[kictanet] Jadili the Proposed Kenya's Film, Stage Plays and Publications Law

[Mildred Achoch]

Dear Listers,

An article about today's meeting.
http://www.kenyaforum.net/2016/10/11/tv-and-film-stakeholders-join-forces-to-quash-punitive-proposals-on-amendments-of-cap-222-of-the-film-bill/

Regards,
Mildred Achoch.

Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel!
http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com



On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Mose Karanja <mosekaranja at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just received a call from the Kenya Film Classification Board to suspend
> public activity on the proposed law on jadili until such a time when the
> issues raised will be ironed out.
>
> This is clearly a positive move for the country.
>
> Moses.
>
> On 11 Oct 2016, at 16:46, Mildred Achoch <mildandred at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The industry stakeholders present at today's meeting unanimously agreed
> that the proposed bill is FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED and should not be engaged
> with in any manner. The way forward is to engage with the Kenya Film
> Commission policy framework. #gacharadeclaration
>
> Regards,
> Mildred Achoch.
>
> Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel!
> http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Mose Karanja via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Greetings from Strathmore.
>>
>> The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has published the Films, Stage
>> Plays and Publications Bill (2016) as part of reviewing the existing the
>> Film and Stage Plays Act Cap222 with the aim of aligning it with the
>> Constitution of Kenya (2010).
>>
>> As an effort to use technology to supplement existing public
>> participation avenues in Kenyan law making, we have developed Jadili
>> <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kfcb2016>, an open source project
>> running on Madison <https://github.com/opengovfoundation/madison>  as a
>> transparent tool for aggregating pubic sentiments, comments and annotations
>> to specific parts of proposed laws.
>>
>> We hope you can use Jadili to read the Bill, support or oppose it, single
>> out specific clauses and provide alternative wording. This, we think, is a
>> progressive path to constructive public participation as it avoids the
>> general good/bad dichotomy while giving the drafters much more insight into
>> which parts of the Bill need revision.
>>
>> After the public participation window closes, we send ALL input as
>> received to the drafters for their consideration.
>>
>> I hope you will use Jadili and if you have any suggestions to improve on
>> it, that will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Find the Bill here: http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kfcb2016
>>
>> ~~~
>> www.moseskaranja.com/blog
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