[kictanet] Is Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms?

Wed Apr 8 16:19:50 EAT 2015

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 at 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 at 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
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>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
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>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <
>> kictanet at 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 at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *To:* jwalu at 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-freedoms/
>>
>> We hope to see some positive developments in the coming months.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lillian
>>
>>
>>
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