[kictanet] Sad day for Press and hackers?

[Jotham Kilimo]

Walu,
 
You are fortunate to have access to the draft bill (even if an older version) to verify the clauses. How many Kenyans are that fortunate? Most Kenyans are relying on the media to tell them what the clauses are. But what the media is doing is give its own biased interpretations of the clauses thus obscuring objectivity.
 
If the media was impartial as they claim they are (part of the requirements of the Bill is that they give both sides of a story - a good thing, in my view), why can't they publish the Bill entirely as they did with the Waki Report so that Kenyans can decide for themselves whether the laws are draconian or otherwise; whether it is a sad day for the Press or a happy day for the public? 
 
 
Jotham K. Mwale

--- On Thu, 12/11/08, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Sad day for Press and hackers?
To: jokilimo at yahoo.com
Cc: "skunk" <skunkworks at my.co.ke>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 1:33 AM

Check out the story...
http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144001505&cid=4&

I  downloaded the bill @
http://www.information.go.ke/docs/DRAFT%20ICT%20BILL%202008.pdf

but failed to see the contentious clause on raiding media houses ( could i be
reading an older version?)

What interested me however (and Skunkers?) was the clause on hacking - it is
now extremely expensive to hack into a system:-300,000Ksh penalty and/or three
years in prison. 

But it may be too soon to worry - I doubt if our capacity to investigate,
collect & preserve digital evidence as well as succesfully prosecute eCrime
will be upto the task...I mean last I heard was a learned friend (and many other
highly qualified professionals) thinking that a digital signature was a scanned
handwritten signature :-(!

walu.



      

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