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Tweets By Government Officials.
by simiyu mse 16 Sep '22

16 Sep '22

Good morning listers. The tweet below by Ahmednasir has me thinking about data governance in government. Some of these tweets he talks about provide record to some announcements made on government policy and is in response to some officials closing up their accounts. I guess the question asked is are they opened on a personal level by government actors or are they opened by the office occupied. What steps went/go into activating and deactivating them? Someone else responded to it that many people interact with government offices and officials through gmail and yahoo accounts. Reminded me of a conversation we had about that some time ago. How do we separate an office holder's personal opinions and an official opinion? Logically it is prudent to say once some positions are assumed, virtually all opinions from the holder are seen to be official. Remember how something like BBI came down to saying the president spear headed it in his personal capacity. But even then he was using channels available to the office to talk and promote it. All in an attempt to legitimise it. I guess the question is how can these be separated if they can be separated at all? ----------- Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC (@ahmednasirlaw) tweeted at 7:38 am on Thu, Sept 15, 2022: Twitter accounts operated by Cabinet Secretaries like Dr Fred Matiang'i are public property and contains information that belongs to the office one holds. Deleting or deactivating such accounts without express authority of goverment is a felony that results in a jail term or fine ( https://twitter.com/ahmednasirlaw/status/1570270811164151813?t=LRRbd64w3iHD… ) --------- ./ken

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Kenya Elections 2022: How Was Personal Data Safeguarded?
by David Indeje 15 Sep '22

15 Sep '22

[image: image.png] Dear Listers, One unique thing about the 2022 Kenya elections was that it was the first election conducted after the adoption of the Data Protection Act, 2019. Mr Meshack Masibo, goes deeper to give us understanding on what the law states, our election observation mission technology component of the elections in 21 counties from preparedness, the voting process, transmission, and post-election processes. In addition, he shares insights on the progress made by the IEBC, gaps and what they can do more when it comes to data protection and privacy. Here is more from him - https://bit.ly/3BbDpbe -- *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje* *KICTANet Communications *_____________________________________ +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 KICTANet portals KICTANet.or.ke <https://kictanet.or.ke/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/kictanet> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/>

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Should We Reserve a Slot for an ICT Professional Within the IEBC Commission??
by David Indeje 10 Sep '22

10 Sep '22

[image: image.png] Dear Listers, In our latest series of blogs about the 2022 Kenya Election as authored by Mr John Walubengo, we are posing a question: "IEBC Commission: Should We Reserve a Slot for an ICT Professional? Mr Walubengo notes that "In all the past three presidential petitions (2013, 2017a, and 2017b), ICT seems to have been central to the Supreme Court’s final decision. However, the way ICT matters were prosecuted, one could almost say the ICT was on trial." Read the rest of the article here: https://tinyurl.com/3sh2h4vt -- *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje* *KICTANet Communications *_____________________________________ +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 KICTANet portals KICTANet.or.ke <https://kictanet.or.ke/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/kictanet> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/>

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Kenya Elections 2022: Presidential Petition – The Tech Issues and Their Rulings
by David Indeje 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

[image: Judges of the Supreme Court of Kenya_.jpeg] Dear Listers, The Supreme Court made its final determination on the 2022 Presidential Petition and found that the President-elect, Dr. William Ruto was duly elected and declared. In our ongoing series of blogs about the 2022 Kenya Election, Mr John Walubengo reviews three tech issues that had been adjudicated and tries to help us understand how the court arrived at its judgement. Read more: https://bit.ly/3TVqdzW -- *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje* *KICTANet Communications *_____________________________________ +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 KICTANet portals KICTANet.or.ke <https://kictanet.or.ke/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/kictanet> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/>

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BIG Announcement! 🚨 Introducing KICTANet’s Digital Access Fellows
by David Indeje 09 Sep '22

09 Sep '22

Dear Listers, We are pleased to introduce our Digital Equality Access program that will mentor digital governance leaders from the Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) community in Kenya through a fellowship program. The fellowship will seek to bring PWDs' voices to the internet governance ecosystem and help integrate the needs of PWDs into KICTANets programs and ICT policy advocacy. To assist us in implementing the project, we have onboarded Ms Neema Masista. Kindly, join us in welcoming them. 🚨Meet our Fellows🚨 *#ICTAccess4PwDs* [image: Neema Masitsa Mujesia.png] [image: Florence A. Ouma.png][image: Nicodemus Nyakundi.png] -- *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje* *KICTANet Communications *_____________________________________ +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 KICTANet portals KICTANet.or.ke <https://kictanet.or.ke/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/kictanet> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/>

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KICTANet At The 13th Seminar on Privacy and Data Protection
by David Indeje 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

[image: image.png] Dear Listers, Mr Meshack Masibo <https://www.linkedin.com/in/meshack-kukubo-masibo-a49831b9/>, our Data Protection Consultant, represented us at the 13th Seminar on Privacy and Data Protection organised by Data Privacy Brazil in São Paulo, Brazil. KICTANet participated in a panel session on perspectives on data protection from the Global South moderated by Ramon Costa, with key speakers being Mesenbet Assefa (Addis Ababa University), Khadija El-Usman (Paradigm Initiative), Veronica Salinas (Internet Bolivia), Meshack Masibo (KICTANet), Ricardo Chica Reino (Fundancion Ciudadania y Desarrollo), Laura Henderson (Internews), Masibo shared the work of KICTANet in the local data protection scene in Kenya over the past one year. This includes its research work such as the various topical policy briefs on diverse subjects such as the impact of the Data Protection Act on the election cycle and on digital identification. He also talked about the various memoranda KICTANet had submitted to Parliament and other policy makers on the huduma bill and the Kenya Information and Communications Act. You can read more and listen to the session here: https://bit.ly/3qlR2Qj -- *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje* *KICTANet Communications *_____________________________________ +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 KICTANet portals KICTANet.or.ke <https://kictanet.or.ke/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/kictanet> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/>

