[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 101, Issue 32

Wed Oct 28 15:55:42 EAT 2015

To those interested on catching up on the latest Freedom House's Intenet
Freedom Report launch, watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3oiURFvhQU

Grace Githaiga will be commenting via Hangouts.

The global report, just released, is here:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2015#.VjDFKa4rLdQ

The Kenyan part is attached.

On 14 October 2015 at 18:14, <kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

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>    1. Fwd: Freedom on the Net 2015 Report Launch (Mose Karanja)
>    2. Proposed Amendments to KICA in Statute Law Misc.  Amendment
>       Bill 2015 (Victor Kapiyo)
>    3. Re: Proposed Amendments to KICA in Statute Law Misc.
>       Amendment Bill 2015 (Ali Hussein)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mose Karanja <mosekaranja at gmail.com>
> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:00:42 +0300
> Subject: [kictanet] Fwd: Freedom on the Net 2015 Report Launch
> The Freedom House Internet Freedom report will be released two weeks from
> now. Our very own Grace Githaiga will be Hanging Out with the launch team.
> You can stream it live using the link provided.
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> Moses
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> Date: 13 October 2015 at 20:48
> Subject: Freedom on the Net 2015 Report Launch
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>   Freedom House Events *Freedom on the Net 2015*
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> *Wednesday, October 28, 2015 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. *
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> Please join us for the launch of* Freedom on the Net 2015*, the latest
> edition of Freedom House’s annual assessment of internet access,
> censorship, and internet user rights in 65 countries around the world. This
> year’s event will highlight the advances and setbacks in internet freedom
> over the past year, emerging threats to digital media, and the challenges
> these trends pose to U.S. foreign policy.
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> *Introductory Remarks *The Honorable Brian Schatz  (D-HI)
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> Ross LaJeunesse
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> Daniel Calingaert
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> Sanja Kelly
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> *Panelists *Chinmayi Arun
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> National Law University, Dehli
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> Director of Global Affairs, Human Rights Watch
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> Gady Epstein
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo at gmail.com>
> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:44:52 +0300
> Subject: [kictanet] Proposed Amendments to KICA in Statute Law Misc.
> Amendment Bill 2015
> Dear all,
>
> Pls see below, link to the Statute Law Misc. Amendment Bill 2015, which
> proposes to amend several laws, including KICA.
>
> According to the objects and reasons:
>
> Kenya Information And Communications Act, of 1998 - Firstly to align it
> with the Competitions Act, 2014 in respect of the criteria for being a
> dominant market undertaking and secondly to harmonize the regulation making
> power so that it is exercised by the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with
> the Authority.
>
> The Competition Act (No. 12 of 2010 -  The Bill seeks to amend the
> Competition Act so as to clarify that the power to Prescribe, as specified
> in the Act is to be exercised by the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with
> the Authority.
>
>
> http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2015/StatuteLaw__MiscellaneousAmendmens_Bill_164of2015.pdf
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> Victor Kapiyo
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> ====================================================
> *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig
> Ziglar*
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:00:23 +0300
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Proposed Amendments to KICA in Statute Law Misc.
> Amendment Bill 2015
> Victor
>
> Thanks for sharing. Even without reading the proposed amendments I raise a
> serious red flag regarding the proposed abrogation of powers that have to
> do with regulation to the executive. What then is the purpose of a
> supposedly independent CA?
>
> *Ali Hussein*
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> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> Dear all,
>>
>> Pls see below, link to the Statute Law Misc. Amendment Bill 2015, which
>> proposes to amend several laws, including KICA.
>>
>> According to the objects and reasons:
>>
>> Kenya Information And Communications Act, of 1998 - Firstly to align it
>> with the Competitions Act, 2014 in respect of the criteria for being a
>> dominant market undertaking and secondly to harmonize the regulation making
>> power so that it is exercised by the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with
>> the Authority.
>>
>> The Competition Act (No. 12 of 2010 -  The Bill seeks to amend the
>> Competition Act so as to clarify that the power to Prescribe, as specified
>> in the Act is to be exercised by the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with
>> the Authority.
>>
>>
>> http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2015/StatuteLaw__MiscellaneousAmendmens_Bill_164of2015.pdf
>>
>> Victor Kapiyo
>>
>> ====================================================
>> *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig
>> Ziglar*
>>
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