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Jaimee Kokonya

Africa Campaigner

Before joining Access Now, Jaimee worked as a Regional Programme Assistant at Hivos East Africa. She provided project implementation, grants management, fundraising, communications and project administration support to the organization’s Strategic Partnerships programmes, working in the thematic areas of women empowerment, food security and nutrition, governance and renewable energy. Jaimee is also a community organizer collaborating with African grassroots feminist, abolitionist organizers to facilitate political education and build the transformative justice capacity of feminist communities in Africa. She holds an LL.B with a focus on human rights law from University of Nairobi and is currently undertaking training for her admission as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya at the Kenya School of Law.
Tunisia digitization programs

Past learnings must be ‘at the heart of implementing’ a digital identity system in Kenya

24 May 2023
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Past learnings must be ‘at the heart of implementing’ a digital identity system in Kenya
24 May 2023
Past learnings must be ‘at the heart of implementing’ a digital identity system in Kenya
Access Now and partners call on the Indian government to review the current legal and regulatory framework governing internet shutdowns.

Open letter to the Ethiopian Government: urgently end ongoing internet shutdowns in all regions across the country

27 Apr 2023
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Open letter to the Ethiopian Government: urgently end ongoing internet shutdowns in all regions across the country
27 Apr 2023
Open letter to the Ethiopian Government: urgently end ongoing internet shutdowns in all regions across the country
India fake news

Open letter: Ghana’s new anti-LGBTQ+ bill threatens human rights

16 Mar 2023

Through an open letter, Access Now and partners call on Ghana’s Parliament to immediately reject the new anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

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Open letter: Ghana’s new anti-LGBTQ+ bill threatens human rights
16 Mar 2023
Open letter: Ghana’s new anti-LGBTQ+ bill threatens human rights
India fake news

Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill

16 Mar 2023

Access Now and partners call on Ghana’s parliament to immediately reject the new repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

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Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill
16 Mar 2023
Put human rights first: Ghana’s parliament must reject repressive anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Kenya SIM card and data protection

Stop SIM data-syphoning: Safaricom must protect privacy in Kenya

14 Dec 2022

Access Now calls on Safaricom to protect privacy in Kenya, and immediately delete all biometric data it collected via its SIM registration process.

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Stop SIM data-syphoning: Safaricom must protect privacy in Kenya
14 Dec 2022
Stop SIM data-syphoning: Safaricom must protect privacy in Kenya
Kenya SIM card and data protection

Open letter: Safaricom must delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise

14 Dec 2022

Through an open letter, Access Now urges Safaricom to delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise.

Press Release
Open letter: Safaricom must delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise
14 Dec 2022
Open letter: Safaricom must delete all biometric data collected unlawfully during Kenya’s SIM card registration exercise
Kenya SIM card and data protection

Why Kenyans should say no to biometrics for SIM card registry

30 Jun 2022

Your Kenya SIM card should not come with a demand for your personal biometrics.

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Why Kenyans should say no to biometrics for SIM card registry
30 Jun 2022
Why Kenyans should say no to biometrics for SIM card registry
EARN IT Act

Kenya must bin its repressive Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill

16 Dec 2021

Access Now is urging the Kenyan parliament to protect human rights and throw out the current Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill draft.

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Kenya must bin its repressive Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill
16 Dec 2021
Kenya must bin its repressive Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill