An online debate on the African Union Convention on Cyber Security (AUCC) was conducted on multiple lists of KICTANet and ISOC-KE, in Kenya and on I-Network list moderated through by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and ISOC -Uganda, from 25 – 29, November 2013. The concerns were also shared with the Best Bits mailing list, the Internet Governance Caucus list, The Web We Want and Access Now. The aim was to get as much input as possible. The discussion was informed by the fact that the AUC drafters agreed to receive this input in the spirit of consulting stakeholders despite having gone through this process two years ago with African governments. The draft report of this discussion formed part of discussion on the convention during the AU ICT week which took place from 1-6, December 2013.6 This engagement was viewed as important for Kenya, the reason being that if Kenya signs into this convention in January 2014, it will become binding as stipulated in Article 2 (6) of Kenya’s 2010 Constitution which states: Any treaty or convention ratified by Kenya shall form part of the law of Kenya under this Constitution. The Convention therefore is more like a Bill of Parliament.
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