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Towards a Counterfeit-Free Kenya: Anti-Counterfeit Agency Bold New Roadmap – Part 1

The Anti-Counterfeit Act was assented to on December 24th 2008 and soon after the Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) was established with the mandate to administer anti-counterfeiting...

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Inside the CMO – PERAK – KAHC Tariff for Hotels, Bars and Restaurants: Part 1

The Copyright Act of 2001 is an Act of Parliament to make provision for copyright in literary, musical and artistic works, audio-visual works, sound recordings,...

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A Review of the Communications Authority Guidelines for Dissemination of Political SMS Text Messages and Social Media Content

By Francis Monyango** In the run-up to the 2013 elections, Safaricom announced that it would control political messaging distributed via its network. This measure was...

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Recap: Day 2 of JKUAT Conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

Editor’s Note: For a recap of Day 1, please see here. The final day of the #JKUATLawIP conference was kicked off by Shirley Genga, a...

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Treatment of Cyberbullying in Kenya's new Computer and Cybercrimes Act

By Rosine Mumanya** Cyberbullying in Kenya is an issue that can no longer be ignored. In the digital age, some argue that not enough attention...

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Recap: Day 1 of JKUAT Conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

Nestled in the leafy suburbs of Karen lies Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) School of Law on the outskirts of Nairobi. On...

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Big Data and Microfinance in Kenya: Privacy Concerns in Alternative Credit Scoring Models

By Mercy King’ori** The era of digitisation has ushered in the development of many new technologies that have improved the way in which business is...

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Renewing the Call for a National Intellectual Property Strategy in Kenya

In a recent article by Dr Isaac Rutenberg and yours truly published in the Journal of Culture, Arts and Performance (JAHAZI) here we look at...

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New CIPIT Research: An Assessment of the Evolution of Kenya's ICT Law and Policy Framework

An article by CIPIT researchers Dr. Isaac Rutenberg, Douglas Gichuki and Arthur Gwagwa titled: “Historical Antecedents and Paradoxes that Shaped Kenya’s Contemporary Information and Communication...

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