<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><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;">Dear <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; 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;" data-mce-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;" data-mce-style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Good evening. </span><br></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;"><br></span></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;">Ephraim and I recently co-authored an opinion piece titled, '<a data-mce-href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/opinion/star-blogs/2021-04-13-speaking-from-the-grave-death-data-protection-under-kenyan-law/" href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/opinion/star-blogs/2021-04-13-speaking-from-the-grave-death-data-protection-under-kenyan-law/">Speaking from the grave: Death, data protection under Kenyan Law</a>' which teases out the issues of:</span></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;">a. The right to survivor privacy; <br></span></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;">b. Whether deceased persons have rights; and </span></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;">c. Digital death - whether digital assets are inheritable. </span></div><br><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;">We look forward to receiving your comments on the piece, including areas of improvement. We also hope that this op-ed generates deeper insights on the issues teased here, in Kenya and beyond. </span></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div></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><div><br><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 style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">Waigumo Mwanzia</span>, </span></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">Programme Officer - Digital</span>.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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