by David Indeje | Sep 25, 2023 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo A few months ago, President Ruto made his first digital signature during the launch of 5,000 digitized government services. The media did not focus much on this significant digital signature activity, perhaps because very few people understand what a...
by David Indeje | Sep 10, 2023 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo Last week Friday 8th September 2023, the Cabinet Secretary for ICT, Mr. Eliud Owalo inaugurated the Working Group on ‘ICT Sectoral Reforms in Legal and Policy Framework’. In his own words, the CS said that the team of technocrats had been specially...
by David Indeje | Sep 1, 2023 | Access to information, Highlights
By John Walubengo. Kenyan President William Ruto has taken a keen interest in the global challenge of climate change. From September 4–6, Nairobi will host the Africa Climate Summit where over twenty heads of state and government and their high-level delegations of...
by David Indeje | Aug 24, 2023 | Access to information, Freedom of Expression, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet
We, the undersigned organisations, note with great concern a petition tabled on 15 August 2023 before Kenya’s National Assembly seeking to ban TikTok. While we note the salient issues concerning TikTok’s content moderation practices that have led to the spread of...
by David Indeje | Aug 23, 2023 | Cyber Security, Highlights, kictanet post
The United Nations General Assembly is preparing to negotiate a draft of the UN Cybercrime Convention, which aims to counter the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes. The draft has entered its final phase of negotiations. The...
