September 2018 - KICTANet

DATA PROTECTION BILLS
by James Muendo 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Hi, Here is an interesting perspective from a seasoned Lawyer on this: https://twitter.com/Olez/status/1044452326117974022 Seems like there some serious glaring holes from the bill. Regards, -- James Muendo Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Logic Craft Ltd, Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road P.O Box 28016 – 00200, Nairobi,KE M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | @Mmuendo <https://twitter.com/Mmuendo> W:|http://about.me/muendo Too Brief? Here's Why <http://emailcharter.org/>

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What should happen to personal data when someone dies?
by Grace Bomu 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Listers, As we continue to discuss the data protection bill, an issue that has come up and is not captured in the proposed laws is the issue of legacy. For example, a viral clipping in social media has a newspaper report stating that a woman who was recently murdered was HIV positive. Normally, HIV status is sensitive personal information that would not be disclosed. Which begs the question, what should happen to personal data on the death of a person? Should we treat data as property that is transferred during succession or should anyone with a legitimate interest be able to access it? Should data processors/controllers have to delete such data? Is this something that should be addressed in the proposed law or should we wait for judicial interpretation? -- Grace Mutung'u Skype: gracebomu @Bomu PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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Press Release
by Terry Asena 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Dear Members Please find attached response from KeNIC's Board of Directors regarding allegations by DRAKE. Thank you.

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Connected Kenya Summit 2018
by Lilian Kimeto 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Dear Listers, This is to invite us all for the Connected Kenya Summit 2018,being organized by The ICT Authority at the Bomas of Kenya on 22-24th October 2018. Please visit www.connected.go.ke for registration and other details. Also,please feel free to get in touch if you need any clarification. See you @ Connected! Lilian Kimeto, MPRSK Manager,Communication ICT Authority Teleposta Towers 12th Floor,Kenyatta Avenue Po Box 27150-00100Nairobi ,Kenya Tel + 254 20 2089061 www.icta.go.ke www.connectd.go.ke communications(a)ict.go.ke info(a)ict.go.ke t: ICTAuthorityKE <https://twitter.com/ICTAuthorityKE> f: ICT Authority

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controversial-it-practitioners-bill-re-emerges
by Barry Macharia 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Dear All This is back in parliament again https://www.cio.co.ke/kenyas-controversial-ict-practitioners-bill-re-emerge… <https://www.cio.co.ke/kenyas-controversial-ict-practitioners-bill-re-emerge…> regards Barry

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CA’s Position on Service Provider’s exclusive deals with MDU Owners.
by Collins Areba 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Good evening Listers, Hope you are having a good weekend. => Ill be short and to the point: Say there is a large residential neighbourhood V.R. With a significantly large number of tenants: => Then a provider S, who wields considerable sway on the management of V.R. => Lets say there are clients , living in V.R who are interested in getting service from a different provider B. and B, on approaching V.R is told that they have signed an exclusive deal with S, to disallow anyone from accessing the market at V.R. It obviously can be argued either way considering there is a Willing Buyer, Willing Seller agreement there, But What exactly does CA have to say about this? I ask because some providers wield enough financial muscle to actually buy out my County and sign an exclusive deal with my Governor, preventing me from operating in my own backyard…. For now though, think of places like Nyayo Highrise, Nyayo Embakasi, Konza, Vipingo Ridge, etc. Regards, Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +254 707 750 788 / 0731 750 788 Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins

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KENIC boardroom wars must not spill into public
by Grace Bomu 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

Listers, The KENIC saga was in the papers today >From the leaked letters, it appeared DRAKE was complaining to the Communications Authority (CA) that the KENIC board affairs are not being run above board, but more specifically, that the position of chairman has never gone to them. I could not trace the current constitution of KENIC to ascertain how the current chairman of the KENIC board is appointed but previously, KENIC has served as the best reference point for multi-stakeholder governance systems. Read on here https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-4764044-nl47g9/i… -- Grace Mutung'u Skype: gracebomu @Bomu PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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Intermediary liability law in African countries (and the AU)
by nicolo zingales 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Greetings everyone, I am new to the channel, so apologies if I have missed any relevant discussion on this. I signed up to consult this group on recent developments on intermediary liability in Africa. As you might know, APC had a few papers in 2012 on intermediary liability in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda <https://www.apc.org/en/node/15623/>. I also wrote for them a report on best practices for intermediary liability in 2013 <https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/APCInternetIntermediaryLiability_Be…>. Following from that, I have been recently contacted to write a chapter for an upcoming Oxford handbook on intermediary liability, which looks back into developments on the subject over the last few years in Africa (2012-2018). I want this to be as complete and accurate as possible, but the material I have been able to find online regarding new laws and court decisions is rather limited. I would therefore be very grateful to any of you who took the time to share, *in or off-list*, *notable developments in your country relating to liability of intermediaries* (in a broad sense: digital platforms, but also ISPs and other types of intermediaries, e.g. registrars and domain name operators, or payment companies). I would also be curious to hear of *any regulation or policy coordination relating to intermediaries in the context of the African Union*, which at the time I wrote the 2013 paper appeared to be a suitable forum to develop some common principles in this field. Has anything happened on that front? Thank you really very much in advance for anything you're able to contribute. I will be glad to share a copy of the chapter, as soon as it's feasible, with anyone who's interested. Best wishes, Nicolo

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15% Excise Duty on Telephone and Internet Data Services
by kanini mutemi 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Dear Listers, Here is an excerpt from the President’s Memorandum which is up for consideration before the National Assembly tomorrow. He proposes taxation of telephone and internet data services. Safaricom, Airtel, Telkom etc do you have a projection of what this could mean for your consumers? Now I am only but a simple lawyer, but I would think that this will enlarge the chasm between the haves and have nots in an already inequitable country. I wonder what this will mean for data costs, internet access and penetration levels, innovation, employment (esp for the youth) and generally keeping up with the new age. It was laughable when this was happening in Uganda, little did we know we were up next.

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Pwani Innovation Week - Call for Startups
by Simeon Oriko 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Listers, Swahilipot Hub and it's partners today announces <https://pwaniinnovationweek.co.ke/pwani-innovation-week-call-for-startups-n…> an open call for startups to apply to the Pwani Innovation Week Startup Competition - PIW Pitch. More details can be found in the attached Press Release. Call for speakers and session proposals will be announced soon. Kind Regards, Simeon Oriko

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