[kictanet] Kenya Elections: Voters and Data Privacy, Which Party are You In?

Thu Feb 10 17:06:32 EAT 2022

Some conspiracies abound that if you login to e-citizen and click the
COMPLETE button, you get enrolled into a party by those managing the
platform. They sell your data to the highest bidder.

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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva

On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 16:30, Kathy Mwai via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at kictanet.or.ke> looks like they finally caught
> up with you. I've been in this party apparently since July 7th 2017. Outta
> this world!
>
> @David Indeje <davidindeje at gmail.com> yes you're right I bet they'd take
> me through a litany of rules if I was to vie through this party. Let me
> inform my friends they could leave the various parties they've been
> inducted into as you indicated - without their knowledge!! Thanks for the
> heads up
>
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 13:43, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
>
>> Kathy
>> I also did not know that I belonged to some party since May 5, 2020. I
>> have never bothered to check. But this is wrong!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 1:16 PM Kathy Mwai via KICTANet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> David, I had never checked which party I'm 'registered' under until now.
>>> I've always wondered what the flip side could be. Seeing as I have
>>> apparently been registered since July 2017 😂😂 if I wanted to run on that
>>> party, I could claim that as my membership right? As long as they don't ask
>>> me to pay for membership since 2017, then perhaps I could resign from this
>>> list to run for a position 😄. (It's wrong use of my information by
>>> eCitizen nevertheless even as I make light of it)
>>>
>>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 12:37, David Indeje via KICTANet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>> Kangema Parliamentary By-elections. September 17, 2012 PHOTO | IEBC
>>>>
>>>> Dear Listers.,
>>>>
>>>> With the 2022 Kenyan elections on the horizon, the electoral body has
>>>> concluded the voter registration exercise and is currently set to audit the
>>>> voter register.
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, do you know which party you have been registered
>>>> under? Kindly do check out yourself, here
>>>> <https://orpp.ecitizen.go.ke/services/1/apply/1>.
>>>>
>>>> Are you mad you have been registered under the Azimio, UDA, TIP TIP,
>>>> Jubilee or any other party and you would love to purge yourself from it?
>>>> Worry not, you can self purge from that party here
>>>> <https://orpp.ecitizen.go.ke/services/2/apply/2>. You will have a 7
>>>> days grace period for the request to be approved.
>>>>
>>>> On a lighter note, who is resigning from the Listers Group to seek an
>>>> electoral position?
>>>>
>>>> As part of our commitment to educate the public on data protection and
>>>> privacy, below are useful links you read and share with your circles.
>>>>
>>>>    1. Digital identification law in Kenya: The State of Play
>>>>    <https://www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/digital-identification-law-in-kenya-the-state-of-play/>
>>>>
>>>>    2. Elections, Data, and Technology
>>>>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5l4dzTrSqI&ab_channel=KICTAnet>
>>>>     (Video)
>>>>    3. Emerging regulation of content, data and consumer rights
>>>>    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_UVQczmbfU&ab_channel=KICTAnet>
>>>>     (Video)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Kind Regards,*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *David Indeje *_____________________________________
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>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-indeje/>
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