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

[Ali Hussein]

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

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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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