4. Ensure a level playing field in the postal and
courier industry;
In support of this policy, the government
will:
1. Encourage the roll out more postal and
courier service points, and business model
innovation to bring services closer to the
people;
2. Establish a uniform national Addressing
System
3. Restructure Postal Corporation of Kenya to
align with market/technological changes
and to diversify revenue streams so as to
remain commercially viable;
4. Promote competition in all postal market
segments;
3. Develop innovative “online values”
programmes that ensure that the right
online values are instilled in Kenyan
children from the moment they begin to use
technology;
4. Develop a mechanism to equip relevant
stakeholders with appropriate information
and skills to respond adequately to child
online abuse and exploitation;
5. Development of framework of engagement
between
local
and
international
organisations and law enforcement
agencies; and
6. Foster the development of technical tools
and services in the market that minimise the
risk of exposure of children by
5. Take appropriate measures to ensure a safe
and secure mail and courier network by
developing
security
guidelines
for
operators in the sector;
6. Ensure future road and building
incorporate designs such as special access
to courier fleet into central urban centres,
loading zones, and delivery windows for
courier delivery vehicles.
7. Review the exclusive market segments,
from time to time to allow for more
competition;
8. Support the provision of financial services
through the postal system.
6.4.3 Child Online Protection
The government will ensure that there are
rules, structures, principles and policies to
ensure that children can use the Internet and
computers safely. In order to effect this policy
the government will:
1. Develop a legislative framework that
embraces
child
online
protection
comprehensively as a special case of
privacy, and security through a practical
multilateral, multi-stakeholder approach
(Policy,
Law,
Technical,
Education,
Awareness);
2. Develop local public awareness information
and content targeted at various target
audiences;
Ministry of ICT, Kenya
Removal of illegal content from
cyberspace such as child sexual abuse
materials
Investigation of child online crimes
Detection and identification of child
victims on online abuse and
exploitation
Prevention of circulation of child sexual
abuse materials; and
Reporting of such content.
7. Better understand the online habits of
children and youth and facilitate
identification
and
development
of
mechanisms to reduce their exposure to
risks and vulnerabilities online; understand
the context to which a child become
vulnerable and how to prevent online
protection;
8. Prioritise the equipping of law enforcement
agencies and judicial officers to handle Child
Online Protection related matters;
9. Establish a database of offenders against
children
6.5 Security
As Kenya moves wholly online the security
of our infrastructure, resilience in the face of
attack, and coherent internal policies to protect
citizens from abuse and illegal exploitation
become critical to our continued progress.
Kenya will develop comprehensive defensive
and offensive cyber-capabilities.
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