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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Grace,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The education system definitely has a role to play in media and information literacy, but I would argue that it is also in the interest of the intermediaries to get involved in such education initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jaco<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.05pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>-------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.05pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>Jaco DU TOIT</span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.05pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>Adviser for Communication & Information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.05pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>United Nations Avenue, UNON, Gigiri (Room C-104) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.05pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.05pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>Tel: +254 (0)20 762 2346/2566 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.05pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>Fax +254 (0)20 762 2750 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.05pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>Mobile: +254 (0)728 610 912 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A6A6A6'>Email:j.dutoit@unesco.org,<br> Website: http://www.unesco-nairobi.org<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+j.dutoit=unesco.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Grace Githaiga<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 16 October, 2012 3:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> Du Toit, Jaco<br><b>Cc:</b> kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke; isoc@orion.my.co.ke<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Hate text messages/KICA Section 29<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thanks Barrack, Jaco and Kariuki for your views.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Jaco, we note your point on the need for users to take responsibility on what they post and the need for information and media literacy for users. Barrack is of the same opinion that there is need for an education of users on their responsibility online. If I may ask both of you, who would be responsible for conducting this sort of education?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Kariuki, you make a very good point about what may have informed the introduction section 29 of KICA namely the facsimile. Considering that technology has evolved and the internet is no longer in infancy, what would you recommend for this section?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Listers, lets here more input from you. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Rgds<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Grace<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:47:13 +0300<br>From: <a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Hate text messages/KICA Section 29<br>CC: <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>; <a href="mailto:isoc@orion.my.co.ke">isoc@orion.my.co.ke</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a><br><br>GG,<br><br>Intermediaries are liable to a certain extent, when a computer broadcasts spam, its IP address is blacklisted and users might not be able to use it to send mail until corrective measures are taken. I beleive this is meant to ensure that the Intermediary is responsible for the content emanating from the network? if this is the case, why shouldn't the government which has a responsibility over the safety and security of every citizen not take the intermediary to court to produce the the real culprit? Imagine what would have happened in the the recent case when a child was kidnapped from a City Church if the Intermediary had not been of assistance to the state agencies, now that the populace understands the value of the Internet we should start educating them about their rights responsibility on the net same case applies to the Intermediaries, if this issues are not enshrined in the law it will be total chaos (looking at it from a government perspective)<br><br>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:58 AM, John Kariuki <<a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Grace,Listers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Section 29 of KICA was first introduced in Kenya law in 1998 at the infancy of the Internet in Kenya and was based mainly on experience of Facsimile.It was, in my view, at that time not intended for intermediaries.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>However,if today a smart lawyer can adduce pursuasive evidence in court that indeed the intermediary was actually the 'sender' not mere 'carrier', I see no reason why he may not secure a conviction based on KICA section 29. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John Kariuki.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a> <br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 1:02<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Hate text messages/KICA Section 29<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Good morning Listers</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>I would like to thank Jane, Barrack and Topista for views expressed on yesterday's topic <i>Shooting the messenger.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>They did express the need to place some 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. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Today we look at Section 29 of the KICA (improper use of system) <a href="http://www.cck.go.ke/regulations/downloads/KenyaInformation-Communications-Act-Final.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cck.go.ke/regulations/downloads/KenyaInformation-Communications-Act-Final.pdf</a> that is increasingly being used as a basis for criminal charges for users of technology based platforms. See example: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7VmsYNsqE" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7VmsYNsqE</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>29. A person who by means of a licensed telecommunication system— </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(a) sends a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(b) sends a message that he knows to be false for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another person </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>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.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>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? </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>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. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Have a wonderful day</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Rgds</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>GG</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngethe.kariuki2007%40yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngethe.kariuki2007%40yahoo.co.uk</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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