<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hi guys,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> how about collapsing all the data/information stewardship rights and obligations under one commission like the proposed commissioner in the right to access to information act?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This one may have conflicting roles and functions with the commissioner proposed in our amendments.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Would it be more viable to have one commission for all data, information and related functions and responsibility so they are able to coherently impliment a balance of the conflicting interests under one roof?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think multiple bodies may just compete and create a longer and unpleasant user journey around information rights and obligations of both private and public persons and institutions.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 6:44 PM S.M. Muraya via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Grace,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the update.</div><div><br></div><div>Have we considered the term: Information Commissioner?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_commissioner" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_commissioner</a> </div><div>The role of information commissioner differs from nation to nation. Most commonly it is a title given to a government regulator in the fields of freedom of information and the protection of personal data in the widest sense. The office often functions as a specialist ombudsman service.</div><div><br></div><div>Factoring our constitution expressly mentions Access to Information</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 6:19 PM Grace Bomu <<a href="mailto:nmutungu@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nmutungu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks @BonnyM. Noted</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_2282368256177027034m_-9185073930990733134gmail-m_712270704290645353plusReplyChip-2" href="mailto:murigi.muraya@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@S.M. Muraya</a> it is a proposal to transfer the implementation of the access to information Act to the data protection commissioner which is the institutional framework under the bill. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">----------<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Access to Information Act (Act No 31 of 2016)<br>1. The Act is amended in section 2 by—</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">(a) Inserting a the following new definition in appropriate chronological order<br>“Data Commissioner” means a Data Protection Commissioner established under the Data Protection Act, 2018” <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">(b)deleting the definition of the word “Commission”</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">2. The Act is amended by deleting the word "Commission" wherever it appears and substituting therefor the expression “Data<br>Commissioner”<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Il giorno mer 26 set 2018 alle ore 18:03 S.M. Muraya via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Grace,<div><br></div><div>How/Why does the Access to Information act need to be reviewed? What did the reviewers note?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:57 PM Grace Bomu via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Dear listers, <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The above question follows another review of the proposed data protection bill that lists several laws which will require amendment when the law is enacted. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">For example the Registration of Persons Act (ID Card law) will need an additional provision on how data protection will apply to ID data. Other <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> laws listed include: Registration of Persons Act; Births and Deaths Act; Capital Markets Act; and Access to Information Act. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Are there other laws that are missing from this list? Please let us know even where you are not sure of the precise name of the Act. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks in advance, <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Grace<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_2282368256177027034m_-9185073930990733134m_712270704290645353m_927377007688684848m_-4930814176211156620gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Grace Mutung'u <br>Skype: gracebomu<br>@Bomu<br><span style="font-size:12.8px">PGP ID : 0x33A3450F</span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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