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<div><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; line-height: 12.75pt; ">Good morning Listers</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; line-height: 12.75pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; line-height: 12.75pt; ">I would like to thank Jane, Barrack and Topista for views expressed on yesterday's topic <i>Shooting the messenger.</i></span></div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond"><span class="apple-converted-space">They did express the need to place some </span>level of responsibility on both the source of the content and the host platform. Further they underscored the need to have a good information system that operates
under a sound policy framework if it is to be useful to society. <o:p></o:p></font></p>
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mso-background-themecolor:background1;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3" face="Garamond"><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Today we look at </span><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Section 29 of the KICA (improper use of system) </span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><a href="http://www.cck.go.ke/regulations/downloads/KenyaInformation-Communications-Act-Final.pdf">http://www.cck.go.ke/regulations/downloads/KenyaInformation-Communications-Act-Final.pdf</a></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "> that is increasingly being used as a basis
for criminal charges for users of technology based platforms. See example: </span></font><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7VmsYNsqE" style="text-indent: -0.5in; font-family: Garamond; font-size: medium; line-height: 17px; ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7VmsYNsqE</a></p><font size="3" face="Garamond">
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background1;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font size="3" face="Garamond"><br></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white;mso-background-themecolor:
background1;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font size="3" face="Garamond"><br></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white;mso-background-themecolor:
background1;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3" face="Garamond"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; ">29. A person who by means of a licensed telecommunication system— </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><font size="3" face="Garamond"><b>(a) sends a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an
indecent, obscene or menacing character; or </b><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><font size="3" face="Garamond"><b>(b) sends a message that he knows to be false for the purpose of causing
annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another person </b><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><font size="3" face="Garamond"><b><br></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><font size="3" face="Garamond"><b>commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding fifty thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three months, or to both.</b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; "> </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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white"><font size="3" face="Garamond"> </font></p>
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margin-left:.25in;line-height:12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond">Could misuse of an information system also be used to charge
intermediaries? Would this call for the training of the Kenya Police, DPP and
Judiciary so that they understand the issues as they litigate and make rulings?
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12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond">Listers, lets hear your views. Further, please feel free to go back to yesterday's thread on shooting the messenger if you would like to contribute. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond">Have a wonderful day</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond">Rgds</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
12.75pt;background:white"><font size="3" face="Garamond">GG</font></p></div> </div></body>
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