<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Dear Barrack,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Define 'harass them" sometimes the same people who are accountable to the citizens have blocked people from making "hard" inquiries. I think public figures need not block people for making honest inquiries and if they amount to harassment, we have laws in place to deal with that. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><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 dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt"></span></b></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Kind Regards,</b></font><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt">David Indeje <br></span></b></font><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt"><font color="#20124d">_____________________________________</font></span></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-phone.png" alt="" border="0" style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto"><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">+254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856</span></div><div dir="ltr"><img alt=" " src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yBYq8CO3z4CMJjF8wcqHAMa3I57BvTkJ89uqP8lK9i8j6o7YiJQnjTC4eelqPvOYUff1aNqzI"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-indeje/" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zyiOW04Rxia0Qfi-RSMSxiWoDKO7LTnIAJ31XooS-f1NPpWqyfbDIGHOe5UeIz64IJbDU2twg"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></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 Thu, 15 Sept 2022 at 14:30, Barrack Otieno 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>Many thanks Egline, i stand to be corrected but the law views institutions as corporate citizens, i bet they have a right to block people who harass them. I wonder what the learned friends on the list would say.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 1:47 PM Egline Jeptoo 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="auto"><div>Hi Barrack,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Interesting conversation. In this context the deleted account was a personal account and not the ministry's account. As much as in they were posting day to day activities, it was a personal account and the Ministry account with previous activities and information is till active. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Next question arising from the comments on the Tweet would then be, with the Twitter accounts that are public property is it right to block citizens?</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 15 Sep 2022, 13:23 Watoto Watch Network 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="auto">Hi Barrack,<div dir="auto">I feel we might be a bit petty because...Is it a requirement in the first place to have a personal social media account if you are holding a particular position in Govt?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lillian</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 15 Sep 2022, 12:55 Barrack Otieno via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" 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>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>An interesting conversation is going on on Social Media following the decision by a Cabinet Secretariat to delete his Social Media Account. 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