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𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐊𝐄𝐏𝐒𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐀'𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄

The Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation (CII) has engaged with Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and key industry players to zero in on practical fixes that turn policy promises into real economic outcomes.

Committee Chair, Hon. John Kiarie, pointed out three interlocking areas including the myth of “free” Wi-Fi, private-public investment synergy and the work needed on data protection and information integrity.

𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒, 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒

The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy has warned that a proposed amendment to the Energy Act could disrupt the rollout of national broadband and digital infrastructure.

 

Appearing before Senate Committee on Energy chaired by Dr. Oburu Oginga, the ministry was represented by Principal Secretary, Stephen Isaboke. 

 

The amendment seeks to allow county governments to levy charges on public energy infrastructure without first getting approval from the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum.

 

𝐊𝐒𝐇. 𝟐.𝟗𝟖 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐔𝐏 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐊𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐋𝐔 𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄

The morning sun rose gently over the vast plains of Galana Kulalu, casting golden light on acres of quiet, thirsty land. For years, the farmers here had waited — waited for rain, waited for power, waited for the promise of transformation. Their irrigation pumps sputtered on diesel, their harvests depending on chance and fuel prices. Yet deep in the heart of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, a plan was already taking root, a plan that would change everything.

 

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