Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers! If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions. We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue. I ask– (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. (b) What laws need to be amended? Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial). Let us participate!
Good morning moderator, As much as Senate only looks at the laws that affect the counties, there are some fundamental legislation whose effect will be felt right down to the counties’ operation nerves and I think this Senate ICT Committee can facilitate their enactment. 1) Data Protection and Privacy Law Privacy is a valuable aspect of any human personal life and data or information protection safeguards the rights of a person to privacy. Data protection accords legal protection to a person in cases where his or her personal information is to be collected, stored, used or communicated by a third party. I think what we have witnessed in Kenya especially during the run-up to the 2013 election where so many people found themselves belonging to various political parties without their knowledge and consent is a deep concern. We also witnessed a lot of unnecessary texts to our cell phones from politicians during the recent campaigns running to the 2017 elections. This means that the ‘data controllers’ can easily give out your information without any fear of reprisals. As at now all Kenyans are exposed to privacy and personal data violations as most of the data is either collected without the subject’s knowledge or being used for purposes contrary to the reasons for its collection. Article 31 of the 2010 Constitution guarantees every citizen rights to privacy but this constitutional provision of privacy provides limited data protection in the absence of robust legislation but I can say it has a considerable potential and influence in developing principles of data protection law. There are already legal frameworks such as AU Convention on Cyber Security and Data Protection and the EAC Framework on Cyberlaws that can easily be transposed into our proposed data protection legislation. With the technological advancements and rapid proliferation of cross-border trade, it is imperative that Kenya should be in compliance with international privacy and data protection legislations and standards since failure to do that could hinder business operations and become huge barrier to international trade. The internet and e-commerce has led to huge free flow of information across international borders and therefore it is imperative that personal protection data and privacy law be put in place to make sure that Kenyans enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms. 2) Computer and Cybercrime Bill The enactment of this Bill into law is long overdue but there certain clauses that need to be revised. I think KICTANet is on top of this and has submitted the proposed revisions 3) The Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill 2016 This bill should be thrown out of the window and should never see the light of the day. It will surely stifle innovation. The best computer wizards never studied computer science. Regards Lawrence Dinga, MSc. (InfoSec & Forensics), CISSP Managecom Systems Ltd +254 721226324/ 0733973999 From: kanini mutemi via kictanet Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 7:16 AM To: ldinga@managecom.co.ke Cc: kanini mutemi Subject: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good morning Listers! If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions. We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue. I ask– (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. (b) What laws need to be amended? Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial). 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Thank you Lawrence. These proposals are noted. Yesterday infrastructure was brought up quite a bit. Attached see the Kenya Roads Bill, 2017. Clause 45 may be of interest. There was a concern in the last House that since this Bill is drafted from a roads infrastructure perspective, it does not make adequate provision for ICT infrastructure. Any opportunities for improvement?
On 6 Feb 2018, at 08:56, Lawrence Dinga, CISSP <ldinga@managecom.co.ke> wrote:
Good morning moderator,
As much as Senate only looks at the laws that affect the counties, there are some fundamental legislation whose effect will be felt right down to the counties’ operation nerves and I think this Senate ICT Committee can facilitate their enactment.
1) Data Protection and Privacy Law Privacy is a valuable aspect of any human personal life and data or information protection safeguards the rights of a person to privacy. Data protection accords legal protection to a person in cases where his or her personal information is to be collected, stored, used or communicated by a third party. I think what we have witnessed in Kenya especially during the run-up to the 2013 election where so many people found themselves belonging to various political parties without their knowledge and consent is a deep concern. We also witnessed a lot of unnecessary texts to our cell phones from politicians during the recent campaigns running to the 2017 elections. This means that the ‘data controllers’ can easily give out your information without any fear of reprisals. As at now all Kenyans are exposed to privacy and personal data violations as most of the data is either collected without the subject’s knowledge or being used for purposes contrary to the reasons for its collection. Article 31 of the 2010 Constitution guarantees every citizen rights to privacy but this constitutional provision of privacy provides limited data protection in the absence of robust legislation but I can say it has a considerable potential and influence in developing principles of data protection law. There are already legal frameworks such as AU Convention on Cyber Security and Data Protection and the EAC Framework on Cyberlaws that can easily be transposed into our proposed data protection legislation. With the technological advancements and rapid proliferation of cross-border trade, it is imperative that Kenya should be in compliance with international privacy and data protection legislations and standards since failure to do that could hinder business operations and become huge barrier to international trade. The internet and e-commerce has led to huge free flow of information across international borders and therefore it is imperative that personal protection data and privacy law be put in place to make sure that Kenyans enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms.
