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Driverless Cars in Kenya: Anticipations for IT Law

*A guest post by Lucy Wyndham Kenya’s traffic situation is dire with deaths due to road traffic crashes estimated between 3,000 to 13,000 each year. Based on...

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Is Browsing Copyrighted Material Online Legal? The Case of: PRCA v NLA (2013)

The Internet has fundamentally altered the manner in which copyrightedworks are created, distributed and accessed. The on-demand access to and transmission of works online has...

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CIPIT at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights NGO forum

Lessons from the Forum on the participation of NGO’s in the 62nd ordinary session of the ACHPR at the Royal Suites Hotel, Nouakchott. CIPIT was...

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‘Big Brother is Watching’: The Implications of the Proposed collection of DNA Data in the Registration of Persons

By Phillis Njoroge** The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill, 2018 seeks to amend a number of Acts and among them the Registration of Persons Act...

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Zero Rating of the Internet and its Impact on Net Neutrality

Mobile phone penetration in the Kenya has increased tremendously over the years. The Communication Authority of Kenya (CA), in its first quarter 2017/2018 financial year...

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What can we learn from Zimbabwe’s 2013-election DDOS attack ahead of the 2018 Poll?

In the weeks leading up to and following Zimbabwe’s disputed 2013 election, Zimbabweans were hit by significant Internet-based attacks. Because the incident was not widely...

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Why We Need Lawyers / Arbitrators In The Blockchain Space

*An article by Akram Mathu first published on medium. Cryptocurrencies have really changed the way people transact. In this new age and time, one no...

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Tobacco Regulations, 2014: Balancing the Protection of Trade Secrets and the Right to Privacy.

By Mercy King’ori** The Tobacco Regulations of 2014, which were created to protect the health of smokers and “second hand smokers”, have been criticized for...

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WHAT IS A ‘PUBLICATION’?

By Christopher Rosana** Strange! That a man who has wit enough to write a satire should have folly enough to publish it.” These words by...

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