<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:large">In the spirit of increased private sector engagement in policy making, Mozilla applauds the government of Kenya for publishing the Data Protection Bill, 2018.</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Zilla Slab","Open Sans",X-LocaleSpecific,sans-serif"><i>".... a strong data protection law must protect the rights of individuals with meaningful consent at its core. It must have strong obligations placed on data controllers and processors reflecting the significant responsibilities associated with collecting, storing, using, analyzing, and processing user data; and provide for effective enforcement by an empowered, independent, and well-resourced Data Protection Authority. We’re pleased to see all of these values included in the Kenyan data protection bill......"</i>  </span></font><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",X-LocaleSpecific,sans-serif">Alice Munyua (</span></font><font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, X-LocaleSpecific, sans-serif" size="4">Policy Advisor Mozilla Corporation</font><span style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",X-LocaleSpecific,sans-serif">).</span><span style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="Zilla Slab, Open Sans, X-LocaleSpecific, sans-serif"> </font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="Zilla Slab, Open Sans, X-LocaleSpecific, sans-serif">  </font></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">Excerpt</font><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"> from  : <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2019/01/02/kenya-considers-protection-of-privacy-and-personal-data/">https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2019/01/02/kenya-considers-protection-of-privacy-and-personal-data/</a></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Zilla Slab","Open Sans",X-LocaleSpecific,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Zilla Slab","Open Sans",X-LocaleSpecific,sans-serif">Mozilla’s comments on the Kenyan data protection bill can be found <a href="https://ca.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Mozilla-Submission-of-Comments-Kenya-Privacy-and-Data-Protection-Bill-2018.pdf" style="color:rgb(117,186,209)">here</a>.</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Zilla Slab","Open Sans",X-LocaleSpecific,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://ca.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Mozilla-Submission-of-Comments-Kenya-Privacy-and-Data-Protection-Bill-2018.pdf">https://ca.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Mozilla-Submission-of-Comments-Kenya-Privacy-and-Data-Protection-Bill-2018.pdf</a></span></span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Zilla Slab","Open Sans",X-LocaleSpecific,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Let us continue engaging the </font><span style="font-size:large">government</span><span style="font-size:large"> to ensure the </span><span style="font-size:large">bill is *perfected* and passed in 2019.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:large">Happy new year Listers!</span></div><div class="gmail_default"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default"><p style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Kind Regards,</font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Esther Kamande </span><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Advocate | InfoTech Law</font></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Twitter: @enkamande</span></p></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Zilla Slab","Open Sans",X-LocaleSpecific,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>