2) Computer and Cybercrime Bill The enactment of this Bill into law is long overdue but there certain clauses that need to be revised. I think KICTANet is on top of this and has submitted the proposed revisions
3) The Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill 2016 This bill should be thrown out of the window and should never see the light of the day. It will surely stifle innovation. The best computer wizards never studied computer science.
Regards Lawrence Dinga, MSc. (InfoSec & Forensics), CISSP Managecom Systems Ltd +254 721226324/ 0733973999
From: kanini mutemi via kictanet <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 7:16 AM To: ldinga@managecom.co.ke <mailto:ldinga@managecom.co.ke> Cc: kanini mutemi <mailto:kaninimutemi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask–
(a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome.
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate!
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On 6 Feb 2018, at 10:41, kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you Lawrence. These proposals are noted.
Yesterday infrastructure was brought up quite a bit. Attached see the Kenya Roads Bill, 2017. Clause 45 may be of interest. There was a concern in the last House that since this Bill is drafted from a roads infrastructure perspective, it does not make adequate provision for ICT infrastructure. Any opportunities for improvement?
On 6 Feb 2018, at 08:56, Lawrence Dinga, CISSP <ldinga@managecom.co.ke <mailto:ldinga@managecom.co.ke>> wrote:
Good morning moderator,
As much as Senate only looks at the laws that affect the counties, there are some fundamental legislation whose effect will be felt right down to the counties’ operation nerves and I think this Senate ICT Committee can facilitate their enactment.
1) Data Protection and Privacy Law Privacy is a valuable aspect of any human personal life and data or information protection safeguards the rights of a person to privacy. Data protection accords legal protection to a person in cases where his or her personal information is to be collected, stored, used or communicated by a third party. I think what we have witnessed in Kenya especially during the run-up to the 2013 election where so many people found themselves belonging to various political parties without their knowledge and consent is a deep concern. We also witnessed a lot of unnecessary texts to our cell phones from politicians during the recent campaigns running to the 2017 elections. This means that the ‘data controllers’ can easily give out your information without any fear of reprisals. As at now all Kenyans are exposed to privacy and personal data violations as most of the data is either collected without the subject’s knowledge or being used for purposes contrary to the reasons for its collection. Article 31 of the 2010 Constitution guarantees every citizen rights to privacy but this constitutional provision of privacy provides limited data protection in the absence of robust legislation but I can say it has a considerable potential and influence in developing principles of data protection law. There are already legal frameworks such as AU Convention on Cyber Security and Data Protection and the EAC Framework on Cyberlaws that can easily be transposed into our proposed data protection legislation. With the technological advancements and rapid proliferation of cross-border trade, it is imperative that Kenya should be in compliance with international privacy and data protection legislations and standards since failure to do that could hinder business operations and become huge barrier to international trade. The internet and e-commerce has led to huge free flow of information across international borders and therefore it is imperative that personal protection data and privacy law be put in place to make sure that Kenyans enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms.
2) Computer and Cybercrime Bill The enactment of this Bill into law is long overdue but there certain clauses that need to be revised. I think KICTANet is on top of this and has submitted the proposed revisions
3) The Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill 2016 This bill should be thrown out of the window and should never see the light of the day. It will surely stifle innovation. The best computer wizards never studied computer science.
Regards Lawrence Dinga, MSc. (InfoSec & Forensics), CISSP Managecom Systems Ltd +254 721226324/ 0733973999
From: kanini mutemi via kictanet <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 7:16 AM To: ldinga@managecom.co.ke <mailto:ldinga@managecom.co.ke> Cc: kanini mutemi <mailto:kaninimutemi@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask–
(a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome.
