Listers, As you prepare your comments, we had an interesting case last week of www.uhuru.co.ke. Apparently the owner of the domain was ready to part with it for a tidy sum of money. There were counterarguments as to whether the domain was a generic name or whether it was a trademark :-)(you know what i mean), it also brought to fore the issue of cybersquatting and whether it is an illegal activity on the dot Ke space. There are those who felt that this is a genuine mode of business akin to speculation in real estate. Was this an offence in light of the Computer and Cybercrimes bill 2016? Regards On 7/25/16, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:

Listers,

As announced last week, online discussions on the Computer and Cybercrimes bill 2016 will start today. The Computer and Cybercrimes bill can be accessed using the following link http://www.mygov.go.ke/?p=11234.

Today we focus on part II of the bill which focuses on the offences:

Questions

1. Does the section address computer and cyber crime related offenses in a comprehensive manner and according to International standards ? 2. If it does not can you point out areas that need to be incorporated into the bill? 3. Are there clauses in this section that will impede the growth of electronic commerce or affect online citizen participation as seen on Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) ? If that is the case , how should the same be phrased? 4. Do you have any other proposals that can be incorporated into part 2 to improve it?

We welcome your feedback on the questions above,

Thank you

Kelvin and Barrack -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A