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Past Learnings Must be ‘at the heart of implementing’ a Digital Identity System in Kenya
Civil society organisations in Kenya have noted with concern a number of recent government pronouncements aimed at creating a new digital identity system for all Kenyan citizens. On 13 May 2023, the Principal Secretary for the State Department for Immigration and...
Kenya Revises Its 1998 Communications Law – Is It Worth It?
By John Walubengo The Kenya Information Communication Amendment Bill (2013), popularly known as the KICA Amendment Bill 2013 is out for public comment. The bill seeks to amend the original Kenya Communications Act of 1998, which has served the country so well and...
Spectrum for Mobile Communications
Mobile phones enable us to connect with our personal acquaintances, do business, and provide a portable platform to work on while on the move. For the two phones to talk to each other, they need a special kind of spectrum we call IMT. IMT stands for International...
Kenyan Government embracing Cryptocurrencies
By John Walubengo. Last week, the Kenyan Treasury Cabinet Secretary published the Finance Bill 2023 and within it, he stated his intention to tax cryptocurrency transactions. Specifically, it states as follows in clause 10, page 8: The owner of a platform or the...
Behind the Scene: Experiences from Research on Accessibility of Government Websites
After weeks of working tirelessly behind the scenes as researchers, Nicodemus Nyakundi and Florence Ouma had a lot to share with Ms. Judy Okite. In one of the events leading to the launch of the report on the accessibility of government websites, KICTANet’s Digital...
Device Management System by Communication Authority: The Privacy Perspective
By John Walubengo Recent media reports indicated that the Communication Authority (CA) has finally been granted the green light by the Supreme Court to install a phone spying gadget, the Device Management System (DMS). From the CA tender documents, the DMS that the...
Centre Launched to Support Social Justice Organisations Be Digitally Resilient
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) in partnership with the Africa Internet Rights Alliance (AIRA) coalition members officially launched the Tatua Digital Resilience Centre. The Tatua Digital Resilience Centre aims to support Social Justice Organizations (SJOs) in...
KICTANet’s Spotlight Report on Notable ICT Issues and Trends
By Simon Ambale KICTANet has released its quarterly spotlight report for January 2023 - March 2023. The report covers the initiatives and activities conducted during this period, including the commemoration of Data Privacy Day, International Women’s Day, and the...
30% Local Shareholding Requirements For Foreign Telcos in Kenya Set To Go
Recently the Kenyan President – after being persuaded by foreign investors from the US – was convinced that the provision that requires foreign telcos to have local partners with at least 30% shareholding should be done away with. The President is reported to have...
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KICTANet’s mission is to promote an enabling environment in the ICT sector that is robust, open, accessible, and rights-based through multistakeholder approaches.
During the 2022 – 2024 strategic period, KICTANet has prioritised the promotion of effective multistakeholder participation; an enabling legal, policy and regulatory environment; building capacities and empowered communities; and institutional strengthening. KICTANet’s guiding philosophy encourages synergies in ICT policy-related activities and initiatives. As such, the network provides mechanisms and a framework for continuing cooperation, engagement and collaboration in ICT matters among industry, technical community, academia, media, development partners, civil society and government.
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Strategic Priority.
- Convening power. To strengthen and promote engagement, collaboration and relationships with relevant stakeholders (state, business and non-state actors).
- Promoting an enabling environment. To catalyse policy, legislative and regulatory reforms in the ICT sector.
- Building capacities and empowered communities. To build the capacity of the stakeholders across government, business society and civil society and the citizens.
- Institutional strengthening.
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KICTANet’s organisational strategy:
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We facilitate stakeholder engagement through collaborative initiatives in face-to-face Town Hall meetings, and in the KICTANet?s interactive mailing list where multiple stakeholders engage regularly on ICT policy issues.