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate!
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We need a comprehensive data protection law. On 6 February 2018 at 07:16, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask–
(a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? *Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. *
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate!
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Good afternoon Listers. Thank you for the contributions coming in so far. Now looking at oversight, it is possible to see the Senate’s role as two-fold; overseeing that national resources allocated to counties are properly and lawfully utilised and protecting counties from harmful conduct by national organs. We see the first limb in the work of the County Public Accounts Committee, county visits by various committees and consideration of the reports of offices such as that of the Auditor General. Through Statements, the Senate is able to seek answers from the executive thereby holding them accountable. They may also move Motions for certain executive action to be taken. With this in mind I invite comments on– (a) Are counties allocating enough resources to ICT in their budgets? What could be improved? What ‘leaks’ should the Senate watch out for? (b) Are there particular questions you would like to propose to be adopted as statements or motions in the Senate seeking clarification on various executive decisions? What conduct by national bodies is likely to have an negative impact in the counties
On 6 Feb 2018, at 13:32, Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng@gmail.com> wrote:
We need a comprehensive data protection law.
On 6 February 2018 at 07:16, kanini mutemi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask– (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome.
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate!
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Dear all I may also express hesitation over the ICT Practitioners Bill; in my understanding if the desire was to ensure quality in ICT workforce, there are already existing qualifications that can serve this purpose as well as simple competition in both employment positions and service provision (as contractors/providers of ICT services to customers) which can be expressed not only through existing qualifications but also through experience, references etc as per other marketplaces. Other Policies that need to be looked at include revising the previous tax exemption for smartphones. It was lauded by many across the world and had a massive impact. Now smartphone penetration is stagnating and costs are not declining any more amongst handsets, similar policies should be considered again. On the questions below: a) No, few Counties are allocating the amount recommended by CRA; meanwhile the coordination between ICT Depts and other depts is usually awful not only leading to duplication of resources but more often waste of resources. Proper budgeting and planning should enable for collaboration between departments and ICT should have a role to play in delivering services in practically every other single budget. If this was done well then other depts would pay the bills and be a “customer” of the ICT department, which would use ICT dept expertise whilst ensuring ownership and implementation by the other (paying) department. The Senate should also look for poor budgeting, planning and coordination between Counties and Central Government. b) My understanding is the USF is now being fairly well implemented for rural network expansion, though its resources are not enough, but it should also seek to ensure that its funds meet its own standard (particularly related to ensuring the schools it is connecting get minimum broadband speeds stated in the National Broadband Strategy). However the USF should also broaden its scope and the Senate may enquire into this, i.e. what are the real barriers to broadband adoption (including skills, devices, content, as well as affordability, awareness, attitude etc; not just network) and how can these be solved, and how can various sources of funding address these. Secondly I would encourage the Senate to enquire into the situation of connectivity for public institutions and see why the schools that now all have electricity cannot also have fiber run over those same cables, for example. Certainly connectivity at schools will not just allow for internet access, but can enable update of the DLP curriculum, interactive content, remote support etc. Also the Senate may enquire as to how the hospitals connected by NOFBI are using the fiber they have. Regards 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: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 2:31 PM To: Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> Cc: kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good afternoon Listers. Thank you for the contributions coming in so far. Now looking at oversight, it is possible to see the Senate’s role as two-fold; overseeing that national resources allocated to counties are properly and lawfully utilised and protecting counties from harmful conduct by national organs. We see the first limb in the work of the County Public Accounts Committee, county visits by various committees and consideration of the reports of offices such as that of the Auditor General. Through Statements, the Senate is able to seek answers from the executive thereby holding them accountable. They may also move Motions for certain executive action to be taken. With this in mind I invite comments on– (a) Are counties allocating enough resources to ICT in their budgets? What could be improved? What ‘leaks’ should the Senate watch out for? (b) Are there particular questions you would like to propose to be adopted as statements or motions in the Senate seeking clarification on various executive decisions? What conduct by national bodies is likely to have an negative impact in the counties On 6 Feb 2018, at 13:32, Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng@gmail.com<mailto:sidney.ochieng@gmail.com>> wrote: We need a comprehensive data protection law. On 6 February 2018 at 07:16, kanini mutemi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Good morning Listers! If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions. We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue. I ask– (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. (b) What laws need to be amended? Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial). Let us participate! _______________________________________________ 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/sidney.ochieng%40gmail... 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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Thank you for the comments so far. Allow me to introduce yet another angle. This year the Commission of Revenue Allocation will recommend to the Senate a new formula for division of revenue among counties. Should ICT connectivity be one of the bases of this new formula? On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 at 20:40, Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com> wrote:
Dear all
I may also express hesitation over the ICT Practitioners Bill; in my understanding if the desire was to ensure quality in ICT workforce, there are already existing qualifications that can serve this purpose as well as simple competition in both employment positions and service provision (as contractors/providers of ICT services to customers) which can be expressed not only through existing qualifications but also through experience, references etc as per other marketplaces.
