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Kind Reminder: Invitation to an in-person conversation with Facebook
by mwara gichanga 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Good Evening Listers Just a kind reminder of the Facebook in-person conversation with Ebele who promised Listers that she would be available to discuss the issues around facebook's role on concerns raised around consumer data mining in Kenya, The event will be on Wednesday next week May 2nd. We are still working out the details of the venue and will share with those who are interested in attending. Further, we are working on the times but will most likely settle for an afternoon session or a cocktail event. For those who are interested, kindly indicate this through sending an email to lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke (lizorembo(a)gmail.com) or to mwaragichanga(a)kictanet.or.ke (mwaragichanga(a)gmail.com) Warm RegardsMwara GichangaKictanet Team

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DNA + Data Protection Law
by S.M. Muraya 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

Via @JWalu Whereas governments have every right to collect any data from citizens, they should only do so under established laws that clearly balance out citizen privacy rights against government propensity for abuse. We have repeatedly argued here for a data protection law <https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-4031222-jpne6o/i…>. But the recent development can only reinforce the point that we are more than late in enacting a data protection law. https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-4495178-m0qc4d/i…

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The case for and against #deletefacebook
by Ali Hussein 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

Listers Hope you all had a great weekend. Here’s an interesting article on the ongoing Facebook fallout. Excerpt:- I spent the evening with a friend who is far bolder than me. Having deactivated his Facebook profile three years ago, he upped the ante this week by deleting his Instagram account. Even more drastically, he plans officially to delete his long-dormant Facebook account—the last vestige of his serfhood in Mr. Zuckerberg’s fiefdom—sometime very soon, after his girlfriend has had an opportunity to port its photos elsewhere. (He prefers offline storage.) Read on:- https://view.email.fortune.com/?qs=55840ef3733ec70e7bbf70681a1fdf4ef688af63… Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Concern
by Mildred Achoch 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Dear Listers, I have been blocked by one Peter Cummings @CummingsThatiah for expressing concern about beshte.com. Number 6 of the beshte.com Terms and conditions says: "6.1 To be eligible for [an account] on our website under this Section 6, you must [be resident or situated in the United Kingdom]." Yet this individual posted a Tweet urging Kenyans to join beshte.com so as to earn 100,000 just for using it. I also came across this: https://www.kenyatalk.com/index.php?threads/beshte-com-is-a-scam.73494/ Regards, Mildred Achoch. -- Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Register to participate in the 1st Global Editathon Girls in ICT
by FEM HUB 22 Apr '18

22 Apr '18

*Register to participate in the 1st Global Editathon Girls in ICT* We are organizing the 1st Global Editathon Girls in ICT on Saturday April 28 coordinated between the Women's Special Interest Group of the Internet Society and the Wikimedia Foundation on the occasion of the Day of Girls in ICT. It will be happening at eMobilis Mobile Technology Institute, Westlands at 9am to 12pm. We will have 11 nodes running in 10 countries: Mexico, Argentina, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Cabo Verde, Panama and Peru. On that day, we will edit the biographies of women: founding, pioneers, entrepreneurs, developers and leaders in technology from the region. Ladies in Tech, this is a great opportunity to learn how to edit Wikipedia pages and put more ladies on the map. I will be doing the keynote speech. Edna Karijo (my mentee :)⁩ Digital Skills Manager, eMobilis, is the lead organizer. Entry & Training FREE. Register for the Kenya node on this link, only a number of places left. https://goo.gl/forms/4J6z9hFK5LplL6cf1 Regards, Ida Ng'ang'a Chairman, Membership & Outreach Standing Committee - Internet Society President - Internet for Development Global Community Director - Regional Consortium for Development (RCD Africa) Founder - Network of Young Women Leaders (NYWL) & Fem-Hub -- Best, Ida Ng'ang'a ISOC Internet for Education Moderator Public Policy and Internet for Development Expert ida.nganga(a)internet4D.org

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Kenyans to provide DNA, house satellite data for IDs
by Sidney Ochieng 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

Kenyans to provide DNA, house satellite data for IDs https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Kenyans-to-provide-DNA--house-s… First this is extremely reckless without a data protection law. Already we’re worried about how the government is using the data it does have about us and now we want to take it all and put it in one place? Second why exactly does the government need to know all of this additional data about me that they don’t currently collect? Finally, this won’t be cheap particularly with the additional data they want to collect. Who’s paying for this?

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Advice for startups
by David Indeje 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

Dear Listers, " advice for start-ups, and it’s not very fucking complicated. It’s just: Think about the impact that you want to have on your users and on the people consuming your content and do the right thing. They know what the right thing is. Discord knows what the right thing is. http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/dan-mccomas-reddit-product-svp-and-imzy-…

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Blow to CA court blocks plan to snoop into mobile phones conversations
by Barrack Otieno 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Listers, Read more https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001277499/blow-to-ca-court-blocks-… Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Data Fellowships Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi
by Steph Muchai 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Dear Listers, School of Data is inviting journalists, data scientists, civil society advocates and anyone interested in advancing data literacy to apply for its 2018 Fellowship Programme, which will run from May 2018 to January 2019. *8* positions are open, 1 in each of the following countries: Bolivia, Guatemala, Ghana, Indonesia, *Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania*, The Philippines. The application deadline is *Sunday, May 6th of 2018. * *Find out more about the Fellowship <https://schoolofdata.org/2018/04/16/apply-now-school-of-datas-2018-fellowsh…>* <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekJ1dCVPKs731v56F4GqdUWqPQcjoN5It…> *Apply for the Fellowship Program <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekJ1dCVPKs731v56F4GqdUWqPQcjoN5It…>* If you would like to sponsor a fellowship, please get in touch with *School of Data <https://schoolofdata.org/contact/>.* Kind Regards, Steph Muchai Country Engagement Developer - Open Contracting <https://hivos.org/focal-area/open-contracting> [image: Hivos People Unlimited] ACS Plaza, Lenana Road |P.O. Box 19875| Nairobi|Kenya T + 254 725 451 729|E smuchai(a)hivos.org <https://mail.hivos.org/[email protected]>|Skype steph.muchai| www.east-africa.hivos.org

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Lawyers reject automation
by Ali Hussein 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Listers I think this headline by a leading business newspaper is misleading. The lawyers have a point. I don't think they are against Automation per se. I think they are fighting an animal that we need to kill in this country. And that animal is lack of adequate public participation and total disregard of our constitution when it comes to this matter. This sort of attitude by our leaders will take us nowhere. Progress will come. But let it come while carrying stakeholders with it. https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Lawyers-reject-automation-of-la… Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *AHK & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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