[kictanet] law to start listing of Kenyans’ DNA

Tue Jan 22 15:23:01 EAT 2019

Dear Listers,The amendment to the Act seems to have ignored Article 31(c) of the Constitution. This being a constitutional issue, there is probably a need to subject it to constitutional interpretation on;  what was the intention of the article in providing that such information should not be unnecessarily required or revealed; Whether such details being availed to persons registry clerks is defeating that intent;   and whether the  circumstances demand the "unnecessarily" revealed bar  to be lifted.       It is worthy to ponder the situation in terms of whether giving such information might not create inborn terror,
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    On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 2:14:05 PM GMT+3, Karanja Marigu via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:  

 This is a classical move that also was taken by USA after 911. What do we expect next? Marshal law?? 
Terrorism is not a justification to take away our privacy rights and collect data. What they will do with all that data, only God knows.
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Karanja Marigu,
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 09:10, Magdalene Kariuki via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Dear fellow listers,
Happy New Year (albeit late).
Thank you Grace for sharing this information. 
Just a few concerns about privacy of persons and the protection and use of information. 
While I appreciate and understand the need for Government to address issues relating to threats to security (assuming that this is where the need for such kind of information stems from), what kind of guarantees are there that ensure this information is not traded? What kind of data protection mechanisms are in place?or have these concerns already been raised and addressed in the new legislation?
Regards,
Magdalene 

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:16 PM Grace Bomu via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Full story here https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Uhuru-backs-law-change/3946234-4943254-s1fi2b/index.html

Il giorno lun 21 gen 2019 alle ore 14:51 Grace Bomu <nmutungu at gmail.com> ha scritto:

Listers,

The government is now free to collect data on Kenyans’ DNA and physical location of their homes including satellite details during registration of persons.

This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s approval of amendments to the Registration of Persons Act that has included the two to the list of requirements needed at the national people’s registry.

Adults applying for documents such as IDs will be required to provide additional information about their location, including land reference number, plot number or house number.

The ministry is also seeking to introduce Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates in the registration of persons, enabling the tracking of their location via satellite.

More here 

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