<html><body><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" class="3"><div><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Muraya, </span><br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you for your comment. The articles do not condone what you asking us to elaborate on. <br></span></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regards, </span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><span style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sigi. </span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b>Cc: </b>"easternafricfellow" <easternafricfellow@article19.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2:08:13 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [kictanet] Opinion Pieces - Gagging Free Speech (Four Part Series)<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="ltr">Waigumo,<br><div>Over 10 years ago, the porn addicted teen (son) of an activist got entangled with the police after defiling a minor. It was all hushed up (Children's Act). Will Article 19 elaborate on when (or not) we should watch porno with our children.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 12:51 PM Sigi Waigumo Mwanzia via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">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><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><div><div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt">Dear <span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleagues</span>,</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"></span><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt">Good afternoon. </span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt">Please find Parts III and IV of the 'Gagging Free Speech' series by ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa below:</span></div><br><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><strong>Link:</strong> <span id="gmail-m_3858238281760252855OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1907_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2021-04-04-legislating-morality-who-decides-where-do-we-draw-the-line/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2021-04-04-legislating-morality-who-decides-where-do-we-draw-the-line/</a></span> </span></div></div></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></span><br></p><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt">Regards, </span><div><br><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt">Sigi <span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Waigumo Mwanzia</span>, </span></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Programme Officer - Digital</span>.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"></span><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:justify"><div style="color:rgb( 136 , 136 , 136 );font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );font-style:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">Read more about ARTICLE 19's #MissingVoices campaign here: <span id="gmail-m_3858238281760252855OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1908_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.article19.org/campaigns/missingvoices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.article19.org/campaigns/missingvoices/ </a></span></span> </span><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><b style="color:rgb( 255 , 0 , 0 )">ARTICLE 19 EASTERN AFRICA<br></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><b style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">DEFENDING FREEDOM </b><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><b>OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION</b></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 )"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">W</span> </span><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 255 )"><span id="gmail-m_3858238281760252855OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1909_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.article19.org/regional-office/eastern-africa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.article19.org/regional-office/eastern-africa/</a></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 )"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )">Tw</span> <span style="color:rgb( 102 , 102 , 102 )"> <span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 255 )">@article19eafric</span></span></span><br></span></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"> Fa<span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 )"> </span><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 255 )"><span id="gmail-m_3858238281760252855OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1910_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://facebook.com/article19org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/article19org</a></span></span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><hr id="gmail-m_3858238281760252855zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"easternafricfellow" <<a href="mailto:easternafricfellow@article19.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">easternafricfellow@article19.org</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Mugambi Kiai" <<a href="mailto:mugambikiai@article19.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">mugambikiai@article19.org</a>>, "Winfred Gakii" <<a href="mailto:winfred@article19.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">winfred@article19.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, March 30, 2021 9:15:41 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: Opinion Pieces - Gagging Free Speech (Four Part Series)<br></div><br><div><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><div><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleagues, </span></span></div><div><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 )"><div><div><p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Good morning. </span></span></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa <strong>(EA)</strong> published two opinion pieces as part of a 'Gagging Free Speech' series. </span>This looks at the use of two problematic laws in Kenya, including the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018 and the Kenya Films and Stage Plays Act (CAP 222). </span><br></p><div style="text-align:justify"><br></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt">Please find the links below:</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><strong>Part I:</strong> <span id="gmail-m_3858238281760252855OBJ_PREFIX_DWT605_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/siasa/2021-03-27-gagging-free-speech-by-computer-misuse-act-films-and-stage-plays-act-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-star.co.ke/siasa/2021-03-27-gagging-free-speech-by-computer-misuse-act-films-and-stage-plays-act-part-1/</a></span> </span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt"><strong>Part II:</strong> <span id="gmail-m_3858238281760252855OBJ_PREFIX_DWT606_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/siasa/2021-03-27-gagging-free-speech-through-computer-misuse-act-and-films-and-stage-plays-act-part-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-star.co.ke/siasa/2021-03-27-gagging-free-speech-through-computer-misuse-act-and-films-and-stage-plays-act-part-2/</a></span> </span><br></div><br></div></div></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt">Regards,</span><br>
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