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

[David Indeje]

Good News,

The Registrar of Political Parties in Kenya has come up with a USSD code to
help you "run away from e-citizen when it comes to checking your status. It
will be running by next week *509#.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022, 8:22 AM A Mutheu <mutheu at khimulu.com> wrote:

> This issue may cause alot of contention once our Data Protection Act gets
> more "bite force".
>
> Last year disvovered unbeknownst to me I had been a registered member of
> ANC for several years. I resigned immediately which took a while to be
> effected.
>
> But much to my chargin was immediately registered as a UDA member for a
> period longer than I had been a ANC member.
>
> Once again immediately  resigned and currently I am party less and waiting
> to see who "steals" my personal data next 🤷🏽‍♀️
>
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2022, 12:37 pm 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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