> >> >> This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of >> concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we >> will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in >> resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster >> engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. >> >> >> This is our guiding question for today– >> >> >> *What do you consider to be the ICT * >> >> * (a) challenges; * >> >> * (b) risks; and * >> >> * (c) opportunities in the counties?* >> >> >> As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the >> counties, feel free to highlight them. >> >> >> We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, >> Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. >> >> >> This discussion is now open! >> >> -- >> *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kevin. >> kamonye%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy >> and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable >> behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and >> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect >> privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >>
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Hi Julius, Interesting take on cybersecurity and counties. Please explain further how having cyber security centres at counties would help solve cybercrime and why this is a priority . Would it not suffice if county governments had proper cyber security strategies and the national centre was responsive to incidents, wherever they occured? On 5 Feb 2018 07:11, "Julius Njiraini via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Dear kanini mutemi am proposing since cyber crime is complex problem, the county government should have county incidence reporting centre which should report direct to national computer incidence team. These will greatly helps national government to come with attacks statistics. Julius Njiraini Computer forensics investigator On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 2:55 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Julius. Just a follow up for clarification -do you suggest that cybersecurity should be handled at a county level as opposed to at a national level?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
The Senate committee should identify and come with county committee to identify and protect Assets in the Cyberspace, Threats against the security of the Cyberspace, Roles of stakeholders in Cybersecurity, Guidelines for stakeholders, Cybersecurity controls and Framework of information sharing and coordination within the counties.
Julius NjirainiBsc
compute security and forensics
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On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:11 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
That's right @Harry! We did see quite a bit of that in the last House and devolution definitely suffered. Thank you for raising the cohesion issue.
@Deborah, not to worry. Thank you for reposting. Again, the issue of duplicity and I might even add counterproductivity comes up. A broad reading of Article 96 pits the Senate as the godfather of devolution so I believe this is something the Senate ought to be able to address; how do we streamline efforts by all these stakeholders to achieve the desired results?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Mercy,
A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace..
Harry
On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off.
So far I gather:
- Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure.
It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye@gmail.com
wrote:
I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans.
For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables.
This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their trenching and tunneling.
Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we will have all regions covered with protected rings.
Sent on mobile.
On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Good morning Listers, > > > Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what > the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public > participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to > make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I > therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look > forward to an animated discussion. > > > As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day > discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by > the Senate. > > > This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern > in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will > proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving > these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements > between the ICT community and the legislature. > > > This is our guiding question for today– > > > *What do you consider to be the ICT * > > * (a) challenges; * > > * (b) risks; and * > > * (c) opportunities in the counties?* > > > As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the > counties, feel free to highlight them. > > > We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, > Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. > > > This discussion is now open! > > -- > *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%40gmail.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder > platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy > and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable > behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and > bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect > privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > >
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Great conversation going on. I like Delano's suggestions. While recognising Cybersecurity as extremely important being a cybersecurity expert myself in academics and practice, I would suggest that we don't put the cart before the horse. Kenya is a developing country, and if you travel to the counties, you realise it is extremely underdeveloped. The priorities therefore should be ALL activities that make connectivity available, and affordable for the peasants across the country. And these activities are non mutually exclusive. 1. Road infrastructure (how do roads improve internet connectivity? - There is higher concentration of development activities in areas that are accessible) 2. Affordable electricity, 3. Streamlined processes for infrastructure deployment 4. Infrastructure sharing, 5. Proper use and monitoring of Universal Service Funds (USF). 6. Reduced taxes on equipment 7. Efficient spectrum management 8. Content. Develop policies that support relevant local content that users will consume. 9. Data collection of key indicators to measure effectiveness of the strategies implemented. 10. Concrete policies and better regulation and monitoring. All these are possible through collaboration and improved relationships between the business, governments and local communities. On Feb 5, 2018 5:28 PM, "Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hi Julius, Interesting take on cybersecurity and counties. Please explain further how having cyber security centres at counties would help solve cybercrime and why this is a priority . Would it not suffice if county governments had proper cyber security strategies and the national centre was responsive to incidents, wherever they occured?
