[kictanet] Off topic: COFEK

[Agosta Liko]

Clarification needed ///

if I am a techie, I work for a bank and I manage their firewall ... or i am
CISSP certified professional

or a business continuity and disaster recovery professional

I am protecting consumers right ?

Like the guy managing the firewalls at MPESA protects over 20million
consumers ?

just asking


On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> I'm not a lawyer, but I will attempt to answer.
>
> In the time of legislation, a clause can be included in the law that it
> will become operational on gazettment, or on presidential ascent.
>
> Regards
>
> On 14 February 2013 17:23, kris njoroge <krsnjo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good point would also like to know if the law has to be published for it
>> to be operationalize. Thought the whole idea of the government printer is
>> just for communication purposes.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Opps, forgot to include link to the article I refer to:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1360%3Awhy-government-printer-must-resign-from-office-&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=60
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm sorry but I must bring this up here as there was a recent
>>>> discussion involving COFEK.
>>>>
>>>> Today I saw COFEK on social media calling consumers to join them in a
>>>> protest outside Govt printerr office. I followed the link indicated in
>>>> their post to find out what the fuss was about and found this:
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> The Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) is concerned at the poor
>>>> performance by the office of the Government Printer headed by Mr Andrew
>>>> Rukaria (pictured).
>>>>
>>>> Since assent of the Consumer Protection Act on December 13, 2012 the
>>>> Government Printer's office has been giving endless excuses from backlog to
>>>> lack of films and other materials. Meanwhile the Act remains unpublished
>>>> and it cannot be operationalized as a result.
>>>>
>>>> Our numerous calls and letters have only yielded in unfulfilled and
>>>> indefinite pledges of printing the same. Mr Rukaria has also taken to
>>>> avoiding our calls.
>>>>
>>>> From the foregoing, we hereby demand for his voluntary resignation
>>>> within seven days. Failure to do so, Cofek will simultaneously seek for
>>>> judicial intervention.
>>>>
>>>> Cofek, will after this ultimatum, mobilize consumers to physically
>>>> eject him from his office for his consistently poor and unacceptable
>>>> performance.
>>>> *What I don't understand is:
>>>>
>>>>    1. Since when was it that an Act cannot be operationalized simply
>>>>    because it hasn't been printed by Govt printers?
>>>>    2. Isn't there an electronic version of this Act that can be
>>>>    used/referred to in case of legal issues/action?
>>>>    3. Is there anything stopping COFEK from printing their own copies
>>>>    of the Act? (If they need it so badly)
>>>>
>>>> Please enlighten me?
>>>> Mblayo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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