Many thanks Mwendwa, As a nation we are currently in reaction mode. Kenya has been one of the most liberal nations when it comes to things online, it appears this might change in light of the major security challenges we are facing. My thinking is if technology is used/deployed correctly , we will be able to resolve most of the challenges we are facing. That said we have systemic challenges that are human resource related which need to be resolved. I say this with the understanding that technology is a just a tool (means to an end). Best Regards On 12/11/14, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The Bill is being debated now. You can watch on KBC or listen in on KBC 92.9FM. Regards,
2014-12-11 15:12 GMT+03:00 Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
On 11 December 2014 at 14:23, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I simply worry that the bill seems to be hurried - by design - and is
likely to be law by tomorrow morning - making discussions about it almost immaterial.
Yes Walu, this might be the thinking of the executive, but if we get enough critical mass rejecting the bill, or proposing amendments, we can still petition the government to consider the stance. We can actually go to court and justify that the laws are unconstitutional and they were hurriedly debated to pass them without proper consultations. How do you have a public discussion for one day of a bill that s not even publicly available?
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