[kictanet] Beba Pay card and national biometric registration: The big brother syndrome

[Grace Githaiga]

Let’s start with the much hyped “beba pay” system. Having travelled numerously to America, Canada, South Africa and a few countries in Europe, I must inform Kenyans that they have been duped. No country in the world has imposed restrictions on their citizens using cash money to pay for transport services.
Track your every moveThe only thing that is done with regard to enforcing the use of cards is that special discounts are offered to those who pay using their cards.The truth is that the government will track your every move from now henceforth since all the cards are connected to a central data base system. What if some corrupt government official sells the said information to thugs; will they not be able to track your every move?
http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Beba-Pay-card-and-national-biometric-registration/-/440808/2381900/-/12latj2/-/index.html 		 	   		  
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