<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks @ Walu, <br><br></div>Not sure I can confirm those rumors on .UG but yes, an update on developments in Uganda will be shared soon. What I can say is that Uganda is moving fast in the internet freedoms area with a draft Data protection and privacy bill in place and yet to be tabled in parliament. See: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/l6ydggd">http://tinyurl.com/l6ydggd</a>. <br><br></div><div>I know Kenya has tabled its bill in Parliament, so lets hope it to gets enacted this year. <br><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div>Lillian <br></div><div><div><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Walu</div><div><br></div><div>Good points. However we MUST ensure that we continue to be vocal on this issue. As Voltaire once said:-</div><div><br></div><div>I do not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it. <br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><a href="tel:%2B254%20770%20906375" value="+254770906375" target="_blank">+254 770 906375</a> / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><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><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Mar 19, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</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:16px"><div dir="ltr"><span>@Lillian,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Interesting piece on internet freedoms in .KE</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Whereas the incidents cited are true, I still think the freedoms gains in the new 2010 constitutions are far-reaching and it would require several years of sustained and systemic attacks for any regime to effectively claw them back. <br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div>I have not been to Kampala in recent times but on a comparative and lighter note:- I hear M7 might have put .UG where Mo1 had contained us in the mid-late 1990s in terms of freedoms :-). <br></div><div><br></div><div>It would be nice if you also shared the report on Internet Freedoms in Uganda (if available).</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">rgs.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>walu.</span></div><br> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Lillian Nalwoga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 18, 2015 1:17 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Is Kenya Putting the Chill on Internet Freedoms?<br> </font> </div> <div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Dear listers,<br><br></div>Greetings from Kampala! <br><br></div>I wanted to share with you our our recent briefing on recent developments on Kenya in regard to Internet freedoms. 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