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

Thu Aug 21 22:34:36 EAT 2014

Interesting read here...

http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/06/inside-indias-aadhar-the-worlds-biggest-biometrics-database

Regards

Murigi / Stanley Muraya

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*

On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Warigia Bowman via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Mpendwa Ndugu Kariuki
>
> It is never too late in the day to fight for our freedom. You are very
> correct that we need an appropriate legal and institutional framework to
> deal with the matter, as well as a vigorous public debate about the pros
> and cons of this policy.
>
> I think that my US passport is connected to a biometric database, but my
> US drivers' license is not.
>
> I remain skeptical. I think that biometric databases are a form of command
> and control of the population. Check out the book Seeing Like A State by
> Scott.
>
> Sincerely, Warigia
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:10 PM, John Kariuki <
> ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Warigia,
>>
>> I see where you are going and I ,with very good reasons, share your
>> concerns. However,it is a bit late in the day to go that way because a
>> substantial number of governments even  in democratic countries have
>> already implemented biometric databases.
>> What we lack in Kenya is the appropriate legal and institutional
>> framework to deal with the matter.This include lack of any(let  alone
>> adequate) legislation on personal data protection.When prepared this would
>> require to be bechmarked with the best international practices,  including
>> UNGA Guidelines for the Regulation of Computerised Personal Data
>> Files,Resolution 45/95 of 14 December 1990,CoE Convention on Data
>> Protection and EU Directive 95/46/EC on Data Protection.
>>
>> My 2 cents,
>>
>> John Kariuki.
>>
>>
>>    On Monday, 18 August 2014, 22:35, Warigia Bowman via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  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 <http://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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