Other Policies that need to be looked at include revising the previous tax exemption for smartphones. It was lauded by many across the world and had a massive impact. Now smartphone penetration is stagnating and costs are not declining any more amongst handsets, similar policies should be considered again.
On the questions below:
a) No, few Counties are allocating the amount recommended by CRA; meanwhile the coordination between ICT Depts and other depts is usually awful not only leading to duplication of resources but more often waste of resources. Proper budgeting and planning should enable for collaboration between departments and ICT should have a role to play in delivering services in practically every other single budget. If this was done well then other depts would pay the bills and be a “customer” of the ICT department, which would use ICT dept expertise whilst ensuring ownership and implementation by the other (paying) department. The Senate should also look for poor budgeting, planning and coordination between Counties and Central Government.
b) My understanding is the USF is now being fairly well implemented for rural network expansion, though its resources are not enough, but it should also seek to ensure that its funds meet its own standard (particularly related to ensuring the schools it is connecting get minimum broadband speeds stated in the National Broadband Strategy). However the USF should also broaden its scope and the Senate may enquire into this, i.e. what are the real barriers to broadband adoption (including skills, devices, content, as well as affordability, awareness, attitude etc; not just network) and how can these be solved, and how can various sources of funding address these.
Secondly I would encourage the Senate to enquire into the situation of connectivity for public institutions and see why the schools that now all have electricity cannot also have fiber run over those same cables, for example. Certainly connectivity at schools will not just allow for internet access, but can enable update of the DLP curriculum, interactive content, remote support etc. Also the Senate may enquire as to how the hospitals connected by NOFBI are using the fiber they have.
Regards
Adam
*Senior Director, Public Affairs*
*Huawei Southern Africa*
Mobile: +254-7909-85886
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Good afternoon Listers.
Thank you for the contributions coming in so far. Now looking at oversight, it is possible to see the Senate’s role as two-fold; overseeing that national resources allocated to counties are properly and lawfully utilised and protecting counties from harmful conduct by national organs. We see the first limb in the work of the County Public Accounts Committee, county visits by various committees and consideration of the reports of offices such as that of the Auditor General. Through Statements, the Senate is able to seek answers from the executive thereby holding them accountable. They may also move Motions for certain executive action to be taken.
With this in mind I invite comments on–
(a) Are counties allocating enough resources to ICT in their budgets? What could be improved? What ‘leaks’ should the Senate watch out for?
(b) Are there particular questions you would like to propose to be adopted as statements or motions in the Senate seeking clarification on various executive decisions?
What conduct by national bodies is likely to have an negative impact in the counties
On 6 Feb 2018, at 13:32, Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng@gmail.com> wrote:
We need a comprehensive data protection law.
On 6 February 2018 at 07:16, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask–
(a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022?
*Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. *
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate!
