Country
Kenya

Owner / Lead
Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology

Initiative
Communications Authority (CA)

Highlights
The Authority was established by the Kenya Communications Act of 1998, which has since been revised and amended into the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Act, 2013 (KICA). With this law, the regulatory scope and jurisdiction of the Authority was enhanced; KICA now entrusts the CA with the power to work as an independent regulator. Therefore the CA is responsible for facilitating developments in the ICT, telecommunications, electronic commerce and transactions sectors in Kenya through licensing and regulations. CA has also provided cybersecurity sector regulations, whose public consultation phase recently concluded in May 2016.6

Key Date(s)
2013

Website
www.icta.go.ke