by David Indeje | Jun 13, 2023 | Cyber Security, Digital Economy, Digital Resilience, Highlights, kictanet post
By Meshack Masibo For the past five episodes, we have been looking at the current issues touching on data protection such as data protection principles, the cost of compliance, cross-border data transfers and how to engage with data protection authorities. In episode...
by David Indeje | Jun 13, 2023 | Access to information, Digital Economy, Freedom of Expression, Highlights, kictanet post
By Cecilia Maundu, Lusaka, Zambia. The Second Media Convention, which was held in collaboration with UNESCO, the African Union (AU), and the Southern African Editors’ Forum (SAEF), addressed the urgent matters of social media regulation and the safeguarding of...
by David Indeje | Jun 7, 2023 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo We are less than seven years away from our national mental milestone – the year 2030 – gifted to us by the Kibaki regime about 20 years ago as our Vision 2030. Many things were promised and envisioned in that document that touches on our social,...
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 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...
