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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face=Georgia>Good morning
moderator,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face=Georgia>As much as Senate only looks at the
laws that affect the counties, there are some fundamental legislation whose
effect will be felt right down to the counties’ operation nerves and I think
this Senate ICT Committee can facilitate their enactment.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face=Georgia><STRONG>1) Data Protection and
Privacy Law</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3><SPAN
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face=Georgia>Privacy is a valuable aspect of any human personal life and data or
information protection safeguards the rights of a person to privacy. Data
protection accords legal protection to a person in cases where <SPAN
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or her personal information is to be collected, stored, used or communicated by
a third party. I think what we have witnessed in Kenya especially during the
run-up to the 2013 election where so many people found themselves belonging to
various political parties without their knowledge and consent is a deep concern.
We also witnessed a lot of unnecessary texts to our cell phones from politicians
during the recent campaigns running to the 2017 elections. This means that the
‘data controllers’ can easily give out your information without any fear of
reprisals. As at now all Kenyans are exposed to <SPAN
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and personal data violations as most of the data is either collected without the
subject’s knowledge or being used for purposes contrary to the reasons for its
collection. <SPAN
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31 of the 2010 Constitution guarantees every citizen rights to privacy but this
c</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><FONT
face=Georgia>onstitutional provision of privacy provides limited data protection
in the absence of robust legislation but I can say it has a considerable
potential and influence in developing principles of data protection law. There
are already legal frameworks such as <SPAN
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Convention on Cyber Security and Data Protection and the EAC Framework on
Cyberlaws that can easily be transposed into our proposed data protection
legislation. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Georgia>With the technological advancements and rapid proliferation of
cross-border trade, it is imperative that Kenya should be in compliance with
international privacy and data protection legislations and standards since
failure to do that could hinder business operations and become huge barrier to
international trade. The internet and e-commerce has led to huge free flow of
information across international borders and therefore it is imperative that
personal protection data and privacy law be put in place to make sure that
Kenyans enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><SPAN
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size=3 face=Georgia></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=justify><SPAN
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size=3 face=Georgia><STRONG>2) Computer and Cybercrime
Bill</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><SPAN
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size=3 face=Georgia>The enactment of this Bill into law is long overdue but
there certain clauses that need to be revised. I think KICTANet is on top of
this and has submitted the proposed revisions</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3 face=Georgia></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=justify><SPAN
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size=3 face=Georgia><STRONG>3) The Information Communication Technology
Practitioners Bill 2016</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3 face=Georgia>This bill should be thrown out of the window and should
never see the light of the day. It will surely stifle innovation. The best
computer wizards never studied computer science.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3 face=Georgia>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><STRONG><FONT style="face: georgia"><FONT
style="face: georgia"><FONT size=3 face=Georgia>Lawrence Dinga, MSc. (InfoSec
& Forensics), CISSP</FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 06, 2018 7:16 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ldinga@managecom.co.ke
href="mailto:ldinga@managecom.co.ke">ldinga@managecom.co.ke</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=kaninimutemi@gmail.com
href="mailto:kaninimutemi@gmail.com">kanini mutemi</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022
Priorities)</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">If you are just joining us, this is a series where we
tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022.
Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight
interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who
gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring
them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep
adding your contributions. </SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the
legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more
questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue. </SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">I ask–</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT color=#0433ff>(a) What ICT laws ought to be
passed between now and 2022?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><I><FONT color=#0433ff>Here you may comment on the
Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the
Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on
Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. </FONT></I></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><I><FONT color=#0433ff><BR></FONT></I></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT color=#0433ff>(b) What laws need to be amended?
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as
stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your
proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the
definition of that proviso is very controversial). </SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Let us participate!</SPAN></DIV>
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