by Catherine Kyalo | May 29, 2023 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
Kenya does it again!! The Community Networks movement in Kenya is happy to lead the way in the first-ever in Africa, Association for Community Networks. The association is a membership-based network that unites community networks in Kenya, amplifies their voices, and...
by David Indeje | May 26, 2023 | Access to information, Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo The annual ID4Africa conference was officially opened Thursday by President William Ruto in Nairobi. The President reiterated the plan to provide all Kenyan citizens and residents with a digital identity to facilitate and boost their involvement in...
by David Indeje | May 22, 2023 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
Civil society organisations in Kenya have noted with concern a number of recent government pronouncements aimed at creating a new digital identity system for all Kenyan citizens. On 13 May 2023, the Principal Secretary for the State Department for Immigration and...
by David Indeje | May 15, 2023 | Access to information, Accessibility, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo The Kenya Information Communication Amendment Bill (2013), popularly known as the KICA Amendment Bill 2013 is out for public comment. The bill seeks to amend the original Kenya Communications Act of 1998, which has served the country so well and...
by Catherine Kyalo | May 11, 2023 | Community Networks, Highlights, kictanet post
Mobile phones enable us to connect with our personal acquaintances, do business, and provide a portable platform to work on while on the move. For the two phones to talk to each other, they need a special kind of spectrum we call IMT. IMT stands for International...
by David Indeje | May 8, 2023 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo. Last week, the Kenyan Treasury Cabinet Secretary published the Finance Bill 2023 and within it, he stated his intention to tax cryptocurrency transactions. Specifically, it states as follows in clause 10, page 8: The owner of a platform or the...