On 5 Feb 2018 07:11, "Julius Njiraini via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear kanini mutemi am proposing since cyber crime is complex problem, the county government should have county incidence reporting centre which should report direct to national computer incidence team. These will greatly helps national government to come with attacks statistics. Julius Njiraini Computer forensics investigator
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 2:55 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Julius. Just a follow up for clarification -do you suggest that cybersecurity should be handled at a county level as opposed to at a national level?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
The Senate committee should identify and come with county committee to identify and protect Assets in the Cyberspace, Threats against the security of the Cyberspace, Roles of stakeholders in Cybersecurity, Guidelines for stakeholders, Cybersecurity controls and Framework of information sharing and coordination within the counties.
Julius NjirainiBsc
compute security and forensics
Cyber security and forensics investigator
0724293490
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:11 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
That's right @Harry! We did see quite a bit of that in the last House and devolution definitely suffered. Thank you for raising the cohesion issue.
@Deborah, not to worry. Thank you for reposting. Again, the issue of duplicity and I might even add counterproductivity comes up. A broad reading of Article 96 pits the Senate as the godfather of devolution so I believe this is something the Senate ought to be able to address; how do we streamline efforts by all these stakeholders to achieve the desired results?
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Mercy,
A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace..
Harry
On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off.
So far I gather:
- Huduma Centres in the counties - IT centres of excellence in the counties - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure.
It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can use its role to influence the desired changes.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye < kevin.kamonye@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to propose that all Counties include telecommunications > infrastructure in their road plans. > > For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future > leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables. > > This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done > roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their > trenching and tunneling. > > Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks > and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the > counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we > will have all regions covered with protected rings. > > Sent on mobile. > > On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < > kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Good morning Listers, >> >> >> Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what >> the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public >> participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to >> make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I >> therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look >> forward to an animated discussion. >> >> >> As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day >> discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by >> the Senate. >> >> >> This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of >> concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we >> will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in >> resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster >> engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. >> >> >> This is our guiding question for today– >> >> >> *What do you consider to be the ICT * >> >> * (a) challenges; * >> >> * (b) risks; and * >> >> * (c) opportunities in the counties?* >> >> >> As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the >> counties, feel free to highlight them. >> >> >> We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, >> Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. >> >> >> This discussion is now open! >> >> -- >> *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kevin. >> kamonye%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy >> and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable >> behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and >> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect >> privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >>
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I just posted my remarks on another thread, please find them below. -----Original Message----- From: "kanini mutemi via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: 05/02/2018 08:24 To: "deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com" <deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com> Cc: "kanini mutemi" <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good morning Listers, Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion. As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate. This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. This is our guiding question for today– What do you consider to be the ICT (a) challenges; (b) risks; and (c) opportunities in the counties? As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them. We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. This discussion is now open! -- Mercy Mutemi, Advocate.
Poleni sana! Here they are. I have noted the Ministry of ICT has a program targetting MNAs to see that they have ICT hubs in their respective constituencies. The funds to set up these hubs are to be deducted from CDF kitty, about 1 million for every ward in the constituency. At the same time, Nairobi county CIDP wants to ensure there is access to ICT in the county by also building hubs (I think). I have not read any other CIDP so I cannot confirm whether this is ongoing in other counties. This is a duplication of efforts within the same area. Wouldn't it be more prudent for the national government to partner with ICT departments in the counties for the development of ICT? Wouldn't it make more sense for national executive to speak with county executive? Wouldn't it be a better use of resources for the two levels of government to work together on similar matters? In my view this is how devolution will work. The current set- up of the national government working with MNAs to further ICT looks more like decentralisation, which undermines devolution. I have noticed this strategy is not just with ICT but also with the Ministry of Industrialization (setting up industrial zones at constituency level while counties are also doing the exact same thing) . There is need to relook at how the national government is interacting with other players in the entire government structure so as to streamline all activities and avoid duplicating efforts. Regards, Deborah -----Original Message----- From: "kanini mutemi via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: 05/02/2018 08:24 To: "deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com" <deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com> Cc: "kanini mutemi" <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good morning Listers, Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion. As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate. This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. This is our guiding question for today– What do you consider to be the ICT (a) challenges; (b) risks; and (c) opportunities in the counties? As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them. We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. This discussion is now open! -- Mercy Mutemi, Advocate.