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Can you explain what that means- does it mean if they need more connectivity they'll get more money? Senior Director Public Affairs Huawei Southern Africa Mobile: +254 790985886 From:kanini mutemi via kictanet To:Adam Lane Cc:kanini mutemi Date:2018-02-06 20:50:58 Subject:Re: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Thank you for the comments so far. Allow me to introduce yet another angle. This year the Commission of Revenue Allocation will recommend to the Senate a new formula for division of revenue among counties. Should ICT connectivity be one of the bases of this new formula? On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 at 20:40, Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com<mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com>> wrote: Dear all I may also express hesitation over the ICT Practitioners Bill; in my understanding if the desire was to ensure quality in ICT workforce, there are already existing qualifications that can serve this purpose as well as simple competition in both employment positions and service provision (as contractors/providers of ICT services to customers) which can be expressed not only through existing qualifications but also through experience, references etc as per other marketplaces. Other Policies that need to be looked at include revising the previous tax exemption for smartphones. It was lauded by many across the world and had a massive impact. Now smartphone penetration is stagnating and costs are not declining any more amongst handsets, similar policies should be considered again. On the questions below: a) No, few Counties are allocating the amount recommended by CRA; meanwhile the coordination between ICT Depts and other depts is usually awful not only leading to duplication of resources but more often waste of resources. Proper budgeting and planning should enable for collaboration between departments and ICT should have a role to play in delivering services in practically every other single budget. If this was done well then other depts would pay the bills and be a “customer” of the ICT department, which would use ICT dept expertise whilst ensuring ownership and implementation by the other (paying) department. The Senate should also look for poor budgeting, planning and coordination between Counties and Central Government. b) My understanding is the USF is now being fairly well implemented for rural network expansion, though its resources are not enough, but it should also seek to ensure that its funds meet its own standard (particularly related to ensuring the schools it is connecting get minimum broadband speeds stated in the National Broadband Strategy). However the USF should also broaden its scope and the Senate may enquire into this, i.e. what are the real barriers to broadband adoption (including skills, devices, content, as well as affordability, awareness, attitude etc; not just network) and how can these be solved, and how can various sources of funding address these. Secondly I would encourage the Senate to enquire into the situation of connectivity for public institutions and see why the schools that now all have electricity cannot also have fiber run over those same cables, for example. Certainly connectivity at schools will not just allow for internet access, but can enable update of the DLP curriculum, interactive content, remote support etc. Also the Senate may enquire as to how the hospitals connected by NOFBI are using the fiber they have. Regards Adam Senior Director, Public Affairs Huawei Southern Africa Mobile: +254-7909-85886 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: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 2:31 PM To: Adam Lane <adam.lane@huawei.com<mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com>> Cc: kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi@gmail.com<mailto:kaninimutemi@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good afternoon Listers. Thank you for the contributions coming in so far. Now looking at oversight, it is possible to see the Senate’s role as two-fold; overseeing that national resources allocated to counties are properly and lawfully utilised and protecting counties from harmful conduct by national organs. We see the first limb in the work of the County Public Accounts Committee, county visits by various committees and consideration of the reports of offices such as that of the Auditor General. Through Statements, the Senate is able to seek answers from the executive thereby holding them accountable. They may also move Motions for certain executive action to be taken. With this in mind I invite comments on– (a) Are counties allocating enough resources to ICT in their budgets? What could be improved? What ‘leaks’ should the Senate watch out for? (b) Are there particular questions you would like to propose to be adopted as statements or motions in the Senate seeking clarification on various executive decisions? What conduct by national bodies is likely to have an negative impact in the counties On 6 Feb 2018, at 13:32, Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng@gmail.com<mailto:sidney.ochieng@gmail.com>> wrote: We need a comprehensive data protection law. On 6 February 2018 at 07:16, kanini mutemi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Good morning Listers! If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions. We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue. I ask– (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. (b) What laws need to be amended? Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial). Let us participate! _______________________________________________ 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/sidney.ochieng%40gmail... 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@Kanini thanks for the great stewardship so far. My 2 Cents: 1: Resource allocation. I am of the opinion that over and above budget allocation to ICT, is the overarching elephant in the room: Standards. My personal experience with ICT procurements in the county is that they are mostly vendor driven. As a result, there will be 47 different approaches to solving IT problems and systems designed are often overpriced and often-time not really value for money. They also don't talk to each other, and terms of engagement are also gray. All the issues discussed, data protection, etc etc are subject to terms of engagement that we the public might not be privy to. Ill Give an unrelated example of a 15 year revenue collection contract that my county got into with some private entity, something that exposes loads of personal information & data to a third party who may not be bound to data protection responsibility that would be expected of elected government. Question / suggestion to the senate. Maybe its time the law defines what the bare minimums should be in ICT procurements, and what acceptable standards for valuation should be, and what standard Terms of reference should be whenever contracts of this nature are executed. Regards, Areba.
