<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Dear Dorcas,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Indeed.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">The ICT policy does not mention data protection as a key issue at all.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">The IC Bill 2006 only mention data protection at section 58,62 and 62 but then only making it an offence to "hack" into protected systems. Nothing about.....deliberate disclosures/ sale..etc of data...how long it should be kept etc.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Australia has Data protection/Privacy laws on this see ( a bit old but a good summary)<BR><A href="http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Privacy/privacy.html">http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Privacy/privacy.html</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Kenya will soon require to legislate on this.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">It may be that the FOI policy may only mention this obliquely as it would require that a separate Bill deals with this issue.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Kihanya</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni@gmail.com><BR>To: kihanyajn@yahoo.com<BR>Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:52:31 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 3: What Policies should inform the FOI?<BR><BR>Hi Kihanya,<BR><BR>Want to draw a poniter to a related matter as is being dealt in a different country.<BR><BR>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" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1242852,00.html?track=NL-102&ad=578130HOUSE&asrc=EM_NLN_994760&uid=5800974 </A><BR><BR>Walu had mentioned something related: the protection of consumer data by private companies too. It is important that this is captured.<BR><BR>Sorry, cannot find the
actual mail on the thread but sure he can relate it.<BR><BR>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" target=_blank rel=nofollow>jwalu@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">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" target=_blank rel=nofollow>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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