@Paul, very true.  Listers should participate. The bills are online and begging for comments @ http://www.cickenya.org/bill_tracker Just 8years ago, government never bothered to seek comments from public on issues and a whole industry of Activists was grown around agitating for public participation... And now that the new constitution demands public participation ...public has gone missing. Funny, the more things change, the more they stay the same :-) walu. --- On Sat, 5/26/12, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> wrote: From: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Freedom of information and data protection bills. To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 11:41 AM Listers AS I write this I am sitting in a forum organized by the ISACA Kenya Chapter to discuss these two draft  bills.  At this meeting we have a representative from CIC. The draft bills are on the CIC website.  Listers should be made aware of this process which is important as part of the constitutional implementation. When the act is passed it will improved our profile as a destination for data processing.  As we speak there is a proposal in the EU law that would make it illegal for data to flow to countries that don't have data protection in place. This has several implications. Also, in a networked world, analyst indicate that the end game will be that there will be global centers of excellence in data processing. Indeed multinationals are consolidating data centres globally.  Submissions have been made by national council for law reporting, CIC, Kenya bankers association. RegardsPaul Kukubo -- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com 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.