(d)
(e)
(f)
Investors and Operators;
Consumers/users; and
ICT Professional Bodies.
23.2.1 Ministry of ICT
The Government’s role in the sector will include, inter alia:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Strengthen existing institutions and assign appropriate ICT priority areas to them to champion
and deliver on the objectives of the policy. In particular, specific targets will be agreed upon
and reviews made to determine the extent to which they are being realized;;
Develop, coordinate and implement both the ICT policy and the monitoring and evaluation
(M&E) framework across all sectors of the economy to ensure that the implementation of ICT
programmes and projects is effective to support the social and economic sectors of the
economy; and
Provision of an enabling environment for investment in the sector.
23.2.2 National Communications Secretariat (NCS)
The National Communications Secretariat which is the Communications Policy Advisory Secretariat,
established through the Kenya Communications Act of 1998 will continue to be the policy advisory
arm of the Government on all matters pertaining to the ICT sector.
23.2.3 Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)
The CA as the Sector Regulator, established through the Kenya Information and Communications
(Amendment) Act, 2013 will play its role as the converged regulatory body for the sector in accordance
with the relevant provisions of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.
23.2.4 Information and Communications Technology Authority of Kenya (ICTA)
The ICT Authority will continue to play its broad mandate of fostering the development of ICTs in
Kenya (including businesses, innovation and capacity building), implement and maintain systems and
technology for the Government, oversee the development of integrated information and
communication technology (ICT) projects, and to develop and enforce ICT standards for the
Government. The authority is also tasked with enhancing the supervision of the Government
electronic communications.
23.2.5 National Cyber Security Agency
The emerging technologies including but not limited to Cloud computing, Big Data the ongoing
research on new technologies and the current wave of connecting everything online thus exposing
the country’s economic development and security vulnerable to new threats. In view of these new
and emerging developments, the Government will establish a national Cyber Security Agency to serve
as an institution that shall be vested with the responsibility of overseeing and mechanisms of
protecting against these advanced internet based crimes.
The functions of the Agency will include:
(a)
Protection of government communications and information systems against penetration of
its databases and systems, securing the network from network warfare. This shall include but
not limited to detection, prevention and management of cyber risks and data breaches in
accordance with ISO 27001 series of standards and their successors; and
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