Kanini Thanks for great moderation. I would like to share with the Senator some pointers that I had shared earlier with CS Mucheru when he was confirmed by the president for his second term as CS. 1. The ICT Policy 2016. This is at the cabinet level. In your own words. We urge you to do your utmost to have it on the first cabinet meeting agenda. How can the Senate assist the CS to actualize this? 2. I will be asking KICTANet to put together a list of critical bills we feel deserve to be tabled in parliament before the first quarter is over. We intend to crowdsource this and help your ministry craft the best language for them that is in the best interest of the ICT community and the country. We would like to ensure we coordinate with the Senate to enable us avoid any Silos effect. Ours is be able to assist as citizens to move this ICT Policy engagement to another level so that we truly live up to our Silicon Savannah Title. 3. The Universal Access Fund. The country is not feeling the impact of these billions. It needs an injection of Steroids. We urge you to pay close attention to this fund and it’s activities. Many Kenyans are being disenfranchised because of connectivity issues. The current CA Statistics in my humble opinion is the stuff of fiction. Internet connectivity penetration at 112% (51 million users)? :-) No need to emphasize this more. I believe the point is made. 4. Representation and public participation in major decisions affecting our industry. We are stakeholders. We humbly ask that the ministry looks beyond KEPSA when it talks of stakeholders. We commit to engage with respect, vigor and with an open mind. We humbly ask the Senate to continue in this spirit. Senator Halake has shown great leadership and we applaud her for this engagement. Let us continue to engage widely as enshrined in our constitution. 5. Policy direction. This touches on the ICT Policy document now at Cabinet. Once this document is ready for execution we expect it to be implemented with vigor. We are your soldiers on this. As it is with the Senate. Consider us your foot soldiers. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad
On 6 Feb 2018, at 7:16 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask– (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome.
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate! _______________________________________________ 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/
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Dear kanini mutemi i have noted that counties audit committee does not have ICT professionals. its should be noted with financial transaction being done digitally,case example is IFMIS. There is need to amend these frame work and include ICT represantativeto help in auditing technical part of the transaction. Julius Njiraini Computer security and forensics consultants 0724293490 On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:16 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask–
(a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? *Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. *
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate!
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Interesting angle Julius. And that is indeed something that can be quickly fixed via amendment. On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 at 18:24, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear kanini mutemi i have noted that counties audit committee does not have ICT professionals. its should be noted with financial transaction being done digitally,case example is IFMIS. There is need to amend these frame work and include ICT represantativeto help in auditing technical part of the transaction. Julius Njiraini Computer security and forensics consultants 0724293490
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:16 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask–
(a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? *Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. *
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate!
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-- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
Hi Kanini, I would start by asking for a good Data Protection Law. As we digitilise more, collect more data at both national and subnational level, we should assure that it is processed in a manner that protects the privacy of individuals. This can only be done if we have general standards across the whole country. The other thing I would ask, is that counties are given a clear role in the ICT policy. If the policy gets before the Senate, they should add the recommendations given here on counties' role in infrastructure, info collection, dissemination, human capacity development etc One specific oversight already canvassed by Ali is e-citizen. The people of the counties are suffering from poor services on this one. Regards, On 5 Feb 2018 23:29, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers!
If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions.
We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue.
I ask–
(a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? *Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. *
(b) What laws need to be amended?
Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial).
Let us participate!
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participants (8)
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Adam Lane -
Ali Hussein -
Collins Areba -
Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) -
Julius Njiraini -
kanini mutemi -
Lawrence Dinga, CISSP -
Sidney Ochieng