3. Provide regulations and guidelines for the implementations and enforcement of the laws in the sector; and 4. Ensure effectiveness of the laws and the corresponding institutions. Current Institutional Arrangements: Some of the current stakeholders in the ICT ecosystem are: 1. Ministry of ICT and all it’s agencies 2. County Governments 4. Communications Authority of Kenya 5. Kenya ICT Authority 6. Konza Technopolis Development Authority 7. East Africa Marine Cable System Ltd. 9. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) 10. Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC) 11. Kenya News Agency (KNA) 12. Government Advertising Agency 13. Kenya Year Book 14. Communications and Multimedia Appeals Tribunal 17. Kenya Film Classification Board 18. Kenya Film School 19. Development partners 20. Civil Society 21. Investors and Operators 22. Consumers/users 23. ICT Professional Bodies Ministry of ICT, Kenya 1. 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 realised; 3. Creation of an enabling environment for investment in the sector. County Governments: County governments should invest in and promote the adoption of ICT whilst embracing the sharing of infrastructure and enterprise applications for efficiency and transparency. 8. Postal Corporation of Kenya 16. Kenya Film Commission Ministry of ICT: The Government’s role in the sector will include: 2. 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 3. National Communications Secretariat 15. Media Council of Kenya 24. Relevant government agencies Konza Technopolis Development Authority: In 2008, the Government of Kenya approved the creation of Konza Technology City as a flagship Kenya Vision 2030 project. Konza will be a sustainable, world class technology hub and major economic driver for Kenya. Konza is conceived to capture the growing global Business Processing Outsourcing and Information Technology Enabled Services (BPO/ITES) sectors in Kenya. National Communications Secretariat (NCS): The National Communications Secretariat, which is the ICT Policy Advisory Secretariat, established through the Kenya Communications Act of 1998. It will continue to be the policy advisory arm of the Government on all matters pertaining to the ICT sector. NCS will carry out research and monitoring related to ICT policy and will publish reports and results of the research. Communications Kenya(CA): The CA as will play its role as the body for the sector in relevant provisions of Kenya, 2010. 29/37 Authority of the Sector Regulator, converged regulatory accordance with the the Constitution of November-2019

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