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

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

@GG, I disagree with the Columnist on the transport bit. First, there
are cities that don't accept cash in their public transport.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/london-buses-no-longer-accepting-3819822

As IT practitioners, we should understand the immense advantages of
automation like efficiency, time saving, no change problems,
discounts, no arbitrary ticking of fares, E.t.c.

On issues of surveillance, the civil society should look at the matter
more closely.

Warm Regards

On 13/07/2014, Grace Githaiga via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 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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