<div dir="ltr">Thanks Nanjira.<div><br></div><div>I see where the next battle will be. In the legislative assembly. We need to be vigilant. This is such a great topic for the 2016 IGF, although data protection was discussed in the 2015 IGF. We were honored to have Stephen Chege represented Safaricom in the debates. </div><div><br></div><div><snip><br><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px">Safaricom said it will not give the </span><a href="http://www.kra.go.ke/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(116,44,41);text-decoration:none;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px">Kenya Revenue Authority</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px">(KRA) customer data unless laws touching on confidentiality are changed to allow the mining of such information. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px">“As you are aware, the Constitution of Kenya restricts access to confidential customer information,” Stephen Chege, </span><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/stocks/-/1322440/1394278/-/shkse6/-/index.html" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(116,44,41);text-decoration:none;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px">Safaricom</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px">’s corporate affairs director</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px"></snip></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px"><br></span></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><br><br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 June 2016 at 11:05, Nanjira Sambuli 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"><br>
<a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Safaricom-rejects-KRA-bid-for-free-access-to-taxpayers-M-Pesa/-/539546/3251892/-/v1qrnxz/-/index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Safaricom-rejects-KRA-bid-for-free-access-to-taxpayers-M-Pesa/-/539546/3251892/-/v1qrnxz/-/index.html</a><br>
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