Daly Bread: Abstinence, abstention and absconding; sold short by procurement vote
Politicians and their satellites do not always practise abstinence from corruption. If persons populating our institutions abstain, without credible cause, from the limited opportunities to act as checks and balances, we can expect no change in the rate at which the corrupt will abscond unjustly enriched.
Last week, amidst public concern about the effect of abstentions and in the interest of fairness, I expressed my opinion that Independent Senator Dr Maria Dillon-Remy should not be targeted as the sole ‘cause’ of the government successfully diluting the procurement legislation, by being able to pass an amending bill through what is known as a simple majority.
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The Kenyan government has signed a new bill that will let it demand access to data from its citizens’ cell phones, laptops, and other ICT gadgets which it believes has implications for national security.
On December 12, 2020, Kenya’s President, Kenyatta Uhuru, assented to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2020 that amends the country’s Official Secrets Act, 1968, among other laws.
The Bill states that Kenyans with mobile phones or other communication devices will be required to provide emails, WhatsApp messages, SMS or any other data which the government deems a threat to national security.
Those who refuse to provide the data upon demand run the risk of serving a one-year jail term and/or paying a fine of Ksh1 million (~$9,000).
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