Kenyan Elections and Alleged Hacking: A Look at the available evidence
Our preliminary analysis rules out hacking based on the evidence presented. Considering that absence of evidence does not imply evidence of absence, this should not...
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Quick Thoughts on Biometrics, General Elections and Security in Kenya
By Francis Monyango** In 1927, Liberian opposition presidential candidate Thomas J Faulkner was confident of unseating the incumbent in the general elections. The Faulkner-led People’s Party...
Read MoreA New Look at High Tech Hubs in the 'Digital Savannah': Part 2
In Part 1, we introduced our recently published paper titled: “A Framework for Assessing Technology Hubs in Africa” and briefly explained our three tiered approach...
Read More#CIPITat5: CIPIT Turns 5 Years Old!
5 years later, CIPIT remains the only University-based research centre on intellectual property and information technology law anywhere in East and Central Africa. CIPIT’s Mission...
Read MoreAdvertising Agency and National Airline Sued for Image Rights Violation
According to media reports in June 15, 2017 Purity Njogu, a model, moved to court and sued advertising agency ScanGroup Limited for continued use of...
Read MorePatent Subject Matter Eligibility in Kenya: Forthcoming Research from CIPIT
On 9th February 1994, Kenya Industrial Property Office (now known as Kenya Industrial Property Institute – KIPI) granted the first Kenyan patent for a protein...
Read MoreTowards 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...
Read MoreInside 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,...
Read MoreA 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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