No data protection laws in Kenya: How Kenyan police, CA, and Safaricom use mobile phones to track, capture suspects
tracking such that I will not be lured by conmen again, I do feel bitter
that I lost more than Ksh.20,000 over fraud. I reported the matter to a
certain dci, but no action has been taken, they ended up telling me that it
could be much more costly. I could have spent more than the one that had
already lost, because they were supposed to fuel the vehicle to look for
the suspect. And at that moment they had no vehicle that was being used by
their boss.
regard vincent.
On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 10:55 PM Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet <
[email protected]> wrote:
> The article from Nation reveals how Kenyan police have been using mobile
> phone data to track and capture suspects, raising significant privacy and
> human rights concerns. The investigation highlights several key issues:
>
> 1. Unrestricted Access to Call Data: Kenyan security agencies have had
> almost unrestricted access to mobile phone users’ call data records (CDRs)
> and location data. This access has been facilitated by a data management
> system embedded within Safaricom’s internal systems by a British software
> company, Neural Technologies. This system allows real-time access to call
> data, ostensibly for tracking suspects.
>
> 2. Privacy Violations and Legal Concerns: The investigation raises
> concerns about the violation of privacy rights and the potential misuse of
> CDRs in abductions and extrajudicial killings. Although Safaricom claims to
> protect customer data and only release it with a court order, evidence
> suggests that police can obtain this data without formal processes.
>
> 3. Irregularities in Data Provided to Courts: The article details
> instances where Safaricom has provided incomplete or falsified CDRs in
> legal cases involving disappearances or murders, potentially impeding
> justice. This includes discrepancies in location data in cases like the
> disappearance of Trevor Ndwiga Nyaga and the abduction of South Sudanese
> activists Samuel Dong Luk and Idri Aggrey.
>
> 4. Use of Location Data for Targeting Operations: The investigation found
> that police and intelligence agencies have used mobile phone location data
> for operations that sometimes lead to abductions and killings without due
> judicial process. This includes the use of predictive profiling tools
> developed by Neural Technologies, which can map individuals’ movements and
> associations, raising further human rights concerns.
>
> 5. International Implications: The article also touches on the involvement
> of international entities like Vodafone, which holds a significant stake in
> Safaricom, and the role of British intelligence in supporting Kenyan
> operations. Despite these connections, there is no suggestion that these
> companies are complicit in human rights violations.
>
>
> nation.africa/kenya/news/exclusive-how-kenyan-police-use-mobile-phones-to-track-capture-suspects-4804416#story
>
>
> Best Regards
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva
> www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva
>
