[kictanet] Data Protection Bill Progress

[S.M. Muraya]

GraceB, if possible, please find out where Parliament.go.ke post their
online ads to encourage public participation. They might even have online
forums to compliment in physical meetings?

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 9:06 AM Grace Bomu <nmutungu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please see notice on public participation. Deadline is 16 July.
>
> On Friday, 5 July 2019, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> One question (another on Monday:)
>>
>> Is this law tight enough to discourage a scenario in which we are subject
>> to foreign laws (and parties) to access, say IEBC data?
>>
>>
>> *Data sovereignty (Canadian comments)*
>>
>> http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/sct-tbs/BT22-213-2018-eng.pdf
>>
>> Regardless of where the cloud resources are physically located, when data
>> is stored in a cloud environment, the stored data may be subject to the
>> laws of other countries. As previously mentioned, CSPs (Cloud Service
>> Providers) are hyper-scale providers that have global deployment. A CSP
>> with foreign operations could be required to comply with a warrant, court
>> order or subpoena request from a foreign law enforcement agency seeking to
>> obtain GC data. This means that Canada cannot ensure full sovereignty over
>> its data when it stores data in the cloud. Lack of full data sovereignty
>> has the potential to damage the GC and third parties. Sensitive GC
>> data could be subject to foreign laws and be disclosed to another
>> government. Under some foreign laws, disclosure of GC data could take place
>> without notice to the GC.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 3:17 PM Magdalene Kariuki via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear listers,
>>>
>>> I hope that this email finds you well. Please see attached the published
>>> Data Protection Bill before the National Assembly. Please note also that
>>> the National Assembly is on recess starting this coming week for the next 2
>>> weeks.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Magdalene.
>>>  National Assembly- The Data Protection Bill, 20...
>>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jJLX4IQYbmJxG4TH3tk3YutYl91q-ljG/view?usp=drive_web>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 2:28 PM Alice Munyua via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you GG
>>>>
>>>> On 5 Jul 2019, at 11:52, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear GB, Listers
>>>>
>>>> The clerk to the ICT committee has informed me that she is yet to
>>>> receive the copy. She has however promised  the hard copy should be
>>>> available by Monday. There is no soft copy yet. Hopefully we will have it
>>>> on Monday so that we can input.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Grace Githaiga
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, 05-07-2019 at 09:58 Grace Bomu via kictanet wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Listers,
>>>> It appears that the ICT Ministry Data Protection Bill was read for the
>>>> first time in the National Assembly. See this story
>>>> <https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001330606/cs-mucheru-clashes-with-senators-over-data-protection-bill>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I cannot find the published version of the Bill online but came across
>>>> this from the interwebs. If anyone comes across one that is authoritatively
>>>> published, please share.
>>>>
>>>> Also please be on the lookout for the public participation from the
>>>> National Assembly ICT committee. Otherwise, let us prepare to give input.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Grace Mutung'u
>>>> Skype: gracebomu
>>>> @Bomu
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Grace Githaiga
>>>> Co-Convenor, Kenya ICT Action Network
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> SMM
>>
>> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>>
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> Grace Mutung'u
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