
Sidney Ochieng
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Government of Kenya Has No Business Making New Laws to Regulate Social Media
Every so often I come across something in the news that I just have to write a post about and not just tweet. I've written about internet and law several times before. Today my friend Muthiru on Twitter let me on to this article in the Nairobi News, saying that
This Central Bank Needs A More Efficient Communication Strategy For The Digital Age
So, I was one of the 55,000 depositors affected by the recent collapse of Chase Bank in Kenya; well itβs not really collapsed, itβs just under receivership because there are people in Kenya allowed to take unsecured loans of KES 7.8 billion β I wonder what it
Deciphering The Kenya Information and Communications Act Amendment Drafts
Some time towards the end of 2015 the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) released six documents that would amend the Kenya Information and Communications Act, for public comment. Public Consultations on Draft Kenya Information and Communications Regulations These documents were zero drafts, which means they are the first versions and
Solution To The #UberTaxiWars In Nairobi
The Kenya United Taxi organisation has given the government 7 days from Tuesday 2nd February 2016 to remove Uber from Nairobi or they will bring the city to a standstill. This comes days after reports began to surface that Uber cars were being attacked by regular taxi drivers in certain
#NetflixInKenya - Not As Bleak As Others Would Have Us Believe
The age of streaming is here. Last week Netflix announced that it had gone, mostly, global. Here in Kenya the internet, by which I mean Twitter, immediately went wild with people making jokes (Netflix and chill anyone?) and giving opinions on whether it'll work or not. iAfrikan itself published a
Tech Blogs In Kenya Suck! Here's The Data Analysis To Prove It
Tech blogs in Kenya have some shortcomings, in short, they suck! It's something I've said before on other platforms and fora. I knew it empirically but didn't have the hard data to back me up. I do now. Let's get into why I'm the right person to be writing about
What You Didn't Know About Kenya's National Music Policy
A lot of music artists in Kenya have been complaining about their inability to make money from their art. The reason they give for this, well the one that comes out loudest, piracy. Recently stakeholders from the music industry in Kenya released the final version of the music policy document