[{"bbox": [95, 163, 1158, 404], "category": "Text", "text": "Yet, this requires democratic and equal access to these services by all citizens and that vested interests and elite capture are not allowed to dominate the digitalisation process. The National Treasury operates and regularly upgrades a financial management information system (IFMIS) but the system needs roll-outs at different government levels. Besides, data exchange with other digital platforms should be further enhanced, justifying a need for standardisation, integration, and consolidation of public data. The effectiveness and efficiency of digital platforms has been hampered by insufficient interoperability. While the government has deployed a wide range of citizen-facing e-service platforms, the e-services have experienced low uptake, suggesting that the services introduced have not been user-friendly, accessible or trusted, pointing to gaps in the business process and design. A trusted, rights-based digital identity system would further accelerate growth in Kenya's digital economy and allow more services to be digitalised."}, {"bbox": [95, 427, 1158, 695], "category": "Text", "text": "**Data protection violations:** While Kenya's recently adopted data protection law represents a promising basis to endow the country with a modern data protection framework, its enforcement is proving challenging. The national data protection authority, namely the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, was only created recently and the design and operationalization of the institution are still incomplete. Its staff, which to date has been recruited only in part, lack experience in implementing data protection legislation, as well as in carrying out awareness-raising and outreach activities. In spite of the limited resources of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), there is an urgent need to improve the awareness about data protection with controllers and processors Data subjects (i.e. citizens), especially groups at risk like women and youth, also have to be sensitised with regards to their right to privacy and ways to protect it. To date, 54% of Kenyans are unaware of their right to privacy, 61% of which are women compared to 47% of men."}, {"bbox": [95, 716, 1154, 769], "category": "Text", "text": "Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [133, 769, 1147, 933], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The Ministry of ICT, innovation and Youth Affairs (duty bearers) is tasked to coordinate the implementation of the National ICT Policy and Digital Economy Blueprint, in particular regarding digital platforms and server management. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Authority sits under the Ministry and is tasked with rationalising and streamlining the management of all Government of Kenya ICT functions. Both are therefore key stakeholders in steering the design and implementation of critical ICT projects across the public service."}, {"bbox": [133, 933, 1140, 1012], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The National Treasury will be engaged to facilitate collaboration with the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS) Department in particular and coordination with local Government and State Owned Enterprises."}, {"bbox": [133, 1012, 1151, 1118], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Data Protection Act. The proposed Action will support ODPC in the implementation of its three-year strategy and roadmap, to complete its institutional design and improve its administrative capacity, as well as capacity building of its relevant stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [133, 1118, 1141, 1198], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The Office of the Attorney General is currently undergoing a planning stage for the digitalisation of its existing registries. They will be heavily engaged in the identification of base registries that are to be tested against the interoperability infrastructure."}, {"bbox": [133, 1198, 1142, 1305], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) such as the Kenyan ICT Action Network, Amnesty International Kenya, Article 19 East Africa and the Lawyers Hub are strong advocates for the right to privacy in Kenya and have been crucial in drafting the new law. They are natural allies of the ODPC and important actors in raising awareness for data subjects."}, {"bbox": [133, 1305, 1149, 1463], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Germany (GIZ), through its Digital Transformation Centre (DTC), is already supporting the ODPC in becoming operational and implementing the Data Protection Act, e.g., by building the capacity of data processors and controllers to adhere to the new privacy standards set out in the Act. It also works hand in hand with CSOs in raising the awareness of groups at risk such as women and youth about their right to privacy. Under the Action, Germany will scale its activities on data protection and facilitate and coordinate peer-to-peer collaboration between ODPC and European Data Protection Authorities."}, {"bbox": [133, 1463, 1121, 1569], "category": "List-item", "text": "- The Estonian Centre for International Development (EstDev) will draw on Estonia's expertise in supporting digital transformation efforts, good governance and in turn leapfrogging digital government development in Kenya, engaging key public and private institutions, including the Estonian ICT Cluster and its members, as well as higher education institutions."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 30"}]