[kictanet] State to partner with Israeli firm to create online database of Kenyans

[Warigia Bowman]

Dear colleagues,

I think creating biometric databases of all citizens can reduce our civil
liberties, but others may disagree.

Thoughts?

Rigia


On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> This is interesting,  why?
>
> 1. PPPs should be guided by an open and transparent process where GoK
> advertises for those with intent to partner to apply.
> This didn't happen.
>
> 2. If there is no competition, how do we ensure we are getting value for
> money?
>
> 3. Whatever happened to building some of these solutions locally. Yet
> another 1000 software engineers jobs we have exported to Israel to help
> them build more bombs to break up Gaza!
>
> Waithaka Ngigi
>
> Alliance Technologies
> Nairobi, Kenya
>
> www.A1.io
> On 17 Aug 2014 01:04, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Not sure why we need Israelis to build this database for Kenya. They
>> could guide/train us but it is not for non Kenyans to lead its development
>> and management.
>>
>>
>> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Online-Database-Technology-Public-Servants-Profile/-/996/2421390/-/svf5fw/-/index.html
>>
>> Kenyan State to partner with Israeli firm to create online database of
>> Kenyans
>>
>> Note comments made in 2009.....
>>
>> *Israel Poised To Pass National I.D. Database Law*
>>
>> By Nathan Jeffay
>>
>> Published August 12, 2009, issue of August 21, 2009.
>>
>> HAIFA, ISRAEL — Israel may become the only democratic country to take
>> biometric information from all citizens and store it in a database.
>>
>> The plan, approved by a Knesset committee and set for a final vote in the
>> fall, is expected to pass easily, as the largest opposition party and the
>> government support the bill. But that apparently won’t prevent outraged
>> human rights organizations, academics and grass-roots activists from
>> spending the rest of the summer protesting the plan.
>>
>> Champions of the database say it is crucial for Israel’s security. “The
>> danger to the state in the present situation, in which there is no database
>> of biometric information, is critical,” according to Kadima lawmaker Meir
>> Sheetrit, who drafted the bill.
>>
>> But opponents say that it actually will jeopardize security. “If such a
>> database gets in the hands of a foreign country or terrorist organization,
>> they will be able to identify any Israeli anywhere by their fingerprints or
>> their picture,” claimed computer security expert Eli Biham, dean of
>> computer science at Israel’s leading high-tech research institution, the
>> Haifa-based Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
>>
>> Read more:
>> http://forward.com/articles/112033/israel-poised-to-pass-national-id-database-law/#ixzz3AavDDUx5
>>
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Dr. Warigia Bowman
Assistant Professor
Clinton School of Public Service
University of Arkansas
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