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Master Class: Utilising data while safeguarding women safety online.
by David Indeje 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

[image: image.png] Dear Listers, We cordially invite you to register for "The Privacy Symposium Africa (PSA) 2022". This is a pan-African platform established by Unwanted Witness to discuss the latest technological trends in Data Protection & Privacy. The event will be held physically at the Strathmore University. Some of the sessions include: 1. Master Class: Utilising data while safeguarding women safety online. 2. Master Class: Legal and practical considerations for commercial use of data Kindly, register here: bit.ly/PSA2022Physical -- *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje* *KICTANet Communications *_____________________________________ +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 KICTANet portals KICTANet.or.ke <https://kictanet.or.ke/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/kictanet> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/>

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Re: [kictanet] Digital security Presentations
by Nelly Nyadzua 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

Hello, Here is the link to the individual assessment form. https://forms.gle/4TpauK8UGfeZDAc66 On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 4:17 PM Nelly Nyadzua <mnyadzua(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Kindly find attached the slides and links of the group and individual > assessments with answers. > > Group Activity > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bCx5NDLDcz3W7D6A1N2TjKW_Iv1V7tJUGs_kfkx… > Individual Activity: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rpka5jvUz9z_khwYvp5G_Niq-bRnU6FByCeR2hL… > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 2:06 PM cecilia maundu <cmaundu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Dear Angela >> >> I hope you are well. Please find attached my presentations for tomorrow's >> training. >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Cecilia Maundu >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PlN5lIACrBI8t25dEod6Jij-gI13cbCypWc… >> >> >> Cecilia Mwende Maundu >> Broadcast Journalist >> Digital Security Expert >> +254 721 231 249 >> >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcnfxHOA5jAAUFDuU3xHatQ >> >> If you have the fire in your belly go for it!!!! >> >

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Re: [kictanet] KICTANet Digest, Vol 175, Issue 2
by Adrian Teri 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

This also extends to: Do we have competent and constant learning teams in police departments who can carry out investigations regarding IT, a team/division in the office of #ODPP who can construct prosecutions that can't be easily tossed and finally a team/division in the judiciary that can substantively and effectively determine matters regarding IT? As Bruce Schneier likes to say, Computers are essentially now in everything! The "*Ubiquitous/Everywhere Computing*". It simply cuts across many if not all aspects of people's lives today! In fact there should be an agency/ministry regulating this! Do you have a medical device/implant in your body like an insulin pump or A pacemaker that monitors your heart's electrical impulses or an artificial assistive heart pumping device? Does your tractor use computers to determine & adjust the angle/slope of your soil during sowing/planting? Do you use digital payment systems(m-pesa, credit cards etc) and online banking? What controls the automotive controls in your car like how hard to accelerate or brake(+ ABS which avoids locking of wheels that negates rubber becoming like ice!) etc etc It's possible for many wins to come out of precedent rule makings. One that I hope will come out is making all technologies & processes #IEBC uses be know-able/list-able, open and even make the #IEBC make part of hardware, the KIEMS kits used, available at a juncture & location just like with the *voting villages *at *#Defcon *where all are welcome to tinker, disassemble, prod etc both the hardware + software Regards, Adrian Teri ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Indeje <dindeje(a)kictanet.or.ke> > To: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 14:42:44 +0300 > Subject: [kictanet] Should We Reserve a Slot for an ICT Professional > Within the IEBC Commission?? > [image: image.png] > Dear Listers, > > In our latest series of blogs about the 2022 Kenya Election as authored by > Mr John Walubengo, we are posing a question: > > "IEBC Commission: Should We Reserve a Slot for an ICT Professional? > > Mr Walubengo notes that "In all the past three presidential petitions > (2013, 2017a, and 2017b), ICT seems to have been central to the Supreme > Court’s final decision. However, the way ICT matters were prosecuted, one > could almost say the ICT was on trial." > > Read the rest of the article here: https://tinyurl.com/3sh2h4vt > > > -- > *Kind Regards,* > > *David Indeje* > > > *KICTANet Communications *_____________________________________ > +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 > KICTANet portals > KICTANet.or.ke <https://kictanet.or.ke/> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/kictanet> | LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/> | Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/> > _______________________________________________ > KICTANet mailing list > KICTANet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >

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Digital security Presentations
by cecilia maundu 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

Dear Angela I hope you are well. Please find attached my presentations for tomorrow's training. Warm regards, Cecilia Maundu https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PlN5lIACrBI8t25dEod6Jij-gI13cbCypWc… Cecilia Mwende Maundu Broadcast Journalist Digital Security Expert +254 721 231 249 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcnfxHOA5jAAUFDuU3xHatQ If you have the fire in your belly go for it!!!!

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