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<body><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: colfaxregular, "avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069", "nimbus sans tw01", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><p style="margin-bottom: 15.6px; color: rgb(93, 93, 93); font-size: 17px; font-family: georgia, "itc century w01 light"; line-height: 25px;">Kenya is considering regulating online services such as WhatsApp and Skype in a radical move that could force the internet-based service providers to share data with the government.</p></div><div style=""><p style="color: rgb(93, 93, 93); font-family: georgia, "itc century w01 light"; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15.6px; line-height: 25px;">The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is in search of a consultant to study and determine how the so-called over-the-top services (OTTS) operated by groups such as Facebook, which runs WhatsApp, and Skype owner Microsoft, could be regulated.</p><font color="#333333" face="colfaxregular, avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069, nimbus sans tw01, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Read on: https://www.nation.co.ke/business/Telcos-regulator-seeks-to-monitor-WhatsApp/996-4833020-fn9u7s/index.html</span></font><br><br><br></div>
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Githaiga, Grace<br>
<br><br><div id="EmailSignature" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Co-Convenor<br>
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)<br>
Twitter:@ggithaiga<br>
Tel: 254722701495<br>
Skype: gracegithaiga<br>
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www.kictanet.or.ke<br>
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"Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.</div><br></body></html>