[kictanet] Does Kenya have an Anti Spam Law?

[Barrack Otieno]

Interesting Ali,

I am yet to see anyone charged for being a nuisance. The City Council
call it in their bylaws being disorderly in the public.

Regards

On 8/11/15, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Barrack, Grace and all
>
> Non that I know of. The particular law mentioned doesn't really cover the
> full spectrum of the problem which should also cover SMS (which I daresay
> the telcos are the biggest culprits of sending unsolicited nuisance SMS
> Blasts). The rule of thumb these days is an opt-in as opposed to opt-out
> functionality.  Simply put, I mean that Telco X should stop sending me
> unsolicited SMSs. Instead they should ask my permission first before sending
> me SMSs that I have no interest in reading. It seems trivial but one day it
> will come to bite them. Do we have laws to enforce this? Unfortunately not
> that I know of. In other words this is called:-
>
> PERMISSION MARKETING.
>
> And when it comes to this we are in the dark ages..
>
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>> On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:55 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Barrack,
>>
>> This Wikipedia entry on global spam legislation may be of interest to
>> you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spam_legislation_by_country
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mildred.
>>
>>> On 8/11/15, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> wrote:
>>> Listers,
>>>
>>> Does Kenya have an Anti Spam law?, can anyone familiar with the
>>> present law point me to an area that deals with Spam or other
>>> unsolicited communication?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
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