<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><b style="">Kenyan techies headed to jail...<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><b style="">By Rebecca Wanjiku<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">If the new Kenya Communications Amendment bill becomes law, all Kenyan techies and computer owners with pay a fine of shs 1 million, or risk a jail term or both.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">Why?</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">Section 86 of the KCA bill states that...</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align:
justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">�<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->No person shall</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">�<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Operate an electronic Certification system</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align:
justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">�<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Update a repository</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">�<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Administer a sub-domain in the ccTLD</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">To do the above one requires a license, or face the penalties.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:
justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Michuki Mwangi, the chief executive officer of KENIC, reckons that there are many Kenyan techies who have been infringing on this rule and will face the full force of the law once its assented.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In interrogating these issues, Michuki asks, what is a repository? He argues that a repository could constitute a computer hard disk, mainly because the bill has not defined what a repository is.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">�I have a self signed certificate, I create sub-domains and so many other Kenyans do. The government will have to give 32million potential sub-domain users. That�s a whole load of licenses to issue,� said Michuki.</div> <div
class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Section 87 and 88 provides that:</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">�<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->The dot KE registry and the Digital Certificate Registry need a license</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Michuki reckons that .KE model is globally recognized and in deed <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region> wants to follow up but adds that the
new law will open room for subdivision of the registry, provided one can pay the license.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">For instance in south Africa, the .CO.ZA , .AC.ZA and other domains were operated by different entities and this is the time they are trying to integrate registry operations under one registry.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">�It has the right intentions but just needs a bit of tweaking and rewording. The bill could have captured other areas of IT like local content matters were not well addressed,� said Michuki.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Ends </div> <BR><BR>Tel.
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