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Did we get Huduma Namba because of a simple mistake in Parliament?

By Isaac Rutenberg The Hansard for the Miscellaneous Amendment Act 2018 makes for very interesting reading. On 7th August 2018, Parliament debated proposed amendments to...

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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Copyright in Kenya: Commentary on the Copyright Amendment Act 2019

By Caroline Wanjiru This post forms part 2 of our series on the Intellectual Property considerations in the Copyright Amendment Act. The IT considerations, focusing...

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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Copyright in Kenya: Commentary on the Copyright Amendment Act 2019

By Caroline Wanjiru This post forms part one of a two part series focused on the Intellectual Property considerations in the Copyright Amendment Act. The...

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ASSESSING DIGITAL RIGHTS TRENDS IN AFRICA: CYRILLA COLLABORATIVE

By Jackline Akello Introduction The Cyberrights Research Initiative and Localized Legal Almanac (CYRILLA – https://cyrilla.org/) is producing an open and federated resource toolkit and online...

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Eliud Kipchoge, the breaker of records and Intellectual Property

By Caroline Wanjiru Today we pause our continuing IP series to dedicate this entire blog to the one and only Eliud Kipchoge. Why you ask?...

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Third party data sharing: Analysis of the Data Protection Bill, 2019

By Grace Mutung’u This is the finale in our series on Data Protection principles espoused in the Data Protection Bill. Clause 25 of the 2019...

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Net Neutrality: a brief

By Jaaziyah Satar and Malcolm Kijirah Net neutrality is the concept of free access to the internet. Net neutrality has many advantages and disadvantages. The...

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Identification of the data subject: an analysis of section 25(f) of the Data Protection Bill

By Malcolm Kijirah This post is the fourth of CIPIT’s analysis on the data protection principles provided for under section 25 of the Data Protection...

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The Principle of Accuracy: Section 25 (e) of the Data Protection Bill

By Jackline Akello The following post is the third of CIPIT’s analysis of the data protection principles provided for under section 25 of the Data...

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