THE KENYA GAZETTE 7th August, 2020 3073 the customer, make commercial sense and are available at the right time, and that regulatory risks are minimised. providing for the rapid diffusion of new technologies to a wide variety of sectors. 5. Put in place measures and mechanisms to address the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing in mobile money services. Upgrading Human Capacity: The government will provide competitively selected universities and technical institutions with takeoff grants to procure silicon fabrication, micro-electronic, microelectromechanical and nano-technology equipment. 6. Encourage relevant government agencies to develop legislation and regulations that embrace local innovation and allow a new class of mobile financial service providers to sustainability provide digital payments and transfer services. 6.2.3 Things The nature and distribution, use dramatically. The evolve our role as technology. manner of design, creation, production, acquisition, and disposal of material goods is changing advent of the asset-light sharing economy will consumers of physical artefacts and products of In the technology design and creation space the emergence of open source hardware designs has changed who has access to the designs of and can make complex technological products. It is now possible for Kenyans to manufacture from the ground up such things as computers, printers or even cars. Open-source hardware and software creates products driven by capitalism rather than monopolies it provides a powerful and lucrative opportunity for companies and individuals to learn from each other. It is our policy to encourage the local design, development, manufacture and global distribution of high-value technological artefacts. It is the governments aim to grow and develop: Broadband Penetration: Grow broadband penetration universal access though promoting availability of smart devices. and Device Manufacture: Support the development of a comprehensive Kenyan supply chain for the local manufacture, assembly and global distribution of smart devices and complex technological artefacts. Capacity: Develop and nurture local capacity for computing and communication device and infrastructure manufacture, building on and contributing to open source hardware designs and local and licensed proprietary designs. Encourage the development of Kenyan professionals in related fields such as system architecture, design and engineering able to design and manufacture products and use the emerging technologies effectively. Rare Earths: Develop a strategic Kenyan silicon fabrication capability to leverage the mining of rare earths found in Kenya. Buy Kenya, Build Kenya: Government will preferentially and exclusively buy Kenyan produced devices, software and solutions. Engineering: Encourage the Kenyan solutions to Kenyan problems. development of technology Scale: Build Kenyan industry and ICT sector scale to rival the best and largest in the world. Devices Content and Applications: This policy intends to promote the development of high quality, easily accessible, relevant local digital content. The stature and relevance of a country, in these highly networked times, is conditioned upon the size and relevance of it’s internet footprint. It is our purpose to increase the total amount of locally produced Kenyan content hosted in Kenya available on the Internet, and to make Kenya the destination for African content. It is critical, that globally, we tell our story ourselves. This policy mandates : Local Development: Support locally based development applications and multimedia content. of ICT Use of Kenyan Languages: The Government shall encourage the use of Kiswahili as the national language and local languages in developing content, and leverage on Kenyans’ good knowledge of English to develop content for the international community. Cultural Preservation: Encourage the development of content that captures and preserves knowledge and culture of Kenya’s diverse communities. Removal of Barriers: The Government shall work to remove barriers to local content creation and distribution such as exorbitant classification fees and broadcasting fees. Promotion of Electronic Media: The Government shall promote collection, preservation, digitisation, distribution and publishing of historical community materials. Information as a National Heritage: The Government shall encourage the development and management of information and knowledge resources as a national heritage. Local Content: It is the objective of this policy to promote the production of local digital content and create employment for citizens. To this end, the government will: Digitisation: All government Ministries, Departments and Agencies are required to’ move to all digital systems of communication, document generation, document storage and archiving. This policy mandates that all MDAs will digitise all their historical records and make the same available to the National Archives in an acceptable electronic format. The achievement of government’s aims with regard to universal broadband access carries with it the implication of universal access to individual devices. Kenyans and Africans will regularly buy millions of devices. Kenyan owned companies should make these devices in Kenya. To achieve this, this policy mandates that: Open Data: All historical and archival data in government possession will be available online to Kenyans. This data can be a rich source for the creative and broadcast industry and spur digital innovations around public data held by county and_ national governments. Strategic Designation: The development of silicon fabrication capabilities, device manufacture and machine intelligence are hereby designated as national strategic imperatives. Animation Labs: The government will support incubation focused on computer generated animation and film production. Advisory: The government particularly the Ministry of ICT will provide or arrange for the provision of consulting, technical advice and mentoring to universities, state owned corporations, private companies and individual entrepreneurs in pursuit of national strategic imperatives. It is the governments aim to make corporations in this domain successful. Technology Acquisition: Relevant government agencies are mandated to provide assistance in negotiating technology acquisition agreements with foreign companies or entities. Knowledge Diffusion Framework: The government in wide consultation with the private sector and academia will create a knowledge diffusion framework wherein the conditions for universityindustry-government-military collaboration will be enhanced, labs National Values: The government will create and enforce policies and legislation that protects children from inappropriate content and upholds national values. Gaming The development of game software can be an important source of employment and revenue for Kenyans, in order to promote the industry, the government with the participation of the private sector will develop: Certification Programs: Work with industry to develop training and certification programs to create a cadre of persons skilled in game programming. Incentives: Introduce appropriate fiscal incentives to promote this sector of the industry.