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KENYA: Harmonise legal framework on free expression with ICCPR recommendations
ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa welcomes the concluding observations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) after Kenya’s fourth periodic review on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The 131
st Session of the Human Rights Committee reviewed Kenya alongside Finland. The session was held completely online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ahead of Kenya’s review, ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa submitted a report which raised serious concerns on the status of freedom of expression in Kenya. The report highlighted undue limitations in the legal framework for free expression and press freedom, laying out problematic provisions in the Penal Code that are incompatible both with national law and the Covenant. Article 33 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 gives strong protection to the right to freedom of expression, subject to the exclusions of Arti
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Users of telecommunication services – especially those in rural and marginalised areas – stand to gain the most should Parliament pass the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which, among other things, proposes to review the way money paid to the Universal Service Fund will be spent in future.
Considering how Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the way many people work in Kenya – and across the globe – the use of Information and Communication Technology has become more prevalent. Whereas workers in urban centres are increasingly getting used to this new way of doing business, it is essential to ensure that their counterparts – and families – in rural areas are not left behind. The aim of the proposed amendments in the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is not only to reduce digital inequality between urban and rural areas, but also to improve the quality of telecommunication services that a
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