providers do not consider economically viable; 2. High quality internet access is available everywhere in Kenya; 3. Every Kenyan can afford a device that they can use to access the Internet; 4. Every Kenyan has access to free advice about appropriate digital technology choices for their needs; 5. Every Kenyan has the skills they need to use their choice of digital technology appropriately; 6. Kenya receives global recognition as a safe place to do digital business. This requires a multidimensional approach to the tri-fold challenge of ubiquity, utility and participation. Ubiquity: The challenge of equipping the entire geography of our nation with the infrastructure and connectivity to make data everywhere available is variously addressed in this policy document. It is the government’s policy to treat all populated areas of our country equally and provide equivalent infrastructure per capita. Participation: To achieve the full participation of every Kenyan it is the government’s policy to provide every citizen with the Tools, Attitudinal change support, Skills and Knowledge (TASK) necessary to participate in our joint digital future. The plan is to ensure that a significant proportion of Kenyans’ life, work and play will be digital. Tools: The tools provide the environment through which people can access, use and enjoy the technology in their work, community and recreational activities. These include services, devices, access and applications. It is the government’s policy to provide: 1. A Digital Identity (Universal Personal Identifier) for every citizen: for the safe and lawful use of services; 2. Public Key Infrastructure: To provide for security of transactional data, party recognition and contractual validity Ministry of ICT, Kenya 3. Legal framework and technical support for blockchain: to securely record all transactions 4. Regulatory and Legal support for digital payments: to enable safe financial transactions 5. A delivery services framework for the delivery of physical goods and services 6. Recognition and enforcement of digital contracts to build confidence in online transactions 7. Cyber and computer crime and Critical Infrastructure legislation. The policy envisages that citizens will use a wide variety of devices: smartphones, tablets, computers and Internet of Things devices. However, the basic properties required of all these devices are that they should be affordable, secure, internet-enabled, identifiable and should promote mobility. Since internet-enablement is a basic principle of participation this policy seeks to facilitate connection to the network with a secure digital identifier and the delivery of a mandated minimum bandwidth (defined in the Broadband Strategy) to enable reasonable quality of interaction. Attitudinal Change: Support Purely online transactions for non-digital goods foundationally require a degree of trust and trustworthiness combined with an openness to change and innovation. This policy recognizes that there are certain attitudes and behaviours that should be encouraged in order for Kenya to maintain and grow it’s leadership in the African and global digital space. It is the government and people of Kenya’s confident viewpoint that Kenya is a leader and not a follower in this realm. We have observed what this confident attitude has done for Kenya in the world of sports, especially athletics and team sports, and we believe that it can have similar a dramatic result in the realm of technology. This policy seeks to promulgate a digital culture wherein citizens have a preference for activities, goods and services that are channelled and / or facilitated through technology and where all strata of society integrate digital technologies into their lives as a natural way of performing all the activities necessary for life and happiness. The policy will 16/37 November-2019