[kictanet] Role and integrity of Surveillance system in Kenya

[simiyu mse]

There is the possibility that the data would have come intact but tampered
with prior to presentation.

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On Aug 6, 2015 2:55 PM, "Walubengo J via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @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.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 6, 2015 4:15 PM
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Role and integrity of Surveillance system in Kenya
>
> 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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