Good afternoon all Some of the main challenges include: - Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties - Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication - Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT - Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external) - Measuring benefits of ICT - Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact Some of the main risks include: - Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens - Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc) Some of the opportunities include: - PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience - Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems - Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally) - Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help) - Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content - Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products - Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc) Regards Adam From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane=huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of kanini mutemi via kictanet Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM To: Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> Cc: kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good morning Listers, Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion. As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate. This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. This is our guiding question for today– What do you consider to be the ICT (a) challenges; (b) risks; and (c) opportunities in the counties? As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them. We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. This discussion is now open! -- Mercy Mutemi, Advocate.
From where I sit:
NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>? Regards, Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon all
Some of the main challenges include:
- Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties
- Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
- Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT
- Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external)
- Measuring benefits of ICT
- Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
Some of the main risks include:
- Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
- Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
Some of the opportunities include:
- PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience
- Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
- Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally)
- Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help)
- Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content
- Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products
- Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc)
Regards
Adam
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane=huawei.com@lists. kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
--
*Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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@Colins Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are not careful. Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *AHK & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. 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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
From where I sit:
NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>?
Regards,
Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon all
Some of the main challenges include:
- Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties
- Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
- Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT
- Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external)
- Measuring benefits of ICT
- Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
Some of the main risks include:
- Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
- Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
Some of the opportunities include:
- PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience
- Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
- Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally)
- Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help)
- Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content
- Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products
- Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc)
Regards
Adam
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane= huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
--
*Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Welcome @Bomu, @Collins @Adam and @Ali to the conversation. Infrastructure comes up once again and by extension the issue of access. Does anyone have any figures on connectivity in the counties? @Ali, quite a radical stance on USF but I would say in this instance, radical is welcome. Just to further that thought, what would be the structure of a devolved USF (picking lessons from the efficacy or otherwise of CDF). @Adam, this caught my eye: *Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external). * Other than subsidization, what else can help counties go from internal to external? Not to abandon the discussion on cybersecurity as well, there is the awareness concern but let us step back and ask are there conceivable cybersecurity threats in the counties? Are there counties that have adopted online solutions for critical services? Examples perhaps? This would help us appreciate the urgency with which cybersecurity ought to be embraced in the counties. On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Colins
Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are not careful.
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
*Principal*
*AHK & Associates*
Tel: +254 713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
Chiromo Road, Westlands,
Nairobi, Kenya.
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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
From where I sit:
NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>?
Regards,
Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon all
Some of the main challenges include:
- Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties
- Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
- Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT
- Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external)
- Measuring benefits of ICT
- Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
Some of the main risks include:
- Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
- Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
Some of the opportunities include:
- PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience
- Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
- Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally)
- Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help)
- Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content
- Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products
- Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc)
Regards
Adam
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane= huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
--
*Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
Kanini USF needs to be devolved to the people. That way we won't have roadside pronouncements on the use of the funds. The USF has let down Kenyans. Time to disband it and devolve it. We have talked on this list until the cows have come home. Now politicians are nyemearing the fund.. Seriously, Data aside, let's outsource the pain points of the counties. And who better to champion this than the Senate? Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *AHK & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. 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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 6:16 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Welcome @Bomu, @Collins @Adam and @Ali to the conversation.
Infrastructure comes up once again and by extension the issue of access. Does anyone have any figures on connectivity in the counties?
@Ali, quite a radical stance on USF but I would say in this instance, radical is welcome. Just to further that thought, what would be the structure of a devolved USF (picking lessons from the efficacy or otherwise of CDF).
@Adam, this caught my eye:
*Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external). *
Other than subsidization, what else can help counties go from internal to external?
Not to abandon the discussion on cybersecurity as well, there is the awareness concern but let us step back and ask are there conceivable cybersecurity threats in the counties? Are there counties that have adopted online solutions for critical services? Examples perhaps? This would help us appreciate the urgency with which cybersecurity ought to be embraced in the counties.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Colins
Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are not careful.
