<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>John</div><div><br></div><div>Indeed we are. We need to however ensure we get better and not retrogressive. <br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On May 23, 2014, at 8:33 PM, John Kariuki <<a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Ali,Listers,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I had a brief look at the recommendations and Kenya seems to be doing rather well! The local debate on Access to information and Data Protection has been going on (on-off) since ,say,2007 and I trust some convergence of ideas should not be very far off.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,
'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>John Kariuki,<br></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Friday, 23 May 2014, 15:36, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0246134372"><div><div style="">Listers</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">Please spare sometime to read this interesting report and lets have a conversation around it.</div><div style=""><br></div><div><span style="">Remember that
'<b>the </b></span><span style=""><b>only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good (wo)men to do nothing'.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri-Identity-H;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri-Identity-H;">".....Social network sites (SNS), such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter, which are popular in East
Africa, are helping to trigger non-institutionalised democratic participation by providing
communication spaces through which individuals articulate “democratic ideas". Along with
other digital technologies, SNS are providing a voice to those individuals</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Calibri; font-style: italic; vertical-align: 4pt;">1</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri-Identity-H;">who were
previously left out of traditional media. Consequently there has been an expansion in the
breadth of opinion expressed in the public domain thereby contributing to building a
democratic culture. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; color: rgb(220, 42, 0);">However, many challenges stand in the way of East African citizens’
enjoyment of their right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through digital
technologies. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri-Identity-H;">These challenges include unfavourable legal regimes and affronts by both state
and non-state actors, poor infrastructure and the high accessibility costs that have tended to
create a wide digital divide. They also include </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri-Identity-H; color: rgb(220, 42, 0);">irresponsible behaviour by internet users who
are often unaware of online ethics or legal regimes that govern the internet and other
non-traditional media..."</span><br><div class="yiv0246134372page" title="Page 4"><div class="yiv0246134372layoutArea"><div class="yiv0246134372column"><div><font face="Calibri-Identity-H"><span style="font-size:16px;">Read on:</span></font></div>
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</div></div><div><span style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cipesa.org/2014/05/launch-of-the-internet-freedoms-in-east-africa-2014-report/">http://www.cipesa.org/2014/05/launch-of-the-internet-freedoms-in-east-africa-2014-report/</a></span></div><div><div style=""><span style=""><b><br></b></span></div><div style=""><span style=""><b><br></b></span></div><div style=""><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div style=""><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br></div><div style=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim"><span style="text-decoration:none;"></span></a></span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><font><span style="">Blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div style=""><span style=""><br></span></div><div style="">"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div style=""><span style=""><br></span></div><span style="">Sent from my iPad</span></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" 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. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br><br>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or
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