Human Rights

The National Assembly has published the Data Protection Bill, 2019 which you may download from the link. I will post my analysis on the Bill in the coming days.

Www.stopbullying.gov defines cyber-bullying as – “Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, [...]

The Chief Of Staff in the Office of The President recently tweeted that the debate on data protection in Kenya is an academic debate (https://twitter.com/NziokaWaita/status/1120998466753310721). [...]

  I believe it is time the world had binding international instruments regulating how businesses around the world interact with human rights issues. Businesses must be held to account where [...]

You have probably used one of the e-government services on offer; be it E-Citizen, iTax, TIMS, EJiji Pay, NHIF and NSSF among others. There is concerted effort by the State to automate its [...]

Often on social media, we come across intimate images and videos of individuals who we most probably do not know. At times these intimate images and videos are of prominent personalities; either [...]

2019 promises to be a critical year for the digital space in Kenya. Below are some of the key legal issues that will be in focus: 1. The Data Protection Bill: this will by far be the most [...]

Here are my reflections on the proposed Data Protection Bill, 2018 as presented to the  ICT Ministry.

In 2016, my students and I drafted a Marijuana Control Bill as part of legislative drafting course work. There has been growing debate whether Marijuana should be legalised or decriminalised in [...]

There has been  discussion on whether Kenya needs a national Public Participation Act or policy. There are drafts that had been floating around on the same. A few years ago I was part of a team [...]