[kictanet] Which laws will need to be amended when data protection bill is passed?

S.M. Muraya murigi.muraya at gmail.com
Wed Sep 26 18:42:34 EAT 2018


Grace,

Thanks for the update.

Have we considered the term: Information Commissioner?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_commissioner
The role of information commissioner differs from nation to nation. Most
commonly it is a title given to a government regulator in the fields of
freedom of information and the protection of personal data in the widest
sense. The office often functions as a specialist ombudsman service.

Factoring our constitution expressly mentions Access to Information



On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 6:19 PM Grace Bomu <nmutungu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks @BonnyM. Noted
>
> @S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>  it is a proposal to transfer the
> implementation of the access to information Act to  the data protection
> commissioner which is the institutional framework under the bill.
>
> ----------
> Access to Information Act (Act No 31 of 2016)
> 1. The Act is amended in section 2 by—
>
> (a) Inserting a the following new definition in appropriate chronological
> order
> “Data Commissioner” means a Data Protection Commissioner established under
> the Data Protection Act, 2018”
>
> (b)deleting the definition of the word “Commission”
>
> 2. The Act is amended by deleting the word "Commission" wherever it
> appears and substituting therefor the expression “Data
> Commissioner”
>
>
> Il giorno mer 26 set 2018 alle ore 18:03 S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> ha scritto:
>
>> Grace,
>>
>> How/Why does the Access to Information act need to be reviewed? What did
>> the reviewers note?
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:57 PM Grace Bomu via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear listers,
>>> The above question follows another review of the proposed data
>>> protection bill that lists several laws which will require amendment when
>>> the law is enacted.
>>> For example the Registration of Persons Act (ID Card law) will need an
>>> additional provision on how data protection will apply to ID data. Other
>>>  laws listed include: Registration of Persons Act; Births and Deaths
>>> Act; Capital Markets Act; and Access to Information Act.
>>>
>>> Are there other laws that are missing from this list? Please let us know
>>> even where you are not sure of the precise name of the Act.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Grace
>>>
>>>
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