[Rev. 2018]
Kenya Information and Communications
No. 2 of 1998
“media” means broadcast, electronic and other types of media but does not
include print and book publishing;
“Media Council” means the Media Council of Kenya established under the
Media Council Act;
“Minister” means Cabinet Secretary;
“modification” means a modification of the contents of any computer
system by the operation of any function of that computer system or any other
computer system as a result of which—
(a) any program or data held in the computer system is altered or
erased;
(b) any program or data is added to its contents; or
(c) any act occurs which impairs the normal operation of the computer
system;
“parcel” means a postal article which is posted at the office of a licensee
as a parcel or is received at another office:
Provided that the said parcel is not smaller than the minimum size or heavier
than the maximum weight prescribed;
“password” means any data by which a computer service or a computer
system is capable of being obtained or used;
“possession”, “be in possession of” and “have in possession” have the
meanings assigned to such expressions in section 4 of the Penal Code, (Cap.
63);
“post”—
(i) when used with reference to telecommunication includes any
pole, standard, stay, strut or other above-ground contrivance for
installing, carrying, supporting or suspending a telecommunication
line; and
(ii) when used with reference to the transmission of postal articles by
post, means any system for the collection, despatch, conveyance,
handling and delivery of postal articles;
“post office” means any building, house, room, receptacle, vessel, vehicle
or place where postal articles are received, delivered, sorted, made up or
despatched;
“postage” means the fee chargeable for the transmission by post of postal
articles;
“postage stamp” means any label or stamp for denoting any postage or
other sum payable in respect of a postal article, and includes an adhesive
postage stamp or a stamp printed, impressed or otherwise indicated on a postal
article, whether issued by the Government of Kenya or any other country;
“postal article” means any article or thing transmissible by post, including
but not limited to letters, aerogrammes, postcards and parcels but does include
such article or thing as the Commission determines not to be transmissible by
post;
“postal service” means any service by post;
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