OFDS Kenya
Governance & safeguards

A multi-stakeholder model with explicit limits.

Decisions about scope, schema and access are not taken by a single body. Tiered sharing, data classification, and an audit trail keep sensitive infrastructure data protected by design.

Bodies & mandates

Joint Steering Committee (JSC)

Programme oversight, strategic direction, ratifies major policy and tier decisions.

CA · ICTA · MoICT · Treasury observer

Technical Working Group (TWG)

Specification work, profiles, validators, conversion templates, schema versioning.

Operators · Academia · Independent experts

Data Governance & Access Committee (DGAC)

Approves L3 access requests, classification disputes, audit log reviews.

CA · ICTA · Legal · Operator rep

Secretariat

Day-to-day administration, stakeholder onboarding, portal operations, audit reporting.

Hosted by ICTA

Operators & Infrastructure Owners Forum

Submits data, raises issues, votes on profile changes that affect them.

Licensed fibre operators
RACI for key activities
ActivityResponsibleAccountableConsultedInformed
Publish public summaries (L2)SecretariatJSCTWG, DGACOperators
Approve L3 accessDGACJSCSecretariatRequester, Operator
Schema / profile changesTWGJSCOperatorsPublic
Validate submissionsReviewers (TWG)SecretariatOperatorDGAC
Tiered sharing

L1 · L2 · L3

Classification

Public · Restricted · Confidential

L1
Format alignment

Schema, dictionary and crosswalk only. No geometry required. Suitable for first-time onboarding.

PUBLIC

Aggregated indicators safe for open publication and use in the public coverage map.

L2
Aggregated coverage

County / sub-county / grid summaries. The portal enforces removal of precise coordinates on output and on every public view.

RESTRICTED

Available to authenticated stakeholders with declared purpose. Watermarked in the UI.

L3
Controlled detailed access

Full geometry granted only after DGAC approval. Every view and download is logged with user, purpose and timestamp.

CONFIDENTIAL

L3 only. DGAC approval required. Full audit logging of access, view and download.