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
*Principal*
*AHK & Associates*
Tel: +254 713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
Chiromo Road, Westlands,
Nairobi, Kenya.
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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
From where I sit:
NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>?
Regards,
Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon all
Some of the main challenges include:
- Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties
- Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
- Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT
- Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external)
- Measuring benefits of ICT
- Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
Some of the main risks include:
- Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
- Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
Some of the opportunities include:
- PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience
- Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
- Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally)
- Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help)
- Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content
- Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products
- Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc)
Regards
Adam
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane= huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
--
*Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Kanini I mean rather than use technology better for managing the government or providing government services, focus on how citizens can use technology better to improve their lives. So facilitate access and support private/non-profit sector to provide digital information and services for citizens. Sometimes government should do less and facilitate more (not that government is yet providing a lot of great solutions (information or technology) in health, agriculture, education, transport, commerce etc). There are a lot of such solutions out there that the government can facilitate and support to be more successful, without running themselves, and that this will ultimately radically transform lives of citizens. Adam Senior Director, Public Affairs Huawei Southern Africa Mobile: +254-7909-85886 From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane=huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of kanini mutemi via kictanet Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 6:17 PM To: Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> Cc: kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Welcome @Bomu, @Collins @Adam and @Ali to the conversation. Infrastructure comes up once again and by extension the issue of access. Does anyone have any figures on connectivity in the counties? @Ali, quite a radical stance on USF but I would say in this instance, radical is welcome. Just to further that thought, what would be the structure of a devolved USF (picking lessons from the efficacy or otherwise of CDF). @Adam, this caught my eye: Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external). Other than subsidization, what else can help counties go from internal to external? Not to abandon the discussion on cybersecurity as well, there is the awareness concern but let us step back and ask are there conceivable cybersecurity threats in the counties? Are there counties that have adopted online solutions for critical services? Examples perhaps? This would help us appreciate the urgency with which cybersecurity ought to be embraced in the counties. On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: @Colins Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are not careful. Regards Ali Hussein Principal AHK & Associates Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. 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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: From where I sit: NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>? Regards, Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +254 707 750 788 / 0731750788 Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Good afternoon all Some of the main challenges include: - Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties - Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication - Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT - Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external) - Measuring benefits of ICT - Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact Some of the main risks include: - Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens - Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc) Some of the opportunities include: - PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience - Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems - Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally) - Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help) - Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content - Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products - Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc) Regards Adam From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane<mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Badam.lane>=huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke>] On Behalf Of kanini mutemi via kictanet Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM To: Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com<mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com>> Cc: kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com<mailto:kaninimutemi@gmail.com>> Subject: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good morning Listers, Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion. As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate. This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. This is our guiding question for today– What do you consider to be the ICT (a) challenges; (b) risks; and (c) opportunities in the counties? As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them. We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. This discussion is now open! -- Mercy Mutemi, Advocate. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/arebacollins%40gmail.c... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. 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KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kaninimutemi%40gmail.c... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. 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I think another challenge is information dissemination. Senate can review and task counties to use websites & ICTs more effectively to provide information to the public and also relevant egov services. To support this, the counties need to invest in research, information collection analysis and reporting. Counties should be tasked to invest in their mini bureaus of statistics and information dissemination offices. CA should also be encouraged to provide county based data in their quarterly statistics report. Standardisation and interoperability of ICT systems in use will be critical. Use of ICTs can also be encouraged to tackle problems in education, health etc. Otherwise without accurate information, it may be difficult to assess the real impact of devolution and to make evidence-based public policy decisions. Victor On 5 Feb 2018 21:29, "Adam Lane via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Kanini
I mean rather than use technology better for managing the government or providing government services, focus on how citizens can use technology better to improve their lives.
So facilitate access and support private/non-profit sector to provide digital information and services for citizens. Sometimes government should do less and facilitate more (not that government is yet providing a lot of great solutions (information or technology) in health, agriculture, education, transport, commerce etc). There are a lot of such solutions out there that the government can facilitate and support to be more successful, without running themselves, and that this will ultimately radically transform lives of citizens.
