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In 2010, Kenya ushered in a new dispensation with the promulgation of the new Constitution. To ensure the ICT sector was aligned with the new constitution, the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Act was passed in 2013, leading to the renaming of the Communications Commission of Kenya to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).
Kenya was rated as "partly free" in the 2009 and 2011 Freedom on the Net reports from Freedom House with scores of 34 and 32 which is much closer to the "free" rating that ends at 30 then it is to the "not free" rating that starts at 60. [11] In 2012 and 2013 the rating improved to "free" with scores of 29 and 28. [12]
In January 2009, the government passed a controversial Communications Amendment Act that established that any person who publishes, transmits, or causes to be published in electronic form obscene information commits an offense. The Act also outlines other forms of illegality associated with the use of information and communication technologies ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya has demanded that TikTok show it is adhering to local privacy and user verification laws, the interior minister said on Thursday, saying the platform has been used to ...
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
The media is also regulated by the Kenya Film Classification Board, a State Corporation under the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) which is mandated by the Films and Stage Plays Act Cap 222 Laws of Kenya to regulate the creation, possession, broadcasting, exhibition, and distribution of films in Kenya.
The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act, 2008 is a Kenyan Act of Parliament that was passed by the 10th Parliament of Kenya and signed into law by President Mwai Kibaki on 2 January 2009. [1] It is a controversial amendment of the Kenya Communications Act of 1998, which authorizes the state to raid media houses and control the distribution of ...
The commission's roles include: [2] Initiate or receive and consider any proposals for the reform of the law that may be made or referred to it; Co-ordinate with the Attorney-General in preparing, for tabling in Parliament, the legislation required to implement the Constitution;