Many thanks Lillian , Patrick and Senator Halake for your interesting perspective to this conversation, Patrick, i actually watched a BBC documentary last week highlighing how Celebrities are misusing Instagram to Influence Youngsters to Consume Alcohol and other substances that ought to be consumed by adults using their Social Media Influence. A British lady had actually taken it upon herself to write to some of the Celebrities whom i will not name here but who took down the posts in question. I watched the launch of the centre on KTN and wished in addition to our friends from Britain who graciously launched the initiative we could have had some local experts like Lillian from Watoto Watch who has been doing a lot in the space, someone from CA as well as someone from DCI preferably bwana Kinoti. I think optics are very important to common mwanainchi since some of them get lost as soon as there is a change in accent and forget the gist of the matter. Best Regards On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 5:27 PM Abshiro Halake via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
I trust you are all well. I can hardly keep up with all the great stuff you all are doing and sharing on this forum but this has caught my attention. Perhaps as a mom, my eyes are selective and my antennae went up for this one.
I have read some of your great inputs on legal, policy and legislative gaps that may need to be bridged. We are ready to prioritize this should some of you be willing to work with Senate ICT committee to support this great initiative of the DCI further by entrenching it in robust frameworks that would have positive and sustainable impact for our children.
I look forward to hearing more ideas and working on this with you.
Additionally, if there are other developments that you feel we should be aware of and acting on, do feel free to reach out.
With kind regard,
Sen. Abshiro
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019, 08:57 Watoto Watch Network via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hello Listers,
Great development for children in our online space in Kenya; Opening of the *Cyber Wing* at the Child Protection Unit (DCI).
The wing will support investigators tackle Child Online crimes.
The unit will be the first in Africa to be linked to Interpol's International Child Sexual Exploitation database.
See more info; @DailyNation
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenya-gets-first-cyber-unit-to-fight-child-sex...
Great day.
Regards,
Lillian Kariuki.
(Executive Director, Watoto Watch Network)
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