Adam
*Senior Director, Public Affairs*
*Huawei Southern Africa*
Mobile: +254-7909-85886
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane=huawei.com@lists. kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 6:17 PM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Welcome @Bomu, @Collins @Adam and @Ali to the conversation.
Infrastructure comes up once again and by extension the issue of access. Does anyone have any figures on connectivity in the counties?
@Ali, quite a radical stance on USF but I would say in this instance, radical is welcome. Just to further that thought, what would be the structure of a devolved USF (picking lessons from the efficacy or otherwise of CDF).
@Adam, this caught my eye:
*Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external). *
Other than subsidization, what else can help counties go from internal to external?
Not to abandon the discussion on cybersecurity as well, there is the awareness concern but let us step back and ask are there conceivable cybersecurity threats in the counties? Are there counties that have adopted online solutions for critical services? Examples perhaps? This would help us appreciate the urgency with which cybersecurity ought to be embraced in the counties.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Colins
Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are not careful.
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
*Principal*
*AHK & Associates*
Tel: +254 713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
Chiromo Road, Westlands,
Nairobi, Kenya.
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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
From where I sit:
NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>?
Regards,
Collins Areba,
Kilifi, Kenya.
Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins.
Skype: arebacollins
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon all
Some of the main challenges include:
- Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties
- Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
- Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT
- Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external)
- Measuring benefits of ICT
- Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
Some of the main risks include:
- Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
- Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
Some of the opportunities include:
- PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience
- Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
- Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally)
- Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help)
- Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content
- Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products
- Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc)
Regards
Adam
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane=huawei.com@lists. kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
--
*Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Such a robust discussion today! Thank you to all who participated and to those who are following the discussion. I would say we have done a pretty good job of painting the current scenarios in the counties and the future we hope for. What remains, which will be our focus tomorrow, is how the Senate can catalyse this transformation. While today we spoke of the issues of concern in general, tomorrow we will narrow down to specific legislative and oversight interventions that could tackle these concerns. Not to be ignorant of the Senate’s mandate, we will dedicate sometime to distinguish what is within the purview of the Senate therefore feasible. Once again thank you and ‘see’ you tomorrow! On Mon, 5 Feb 2018 at 21:49, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I think another challenge is information dissemination. Senate can review and task counties to use websites & ICTs more effectively to provide information to the public and also relevant egov services. To support this, the counties need to invest in research, information collection analysis and reporting.
Counties should be tasked to invest in their mini bureaus of statistics and information dissemination offices. CA should also be encouraged to provide county based data in their quarterly statistics report.
Standardisation and interoperability of ICT systems in use will be critical. Use of ICTs can also be encouraged to tackle problems in education, health etc.
Otherwise without accurate information, it may be difficult to assess the real impact of devolution and to make evidence-based public policy decisions.
Victor
On 5 Feb 2018 21:29, "Adam Lane via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Kanini
I mean rather than use technology better for managing the government or providing government services, focus on how citizens can use technology better to improve their lives.
So facilitate access and support private/non-profit sector to provide digital information and services for citizens. Sometimes government should do less and facilitate more (not that government is yet providing a lot of great solutions (information or technology) in health, agriculture, education, transport, commerce etc). There are a lot of such solutions out there that the government can facilitate and support to be more successful, without running themselves, and that this will ultimately radically transform lives of citizens.
Adam
*Senior Director, Public Affairs*
*Huawei Southern Africa*
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*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane= huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 6:17 PM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Welcome @Bomu, @Collins @Adam and @Ali to the conversation.
Infrastructure comes up once again and by extension the issue of access. Does anyone have any figures on connectivity in the counties?
@Ali, quite a radical stance on USF but I would say in this instance, radical is welcome. Just to further that thought, what would be the structure of a devolved USF (picking lessons from the efficacy or otherwise of CDF).
@Adam, this caught my eye:
*Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external). *
Other than subsidization, what else can help counties go from internal to external?
