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Draft Rules-Communications and Multimedia Appeals Tribunal
by Dr. Margaret Nyambura Ndung'u 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Dear listers , The Communications and Multimedia Appeals Tribunal is established under the Kenya Information and Communications [Amendment] Act of 2013. It has an overarching disputes settlement role between parties in the entire communications and multimedia sector with both original jurisdiction to adjudicate first instance disputes upon complaints as well as Appellant to determine appeals from decisions of regulators and service providers in the telecoms sector in order to protect the rights of service providers or consumers and promote harmony in the telecoms sector. The Tribunal is in the process of regulating its proceedings and in order to do so, the tribunal has formulated draft rules, procedures and prepared forms to operate more effectively. Once validated by the stakeholders, the Tribunal will be instrumental in decongesting matters currently handled by the High Court because of lack of sensitization amongst its stakeholders on where to file. Kindly find attached the drafts rules for your comments. A public notification was in today's paper. For further enquiries, please contact Ms. Mercy Mwirigi: Secretariat, Appeals Tribunal on Email: memwirigi(a)gmail.com or Mobile No. 0721863496 Rgrds, Nyambura

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Common Sense Guide to Digital Safety for Women and Girls in sub-Saharan Africa
by Lydia gachungi 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

InternetFF (@InternetFF) With @Internews & @DefendersTech, @PollicyOrg has created the Common Sense Guide to Digital Safety for Women and Girls in sub-Saharan Africa, a handy booklet to support women in adopting safer online practices. https://t.co/hj0pJGTEm4 (https://twitter.com/InternetFF/status/1178716133068640256?s=03)

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UNESCO ICT in Education Prize: call for nominations open to projects leveraging AI
by Lydia gachungi 30 Sep '19

30 Sep '19

📢 Call for Nominations for #ICTPrize is still open! 📢 Do you have a project that uses #ArtificialIntelligence to enhance teaching and learning? If so, the UNESCO ICT in #Education Prize could be for you! Find out more: https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-ict-education-prize-call-nominations-open…

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Techweek-Nairobi-2019 - Working Programme
by Odhiambo Washington 30 Sep '19

30 Sep '19

Greetings,, For those who did not manage to book seats for the event, we're happy to inform you that a few more seats have been made available. Please follow this link to reserve: https://bit.ly/2kfdbRP We'd also like to update participants on the Techweek-Nairobi-2019 - Working Programme, which you can access from the following link: https://techweek.co.ke/working-programme/ (Techweek Secretariat) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)

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2019 State of Internet Freedom in Africa
by Lydia gachungi 27 Sep '19

27 Sep '19

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Humanitarian Innovation Challenge | African Union
by Lydia gachungi 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

https://au.int/en/humanitarianInnovationChallenge Humanitarian Innovation Challenge" to identify the most promising five digital technology-based ideas which tackle forced displacement or other humanitarian challenges in Africa

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27 Countries Issue Joint Statement on 'Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace'
by Barrack Otieno 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

Lister's, Interesting article. Regards http://www.circleid.com/posts/20190923_countries_issue_statement_on_advanci… -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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The Kenya Information and Communication (Amendment) Bill, 2019 - No. 61 of 2019 (Malulu Injendi Bill)
by Twahir Hussein Kassim 25 Sep '19

25 Sep '19

Listers, Reference an article on Standard today (24th September 2019) titled "Facebook, WhatsApp groups admins to seek CA clearance" attached is the said bill. Whilst agreeably we need to regulate the social media inline with Internet Governance; the essence of this bill is both BACKWARD and OPPRESSIVE for lack of stronger terms to use. Having said that, it is imperative that we go through this with a tooth comb and point it's flaws and suggest better ways - a better way is definitely there. On this note, I think it is high time that we started looking at issue and put up measures before we get hit by such bills and start fire fighting. Let's roll up our sleeves. Twahir Hussein Kassim Email: twahir(a)hussein.me.ke Cellphone: +254 734 259 223 WhatsApp: +254 722 259 223

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 139, Issue 45
by Kelvin Mbithi 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Every law has specific mischief it seeks to regulate. In this case, the mischief is definitely blogs such as Cyprian Nyakundi, Tuko.co.ke, Ghafla and other social media platforms that attack the elites regularly. They have grown uncomfortable and wish to protect themselves at the expense of innovators. They forget that libel laws are sufficient to protect against the blogs publishing inaccurate information. That being said I believe the social media space is currently in a state of nature and requires regulation on entry, conduct, supervision, and inspection to strengthen its potential to contribute to development. On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 16:58, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: East Africa School of IG (caroline kirichu) > 2. The Kenya Information and Communication (Amendment) Bill, > 2019 - No. 61 of 2019 (Malulu Injendi Bill) (Twahir Hussein Kassim) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:40:17 +0300 > From: caroline kirichu <njerikirichu(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] East Africa School of IG > Message-ID: > < > CAHcoVuoPa4nwYBTETpPLobEDqBW0vbSq91aAJ8w3Mvm65CdHkA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanks Liz for that update.God bless. > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:52 AM Liz Orembo via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > > > Greetings listers, > > > > Today is the last day to apply for the East Africa School of Internet > > Governance. Here's the application form. > > https://forms.gle/TjKndipw9CzgKVQU8 > > > > -- > > > > Best regards. > > Liz. > > > > PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF > > _______________________________________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/njerikirichu%40gmail.… > > > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and > development. > > > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and > bandwidth, > > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > > >

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East Africa School of IG
by Liz Orembo 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Greetings listers, Today is the last day to apply for the East Africa School of Internet Governance. Here's the application form. https://forms.gle/TjKndipw9CzgKVQU8 -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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