ICT Authority: 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 and oversee the
development of integrated ICT projects in
addition to being responsible for computing
devices within the government. The Authority
is also tasked with coordination and
management
of
National
ICT
Core
infrastructure, Applications Project and
Complex ICT Projects, formulation and
enforcement of ICT Standards, coordination of
Government ICT HR capacity development,
facilitation of ICT Innovations and management
of National ICT Security. It is also the
implementing agency for the following key
areas; Disaster Recovery Centres, ICT Capacity
Building, Government ICT Security ICT
Standards
and
Government
Shared
Infrastructure.
Communications
and
Multimedia
Appeals Tribunal: Disputes arising between
parties in the ICT sector will be heard and
settled by the Communications and Multimedia
Appeals
Tribunal
(formerly
the
Communications Appeals Tribunal), which was
reconstituted
through
the
Kenya
Communications (Amendment) Act, 2013.
Postal Corporation of Kenya: The Postal
Corporation of Kenya is a Public Commercial
Enterprise operating under the PCK Act of
Parliament 1998. The Corporation’s mandate
includes provision of accessible, affordable and
reliable Postal Services to all parts of Kenya as
the Public Postal Licensee.
linkages with various development partners to
provide financial, material, technical assistance
as well as build capacity for sustainability
Civil Society: The role of the Civil Society
will be to inform the policy making process by
making relevant contributions
Investors and Operators: Investors,
operators and service providers play an
important role in the sector, and will be
required to:1. Participate in the provision of universal
service/access;
2. Operate with efficiency, credibility,
commercial integrity and good corporate
governance;
3. Provide quality and sustainable service with
pluralism of choice to consumers; and
4. Keep abreast with and participate in ICTs
development
both
regionally
and
internationally.
Consumers: Are the principal drivers of
service delivery, and are encouraged to use
services delivered in new ways, complain and
seek redress if services are of inferior quality
and vote wisely with their wallets.
ICT
Professional
Bodies:
The
Government encourages the formation of
national ICT non-statutory professional bodies
registered under the laws of Kenya to foster
professional ethics, standards and human
resource development in the sector.
6.3 Skills and Innovation
Media Council of Kenya: The Media
Council of Kenya established through the Media
Council Act, 2013 will play its role of promoting
and protecting the freedom and independence
of the media, prescribing standards of media
practitioners
and
media
enterprises,
facilitating resolution of disputes between the
government and the media and between the
public and the media and intra media and
establish media standards and regulate and
monitor compliance with the media standards.
Development Partners: Development
partners will play a complementary role
towards realisation of development of the goals
and objectives of this policy. Within the ICT
policy framework, the Government will foster
Ministry of ICT, Kenya
This policy extends and amplifies the
Government of Kenya Framework for Science,
Technology and Innovation sessional paper of
2012 by adopting a viewpoint called the
knowledge triangle (KT), which holistically
examines the interaction between Research
and Technology, Education and National
Innovation systems.
Higher
Education
Institutions
(HEIs),
Public
Research
Organisations (PROs) are central actors in the
national innovation system, and industry is a
principal consumer of research output.
Innovation, in this view, is a systemic output
based on the synergy between robust
identifiable consumer demand, a responsive
industry, government, the military, educational
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