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Cyber Laws and E-Justice Stakeholders Consultative Workshop
Kampala, Uganda, 25 - 26 April 2006

The East African Community (EAC) convened two consultative workshops on Cyber laws and e-Justice and on Information Security from 25 - 28 April 2006 in Kampala, Uganda. The workshops were organized as a follow-up to the recommendation of the second e-Government stakeholders meeting held in June 2005 in Nairobi, Kenya, where cyber laws and e-Justice were identified as key cross-cutting issues that need to be in place for the successful implementation of e-Government applications in East Africa. This page contains the presentations from the workshop on Cyber laws and e-Justice.

Presentations:

Welcoming Remarks, Dr Frank Mabiriizi, Board Chairman, Uganda National Planning Authority

Statement from EAC, Sarah Kagoda-Batuwa, Co-co-ordinator, eGovemment Initiative, East African Community

Statement from the Canadian Government, Jacques Bouchard, Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian e-Policy Resource Centre

Statement from the ECA, Mohamed Timoulali, ICT Policy Advisor, UN Economic Commission for Africa

Official Opening, Hon. Henry Okello Oryem, (MP), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs/International Affairs

Workshop Background Paper on Country Initiatives on a-Laws, Enock Yonazi, Engineer Planner, East African Community / Dr. Baharul Islam, Consultant. ECA

Status of Cyber Laws and e-Justice in East Africa: Kenya, Dr Ben Shihanya. Director, Innovative Lawyering

Status of Cyber Laws and e-Justice in East Africa: Uganda, Mohmed Mbabazi/ Advocate of the High Court and Dwight Bigala, IT Legal Expert

Status of Cyber Laws and e-Justice in East Africa: Tanzania, Adam Mambi, Principal State Attorney, Tanzania Law Reform Commission

Harmonised Framework for eLaws and eJustice, Dayo Ogunyemi, Consultant, ECA/ECOWAS

Legal Framework for eGovernment: The Canadian Experience, Rhonda Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Department of Justice, Government of Canada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police law Enforcement Mandate, Cpl. Michael Russell, Computer Forensic Analyst, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

ECA Regional Perspective on eSecurity, Mohamed Timoulali, ICT Advisor, ECA

eSecurity and the Evolution of Crime in a Networked Africa, Paul Koyi, Managing Director, Agumba Computers, Tanzania and Michael Bitz, Independent Consultant, e-Security

Shared e-Government Services - Secure Channel, Imran Mirza, Senior Director, Infrastructure Services, Information Technology Branch, Public Works Government Services Canada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Technology Crime Program, Cpl. Michael Russell, Computer Forensic Analyst, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Links:

EAC holds workshops on Cyber Laws and e-Justice, and Information Security

Regional Information Security Consultative Forum, Kampala, Uganda, 27 - 28 April 2006

EAC:The East Africa Regional E-Government Strategy Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 29th September – 1st October 2004

More on the EAC e-Government Strategy

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