[kictanet] Role and integrity of Surveillance system in Kenya

[Walubengo J]

@Mwendwa
I was completely shaken by this disclosure and still hoping the journalist was 'misquoted' though i doubt given the reputation of the daily.  
It is unbelievable that in this day and age, and post our new 2010 constitution, mobile operators can simply be bullied by police officers to casually delete records - without a due process aka court ruling! But then in the absence of a Data Protection Act and/or Access to Information Act - UTA DO (what'ya gonna do? - for our international audience)
creepy stuff happening here and quite an anti-climax to the successful and inspiring @POTUS visit.
walu.
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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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