Not to abandon the discussion on cybersecurity as well, there is the awareness concern but let us step back and ask are there conceivable cybersecurity threats in the counties? Are there counties that have adopted online solutions for critical services? Examples perhaps? This would help us appreciate the urgency with which cybersecurity ought to be embraced in the counties.
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Colins
Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are not careful.
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
*Principal*
*AHK & Associates*
Tel: +254 713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
Chiromo Road, Westlands,
Nairobi, Kenya.
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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
From where I sit:
NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>?
Regards,
Collins Areba,
Kilifi, Kenya.
Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins.
Skype: arebacollins
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon all
Some of the main challenges include:
- Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties
- Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
- Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT
- Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external)
- Measuring benefits of ICT
- Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
Some of the main risks include:
- Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
- Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
Some of the opportunities include:
- PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience
- Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
- Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally)
- Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help)
- Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content
- Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products
- Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc)
Regards
Adam
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane= huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
--
*Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Dear Kanini and listers, Skimmed through our 2016 discussions on the draft ICT policy discussions. Adding some issues/opportunities, apologies if they have already been mentioned and please add any that might have been missed. - ICT policy should clearly identify the role of county structures in implementation of the policy - Infrastructure: county governments should be more facilitative eg - harmonise wayleaves and other conditions for trunking; - build in ICT infrastructure space in road construction ; - require buildings to be ICT ready - encourage grassroots initiatives eg community broadband - Still on infrastructure: NOFBI, costs different in different counties, costs significantly higher in far flung counties - BPO in county industrial parks - Youth polytechnics that are under county governments should be included in big ICT projects for transfer of knowledge - Counties should leverage on ICTs for public participation that is sensitive to PWD needs - County's role in national addressing system- planning, mapping etc at county level should synergise with NAS - e-gov services for national and county government should not be siloed. Mwananchi should get service and support as seamlessly as possible - fatigue with law making style of creating more specialized agencies that add bureaucracy and silo services (re cyber security) regards, 2018-02-05 17:56 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
@Colins
Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are not careful.
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
*Principal*
*AHK & Associates*
Tel: +254 713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
Chiromo Road, Westlands,
Nairobi, Kenya.
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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
From where I sit:
NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>?
Regards,
Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon all
Some of the main challenges include:
- Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties
- Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
- Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT
- Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external)
- Measuring benefits of ICT
- Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
Some of the main risks include:
- Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
- Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
Some of the opportunities include:
- PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience
- Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
- Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally)
- Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help)
- Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content
- Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products
- Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc)
Regards
Adam
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane= huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
--
*Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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@kanini, Below is an infograhic poached from this <http://www.ca.go.ke/images//downloads/PUBLICATIONS/ANNUALREPORTS/Annual%20Report%20for%20the%20Financial%20Year%202015-2016.pdf> document by the CA. they would have the most detailed analysis based on data they collect from us each quarter. Regards, Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 6:23 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Kanini and listers, Skimmed through our 2016 discussions on the draft ICT policy discussions. Adding some issues/opportunities, apologies if they have already been mentioned and please add any that might have been missed.
- ICT policy should clearly identify the role of county structures in implementation of the policy - Infrastructure: county governments should be more facilitative eg - harmonise wayleaves and other conditions for trunking; - build in ICT infrastructure space in road construction ; - require buildings to be ICT ready - encourage grassroots initiatives eg community broadband - Still on infrastructure: NOFBI, costs different in different counties, costs significantly higher in far flung counties - BPO in county industrial parks - Youth polytechnics that are under county governments should be included in big ICT projects for transfer of knowledge - Counties should leverage on ICTs for public participation that is sensitive to PWD needs - County's role in national addressing system- planning, mapping etc at county level should synergise with NAS - e-gov services for national and county government should not be siloed. Mwananchi should get service and support as seamlessly as possible - fatigue with law making style of creating more specialized agencies that add bureaucracy and silo services (re cyber security)
regards,
2018-02-05 17:56 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
@Colins
Couldn't agree with you more. I understand that NOFBI is currently less than 50% utlilized. And phase 2 is almost complete. We have a major utilisation problem here..It can turn out into a white elephant if we are not careful.
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
*Principal*
*AHK & Associates*
Tel: +254 713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
Chiromo Road, Westlands,
Nairobi, Kenya.
