[kictanet] Summary Day 2: The Establishment of Independent Commuincations Commission of Kenya

[Catherine Adeya]

Please feel free to refer back to this day if there is anything else you would 
like to add though the issues were very similar to Day 1:


Summary Day 2


1.       The Bill refers to a Minister and it should now refer to a Cabinet 
Secretary in line with the new Constitution.

2.       "is independent of control by government, political or commercial 
interests;
A lister argued that this leaves a loophole by limiting the scope of those who 
can interfere with independence to only 3 groups. How about, for example, civil 
society groups or other groups that do not fit in the three. He suggested a all 
encompassing phrase like "is independent of control by government, political, 
commercial or any other partisan interests".  Another lister recommended it 
should simply be: 

“(5) The Commission must function without any interference from political, 
commercial or other partisan interests.”
 
3.       There  is a need to review sub-section 3(4) where the word 
"impartial" is introduced and expand scope of 3(5). ‘Government’ and limited at 
the moment only to  only political and commercial. Subsection 3(5) scope should 
include government as well as an all encompassing phrase.


      
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