[kictanet] Role and integrity of Surveillance system in Kenya

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

During the IGF, I had asked CA what measures are in place to ensure
citizens surveillance data collected from telecoms service providers is not
used by mischievous individuals to achieve dubious means. Well, here is an
example...

"Though not captured in the report, sources privy to the investigation also
revealed that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations is on the spot
because its detectives possibly tampered with official telephone data in a
bid to conceal crucial evidence that could help in the case.

It shows that telephone logs from a mast in Tigoni which would have placed
the televangelist at or near the scene of the accident were erased. The
effect of this was that records of the persons who may have called or
received calls from the pastor are unavailable."

...

Then there is data obtained from a local mobile telephone service provider
that was expected to show the location of individual handsets, prior,
during, and after the accident, so as to give clues on the location of
their owners.

Though not included in the report, a source privy to the investigation said
this is the data which was probably interfered with and some crucial
details deleted.

For instance, while it gave the calls and SMS data for July25, 22 and 29,
those recorded on July 26 and 27 were missing.

Such data is usually obtained by Criminal Intelligence Unit at the
Directorate’s headquarters.

http://www.nation.co.ke/news/The-shocking-truth-on-fatal-crash/-/1056/2820218/-/qme8wl/-/index.html
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