Hi Kihanya,<br>
<br>
Want to draw a poniter to a related matter as is being dealt in a different country.<br>
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Please see the link below. <br>
<a href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1242852,00.html?track=NL-102&ad=578130HOUSE&asrc=EM_NLN_994760&uid=5800974">http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1242852,00.html?track=NL-102&ad=578130HOUSE&asrc=EM_NLN_994760&uid=5800974
</a><br>
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Walu had mentioned something related: the protection of consumer data
by private companies too. It is important that this is captured.<br>
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Sorry, cannot find the actual mail on the thread but sure he can relate it.<br>
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Muthoni<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Walubengo</b> <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanx Kihanya for your efforts. Indeed this is a fairly<br>un-convential topic in that it has no obvious or immediate<br>financial connotations - hence the slower responses...<br><br>But back to my contribution. I think the policy informing
<br>the Freedom Of Information bill should look towards<br>empowering the citizens through facilitating their access<br>to knowledge/information. We need to think through how our<br>collective data regarding our heritage, history, social and
<br>economic transactions can be harnessed and made to serve<br>the common good.<br><br>I know this bill has tended to create controversy because<br>it has often been looked at in the narrow terms of the Govt<br>vs the Media
i.e. Media seeks info visa-vis Govt sits on<br>Info. True, this could be one of the issues but it should<br>not limit our scope because the bill should be a reflection<br>of broader policy issues that touch on different data
<br>sitting on various platforms such as (Private) Media<br>Broadcasters, Mobile service providers, ISPs, eBankers,<br>etc.<br><br>How for example can KTN be asked to share (or sell) their<br>valuable film clips to the Kenya Archives dept? How can the
<br>East African Standard avail their 100years+ data to the<br>public? When or Why should Safaricom/Celtel divulge the<br>SMS transcript of a certain subscriber to the Police, to<br>the Media or the Private Investigator? What kind of data
<br>security standards and practices should we place for<br>critical and national data stores such as KRA, KPA,<br>Immigration, etc? What of the Certification Authority (CA)<br>providers that are likely to play a cenral role in a future
<br>eCommerce environment, how will they collect, protect and<br>avail their data?<br><br>So I think these are some of the Policy issues that need to<br>be thrashed out in the process of coming up with the final<br>FOI bill.
<br><br>walu.<br><br><br><br><br><br>--- joseph kihanya <<a href="mailto:kihanyajn@yahoo.com">kihanyajn@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Dear All,<br>><br>> I trust we may now move on to day 3. Those with comments
<br>> still on day 1 and 2 can still do so.<br>> The themes were...<br>><br>> Day 1: Why Freedom of Information (FOI) Act?<br>> Day 2: What are the current modalities for accessing data<br>> held by Data Handlers (Govt or Private Sector)?
<br>><br>><br>> Today's topic really looks as to waht should be the basic<br>> reasoning behind the FOI policy and hence law.<br>><br>> The principles listed hereunder have been recognized by<br>> Article 19 ( an international organizatioin dealing with
<br>> freedomm of te press and related issues) as what should<br>> guide the FOI laws(policy).<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 1. Maximum disclosure<br>><br>> That the law should seek this as its underpinning<br>> philosophy.
<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 2. Obligation to publish<br>><br>> That there should be an obligation to publish and<br>> requests should be for non-crucial/ essential / bulky<br>> information.<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 3. Promotion of open government
<br>><br>> That the law should promote / recognise the importance<br>> of open government.<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 4. Limited scope of exceptions<br>><br>> That the exceptions should be clear , precise and
<br>> allowable in a democratic society/ i,e should not take<br>> away what the law seeks to grant.<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 5. Processes to facilitate access<br>><br>> Clear processes for request should exist.
<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 6. Costs<br>><br>> These should be kept at a minimum for the public has<br>> already paid for the creation of the information through<br>> taxation.<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 7. Open meetings
<br>><br>> Other than informnation, there should bea promotion of<br>> open dialogue at decsion making level.<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 8. Disclosure takes precedence<br>><br>> The tests that are to be applied by the commssioner and
<br>> the appeal tribunal should seek disclosre unless the<br>> exceptions and the public interest demand otherwise.<br>><br>> � PRINCIPLE 9. Protection for whistleblowers<br>><br>> That those who disclose information that is in the public
<br>> interest, inspite of the exceptions should not be<br>> victimised/ should be protected.<br>><br>><br>> Lets go!<br>><br>> Kihanya<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>____________________________________________________________________________________
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