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...
by Nicodemus Nyakundi | Apr 16, 2023 | Accessibility, Digital Accessibility, Digital Economy, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet, kictanet post, Reports, stakeholder engagement
The ICT Accessibility and Equality of Persons with Disability team, within KICTANet, has been conducting research to come up with a scorecard on the accessibility of government websites for persons with disabilities. On 13th April, the team hosted a virtual validation...
by David Indeje | Apr 4, 2023 | Access to information, Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo Every year, during Easter week, as it has been slightly over the last decade, the ICT Authority of Kenya, currently headed by the CEO, Mr Stanley Kamanguya, invites delegates from the public and private sector, academia and civil society to convene...
by David Indeje | Mar 28, 2023 | Cyber Security, Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo As countries continue to digitize their socio-economic spheres, the value of their digital activities and footprints begins to accrue national strategic importance—politically, economically, legally, and socially. Questions around who is collecting...