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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
From where I sit:
NOFBI should be made more accessible to players , small and large. It is laughable that I can get Internet at $0.17 at EADC in Nairobi , but get charged $60 to relay the same on Government funded infrastructure from Nairobi to Kilifi. Of what use then is Nofbi? if not to facilitate expansion of the larger players>?
Regards,
Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788* Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon all
Some of the main challenges include:
- Coordination with central government and between Departments in Counties
- Sharing of best practices and also sharing of systems/solutions to get best value and reduce duplication
- Capacity amongst ICT Depts and also amongst other Depts that (should) use ICT
- Expanding the focus of ICT in Counties from something that supports the County operations (i.e. internal), to something that drives the County’s development (i.e. external)
- Measuring benefits of ICT
- Using ICT to drive (and measure) a better culture amongst county government staff focused on efficiencies and impact
Some of the main risks include:
- Awareness of cybersecurity amongst County Staff and citizens
- Abuse/poor use of internet and/or internet driving more negative behaviors or habits (such as hate speech, betting etc)
Some of the opportunities include:
- PDTP type programs in Counties that provide private and public sector with new ideas and eager/capable youth whilst also providing youth with meaningful work experience
- Open innovation from county government with local start-ups, businesses and youth to find solutions to existing problems
- Government using own budget to seed/incentivize solutions (as the largest customer/puchaser locally)
- Government being aware of existing solutions and rolling them out (many apps already exist, just they lack marketing and consumer awareness which the government can help)
- Government approving/certifying certain solutions/apps so they can be used in public sector and trusted by consumers in regard their content
- Improving CIDPs: better use of ICT, and better engagement with ecosystem in developing CIDPs to improve alignment and use of best available products
- Broadband for public institutions (health, education, police etc)
Regards
Adam
*From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane= huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *kanini mutemi via kictanet *Sent:* Monday, February 05, 2018 7:28 AM *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> *Cc:* kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers,
Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion.
As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate.
This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature.
This is our guiding question for today–
*What do you consider to be the ICT *
* (a) challenges; *
* (b) risks; and *
* (c) opportunities in the counties?*
As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them.
We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana.
This discussion is now open!
--
*Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
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Dear Listers, Much good suggestions have come up on this Day 1 of the discussion and what I can say is that the national government through ICT Authority published the Kenya National ICT Master Plan 2014 –2017. We should also look at what is in this document in terms of its pillars, objectives and strategies and see whether they have been devolved to the counties, otherwise we might end up duplicating efforts here. But what is coming out as much as we intensify our use of ICT is the aspect of security and how to combat the computer related crimes. As much as we have the national CIRT, I think we should also devolve incidence response and management to the counties and come up with a framework of how county level CIRTs can collaborate with the national CIRT. We facilitated a computer incident response team (CIRT) training last year in AFRALTI sponsored by CA. The constituents were drawn from government including providers of critical public utility services, ICT service providers including mobile telecom operators, the banking/financial sector and academia. The aim of this training was to facilitate the establishment of various sector based CIRTs (banking, telcos, critical infrastructure...etc). I would suggest the same strategy could be used to arm county level CIRTs otherwise we will be talking technology while leaving security as an afterthought which is also very dangerous. Lawrence Dinga, MSc. (InfoSec & Forensics), CISSP Managecom Systems Ltd +254 721226324/ 0733973999 From: kanini mutemi via kictanet Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 7:27 AM To: ldinga@managecom.co.ke Cc: kanini mutemi Subject: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good morning Listers, Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion. As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate. This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. This is our guiding question for today– What do you consider to be the ICT (a) challenges; (b) risks; and (c) opportunities in the counties? As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them. We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. This discussion is now open! -- Mercy Mutemi, Advocate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ldinga%40managecom.co.... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
participants (12)
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Adam Lane -
Ali Hussein -
Collins Areba -
Deborah -
Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) -
Harry Delano -
Julius Njiraini -
kanini mutemi -
Kevin Kamonye -
Lawrence Dinga, CISSP -
Mwendwa Kivuva -
Victor Kapiyo