<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Eric</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Kenya is a pioneer in creating an Open Data Framework led by Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Paul Kukubo, and their teams. In this case, I believe it is us in the private sector that have failed to take advantage of this.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
Hussein</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Principal</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><b>AHK & Associates</b></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"> </font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<font size="2">el: +254 713 60<font size="2">1113</font></font><br></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1_R9sCwRndn6LcD_cVHEQ66znMfWCz7YD&revid=0B6iB8TmKBdTpSXAzYmYxSXJkMHovWDBzcGh6cTEweTRnanRBPQ"><br></span></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><br><font size="1">Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</font></span></span></font><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span>
<span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:19 PM Erick Mwangi 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> I think creating an open data framework for public data
and creating commercial incentives for private-sector data providers would be a welcome way foreward.</span></div><div><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span>
</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-135886131017203690gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>E Njoroge Mwangi</div><div>Technology| FINTECH | Big Data</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Cell <font color="#1155cc">+44 7539372742</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Skype: Erick.mwangi</div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 5:53 AM Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Good morning listers, </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">As we gear for this year's Kenya Internet Governance Forum the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) would like to welcome you to a series of discussions derived from this year's theme, <span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt">One Kenya. One Net. One Vision. </span></font></div><div><span style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="text-align:justify">This years' first sub theme is </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-align:justify;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data Governance</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap">Over the years players in the internet governance space have gained an appreciation of the need to be more vigilant in regards to the use of data are aware of their rights as both data providers and consumers. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap">We would appreciate your thoughts on the following:- </span></font></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:justify"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">1. What is your view on the </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap"> fundamental challenge of ensuring the benefits of the data revolution to contribute to inclusive economic development while protecting the rights of people? </span></font></div><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">2. The global nature of the Internet and the transfer of digital information across borders brings an international dimension to discussions around data. The generation, collection, storage, transfer and processing of data (including personally identifiable data) have enabled new social, cultural, and economic opportunities than ever previously imagined. At the same time, the massive collection, transfer and processing of data (in particular through the application of algorithms/AI/machine learning) by public as well as private entities pose challenges around privacy, freedom of expression and the exercise of other human rights.<span style="text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap"> Today in Kenya there are two pieces of legislation on Data Protection </span><span style="text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap"> in both houses of </span><span style="text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap">parliament</span><span style="text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap">. What are your thoughts on our interactions with data in light of the above mentioned dynamics?</span></font></p><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="text-align:justify;white-space:pre-wrap"> 3. Data and human rights are today intertwined, would you consider as the </span> best approaches to ensure the development of human-centric data governance frameworks at national, regional and international levels. How can we support and operationalize the exercise of human rights and the empowerment of individuals in their digital identity in current uses and the development of data-drivent technologies? </font></p><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">4. Kindly give consideration on how conditions needed to facilitate data-driven innovation can be created, to ensure competition, and to foster trust in the development of services and new technologies, including through the use of inclusive data and the fulfillment of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.</font></p><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">We look forward to hearing from you.</font></p><p><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></p></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-135886131017203690gmail-m_-2594816641707697721gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu<div>Advocate </div><div>Legal and Regulatory Specialist- Oxygene MCL</div><div>Tel: +254 718 181644</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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