[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 139, Issue 45

[Kelvin Mbithi]

Every law has specific mischief it seeks to regulate. In this case, the
mischief is definitely blogs such as Cyprian Nyakundi, Tuko.co.ke, Ghafla
and other social media platforms that attack the elites regularly. They
have grown uncomfortable and wish to protect themselves at the expense of
innovators. They forget that libel laws are sufficient to protect against
the blogs publishing inaccurate information.

That being said I believe the social media space is currently in a state of
nature and requires regulation on entry, conduct, supervision, and
inspection to strengthen its potential to contribute to development.

On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 16:58, <kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

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> Thanks Liz for that update.God bless.
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> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:52 AM Liz Orembo via kictanet <
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> > Greetings listers,
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> > Today is the last day to apply for the East Africa School of Internet
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> From: Twahir Hussein Kassim <twahir at hussein.me.ke>
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> Subject: [kictanet] The Kenya Information and Communication
>         (Amendment) Bill, 2019 - No. 61 of 2019 (Malulu Injendi Bill)
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> Listers,
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> Reference an article on Standard today (24th September 2019) titled
> "Facebook, WhatsApp groups admins to seek CA clearance" attached is the
> said bill.
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> Whilst agreeably we need to regulate the social media inline with Internet
> Governance; the essence of this bill is both BACKWARD and OPPRESSIVE for
> lack of stronger terms to use.
>
> Having said that, it is imperative that we go through this with a tooth
> comb and point it's flaws and suggest better ways - a better way is
> definitely there. On this note, I think it is high time that we started
> looking at issue and put up measures before we get hit by such bills and
> start fire fighting.
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> Let's roll up our sleeves.
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> Twahir Hussein Kassim
> Email: twahir at hussein.me.ke
> Cellphone: +254 734 259 223
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