<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Apologies. Here's the correct invite<br></b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) would like to invite you to an event under the theme</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><b style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">"The role of tech companies in the protection of Human Rights”</b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">to be held virtually on Thursday 30th</span><sup style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">,</sup><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> 2021, 10am-1pm.</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Technology companies and especially tech startups have the potential to play significant positive contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights. In Kenya, the issue of data protection and data privacy is a matter of concern for many despite having the existence of the Data Protection Act.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">How do we ensure that the organisations trusted with the personal data use the best data protection practices? We will also learn more on what the Data Commissioner office has been doing to operationalize the Data Protection law in Kenya.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You are welcome to join us and your participation will also be highly appreciated.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Attached, please find the tentative program, and below are some of the speakers at the event.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1. Marie-Anne (Kui) Kinyanjui- Head of Regulatory and Public Policy at Safaricom PLC<br>2. Linda Bonyo  - The Founder of Lawyers Hub<br>3. Richard Wingfield  - Head of Legal- Global Partners Digital</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4.  Ephraim Percy Kenyanito - </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Senior Programme Officer -Article 19 International</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Details:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">When:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thursday</span> <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">30^th September 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What: </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The role of tech companies in the protection of Human Rights</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Where:</span></b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Online </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Time:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> 10.00 am -1:00pm</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kindly confirm your availability & do let us know if you have any questions. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Register in advance for this event:</span></p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOCvqT8pGNR6CAzvPXnyVzenCOmlO1oy" target="_blank">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOCvqT8pGNR6CAzvPXnyVzenCOmlO1oy</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px">-----</font><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:10px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><img src="http://www.hapakenya.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/HK350long.png" height="35" width="200"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:11px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold">James Wamathai</span> | CEO, <a href="http:/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r>3. Richard Wingfield  - Head of Legal- Global Partners Digital</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4.  Ephraim Percy Kenyanito - </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Senior Programme Officer -Article 19 International</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Details:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">When:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Friday 30^th September 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What: </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The role of tech companies in the protection of Human Rights</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Where:</span></b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Online </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Time:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> 10.00 am -1:00pm</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kindly confirm your availability & do let us know if you have any questions. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Register in advance for this event:</span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOCvqT8pGNR6CAzvPXnyVzenCOmlO1oy" target="_blank">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOCvqT8pGNR6CAzvPXnyVzenCOmlO1oy</a></span></div></div>
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