[kictanet] Why State House made a call to Safaricom chief over insecurity

[Ali Hussein]

Kivuva

Good point. As I said last week this is an issue that we definitely must err on the right side - National Security. What we must do is ensure that the implementors do it within the confines of our constitution. After all isn't that what differentiates us from those who seek to destroy us in the name of religion and other causes?

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> On May 14, 2014, at 7:55 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> I see surveillance, and want to link it with personal liberties and
> data protection Act. Although it's hard to raise these issues when we
> are under attack from external threats, this is the time government
> takes advantage to water down human rights laws.
> 
> On 14/05/2014, Grace Githaiga via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> Two months ago, at the height of terrorist attacks, State House made a call
>> to Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore.Concerned that his government was
>> losing grip of the  situation, President Kenyatta wanted to know whether
>> Safaricom would help security agents communicate better.
>> http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Why-State-House-made-a-call-to-Safaricom-chief-over-insecurity/-/1056/2313756/-/ybd3dt/-/index.html
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