[kictanet] The Securities laws amendment bill 2014 and it's impact on ICT

[Barrack Otieno]

Many thanks Mwendwa,

As a nation we are currently in reaction mode. Kenya has been one of
the most liberal nations when it comes to things online, it appears
this might change in light of the major security challenges we are
facing. My thinking is if technology is used/deployed  correctly , we
will be able to resolve most of the challenges we are facing. That
said we have systemic challenges that are human resource related which
need to be resolved. I say this with the understanding that technology
is a just a tool (means to an end).

Best Regards

On 12/11/14, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> The Bill is being debated now. You can watch on KBC or listen in on KBC
> 92.9FM.
> Regards,
>
> 2014-12-11 15:12 GMT+03:00 Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
>
>> On 11 December 2014 at 14:23, Walubengo J via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> >
>> > I simply worry that the bill seems to be hurried - by design -  and is
>> likely to be law by tomorrow morning - making discussions about it almost
>> immaterial.
>>
>>
>> Yes Walu, this might be the thinking of the executive, but if we get
>> enough critical mass rejecting the bill, or proposing amendments, we
>> can still petition the government to consider the stance. We can
>> actually go to court and justify that the laws are unconstitutional
>> and they were hurriedly debated to pass them without proper
>> consultations. How do you have a public discussion for one day of a
>> bill that s not even publicly available?
>>
>> ______________________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
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