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In principle, political debates should showcase an aspiring leader’s vision. It’s a lofty goal given their current format in Kenya.
A fair copyright law should protect creative works in the face of fast changing technologies.
E-payments make it easy for banks to keep trail of transactions because they are recorded in real time.
The e-money would mark Kenya’s official entry into the space of cryptocurrencies.
Kenya’s digital service taxes could end up punishing struggling start-ups that shifted into the digital space for survival.
No matter what tactics are used to muzzle, restrict, limit, or censor information, trustworthy information that serves the public good can still find its way to those who matter most: the citizens.
Media houses with digital and traditional newsrooms need to create collaborative environments to address the tensions that often emerge between the old and the new.
A great deal still needs to be done to ensure that Kenyans have proper access to the justice system.
Non-traditional storytellers are challenging customary journalistic practices by giving ordinary people a chance to control the news narrative.
Digital transactions generate massive amounts of revenue and the Kenyan government wants to ensure that online traders pay their fair share of taxes.
Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda are at the forefront of the war against cyber criminals.
Kenya needs to tread carefully. It must avoid placing the country’s security ahead of people’s privacy rights.
Women are drastically under-represented in the science, technology, engineering and maths fields.
It’s important to understand the nature and extent of children’s exposure to violence during general elections so they can be protected.
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Deputy Registrar & Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Daystar University
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PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology, Daystar University
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Lecturer, Information Technology and the Law, Daystar University
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Associate Professor of Law and Sports Medicine, Daystar University
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Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, Daystar University
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Lecturer, department of Psychology, Daystar University
