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.

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      2019 - No. 61 of 2019 (Malulu Injendi Bill) (Twahir Hussein Kassim)


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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:40:17 +0300
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Thanks Liz for that update.God bless.

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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:42:46 +0300
From: Twahir Hussein Kassim <twahir@hussein.me.ke>
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Subject: [kictanet] The Kenya Information and Communication
        (Amendment) Bill, 2019 - No. 61 of 2019 (Malulu Injendi Bill)
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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@hussein.me.ke
Cellphone: +254 734 259 223
WhatsApp: +254 722 259 223
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