Is Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms?
Dear listers, Greetings from Kampala! I wanted to share with you our our recent briefing on recent developments on Kenya in regard to Internet freedoms. See: http://www.cipesa.org/2015/03/is-kenya-putting-the-chill-on-internet-freedom... We hope to see some positive developments in the coming months. Regards, Lillian
@Lillian, Interesting piece on internet freedoms in .KE Whereas the incidents cited are true, I still think the freedoms gains in the new 2010 constitutions are far-reaching and it would require several years of sustained and systemic attacks for any regime to effectively claw them back. I have not been to Kampala in recent times but on a comparative and lighter note:- I hear M7 might have put .UG where Mo1 had contained us in the mid-late 1990s in terms of freedoms :-). It would be nice if you also shared the report on Internet Freedoms in Uganda (if available). rgs. walu. From: Lillian Nalwoga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 1:17 PM Subject: [kictanet] Is Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms? Dear listers, Greetings from Kampala! I wanted to share with you our our recent briefing on recent developments on Kenya in regard to Internet freedoms. See: http://www.cipesa.org/2015/03/is-kenya-putting-the-chill-on-internet-freedom... We hope to see some positive developments in the coming months. Regards, Lillian _______________________________________________ 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.
Walu Good points. However we MUST ensure that we continue to be vocal on this issue. As Voltaire once said:- I do not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it. Ali Hussein +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Lillian,
Interesting piece on internet freedoms in .KE
Whereas the incidents cited are true, I still think the freedoms gains in the new 2010 constitutions are far-reaching and it would require several years of sustained and systemic attacks for any regime to effectively claw them back.
I have not been to Kampala in recent times but on a comparative and lighter note:- I hear M7 might have put .UG where Mo1 had contained us in the mid-late 1990s in terms of freedoms :-).
It would be nice if you also shared the report on Internet Freedoms in Uganda (if available).
rgs. walu.
From: Lillian Nalwoga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 1:17 PM Subject: [kictanet] Is Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms?
Dear listers,
Greetings from Kampala!
I wanted to share with you our our recent briefing on recent developments on Kenya in regard to Internet freedoms. See: http://www.cipesa.org/2015/03/is-kenya-putting-the-chill-on-internet-freedom...
We hope to see some positive developments in the coming months.
Regards, Lillian
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Thanks @ Walu, Not sure I can confirm those rumors on .UG but yes, an update on developments in Uganda will be shared soon. What I can say is that Uganda is moving fast in the internet freedoms area with a draft Data protection and privacy bill in place and yet to be tabled in parliament. See: http://tinyurl.com/l6ydggd. I know Kenya has tabled its bill in Parliament, so lets hope it to gets enacted this year. Best, Lillian On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Walu
Good points. However we MUST ensure that we continue to be vocal on this issue. As Voltaire once said:-
I do not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
*Ali Hussein*
+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
Blog: www.alyhussein.com
"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Lillian,
Interesting piece on internet freedoms in .KE
Whereas the incidents cited are true, I still think the freedoms gains in the new 2010 constitutions are far-reaching and it would require several years of sustained and systemic attacks for any regime to effectively claw them back.
I have not been to Kampala in recent times but on a comparative and lighter note:- I hear M7 might have put .UG where Mo1 had contained us in the mid-late 1990s in terms of freedoms :-).
It would be nice if you also shared the report on Internet Freedoms in Uganda (if available).
rgs. walu.
------------------------------ *From:* Lillian Nalwoga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *To:* jwalu@yahoo.com *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2015 1:17 PM *Subject:* [kictanet] Is Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms?
Dear listers,
Greetings from Kampala!
I wanted to share with you our our recent briefing on recent developments on Kenya in regard to Internet freedoms. See: http://www.cipesa.org/2015/03/is-kenya-putting-the-chill-on-internet-freedom...
We hope to see some positive developments in the coming months.
Regards, Lillian
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As the article has rightly put, most of the unconstitutional laws passed overnight were overruled by the court. It should be noted that Kenya has one of the most Independent judiciary in the region. Infant, the public perception of the Judiciary and criminal justice system has improved tremendously as compared to previous years. It should be note the threshold for admissibility of digital evidence is very high in any court of competent jurisdiction. I don't see the new evidence act changing the game. Just deleting an offending tweet or Facebook post is enough to cause the prosecutor sleepless nights. Any screenshot of a tweet or Facebook post will not suffice in our courts, unless Facebook and Twitter themselves corporate with data requests. From experience, we knows such requests are honored 0% of the time. The Silicon Valley types have no respect for our Judicial system. Finally, there is a bill of rights in place, that among other things guarantee freedoms speech, expression,and association. On Mar 20, 2015 12:18 AM, "Lillian Nalwoga via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thanks @ Walu,
Not sure I can confirm those rumors on .UG but yes, an update on developments in Uganda will be shared soon. What I can say is that Uganda is moving fast in the internet freedoms area with a draft Data protection and privacy bill in place and yet to be tabled in parliament. See: http://tinyurl.com/l6ydggd.
I know Kenya has tabled its bill in Parliament, so lets hope it to gets enacted this year.
Best, Lillian
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Walu
Good points. However we MUST ensure that we continue to be vocal on this issue. As Voltaire once said:-
I do not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
*Ali Hussein*
+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
Blog: www.alyhussein.com
"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Lillian,
Interesting piece on internet freedoms in .KE
Whereas the incidents cited are true, I still think the freedoms gains in the new 2010 constitutions are far-reaching and it would require several years of sustained and systemic attacks for any regime to effectively claw them back.
I have not been to Kampala in recent times but on a comparative and lighter note:- I hear M7 might have put .UG where Mo1 had contained us in the mid-late 1990s in terms of freedoms :-).
It would be nice if you also shared the report on Internet Freedoms in Uganda (if available).
rgs. walu.
------------------------------ *From:* Lillian Nalwoga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *To:* jwalu@yahoo.com *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2015 1:17 PM *Subject:* [kictanet] Is Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms?
Dear listers,
Greetings from Kampala!
I wanted to share with you our our recent briefing on recent developments on Kenya in regard to Internet freedoms. See: http://www.cipesa.org/2015/03/is-kenya-putting-the-chill-on-internet-freedom...
We hope to see some positive developments in the coming months.
Regards, Lillian
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