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A CASE FOR INCLUSION OF FARMERS IN KENYA’S LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Introduction In heavily mechanized and science-driven agriculture, on the one hand, it is assumed persons, mostly seed companies of an international pedigree, who breed, develop...

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Regulation of Collective Management Organisations in Kenya: Understanding the Law as-is

By Caroline Wanjiru* From our previous post, we have described the various Collective Management Organizations’ (CMO’s) in Kenya. Briefly, CMOs are not-for-profit membership entities authorized...

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The Collective Management Organisations in Kenya’s Creative Market

Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com licensed by CC 3.0 BY As part of CIPIT’s daily interactions with creatives, the Centre is embarking on an...

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Purpose Limitation and Data Minimization in the 2019 Data Protection Bill

By Alex Gatawa* The following post is the second of CIPIT’s analysis of the data protection principles provided for under section 25 of the Data...

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2019 KENYA POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS: THE DATA PRIVACY PERSPECTIVE

By Jackie Akello and Jaaziyah Satar. Kenya is set to have its sixth census since independence beginning on the night of 24th August 2019. The...

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Privacy expanded: What is the right to privacy, as required in the Data Protection Bill?

This is the first in a series of blogs where the CIPIT team analyses the principles of data protection as provided in Section 25 of...

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Defining a Digital Right to Access

A guest post by Jaaziyah Satar The implementation of the right to access information has been a topic of conversation as early as the 18th...

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Public Participation and Data Protection

Last year, CIPIT hosted a series of public participation fora over three months in response to a request for comment on a proposed Data Protection...

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The 2019 Data Protection Bill: A step in the right direction?

By Grace Bomu* CIPIT welcomes the publication of the Data Protection Bill by Kenya’s National Assembly. The center has been involved in policy development for...

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