<div dir="ltr">Dear fellow listers,<div><br></div><div>Happy New Year (albeit late).</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you Grace for sharing this information. </div><div><br></div><div>Just a few concerns about privacy of persons and the protection and use of information. </div><div><br></div><div>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?</div><div>or have these concerns already been raised and addressed in the new legislation?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Magdalene <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:16 PM Grace Bomu via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Full story here <a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Uhuru-backs-law-change/3946234-4943254-s1fi2b/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Uhuru-backs-law-change/3946234-4943254-s1fi2b/index.html</a><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_6881250228004315233gmail_attr">Il giorno lun 21 gen 2019 alle ore 14:51 Grace Bomu <<a href="mailto:nmutungu@gmail.com" target="_blank">nmutungu@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div><p>Listers,<br></p><p>The government is now free to collect data on Kenyans’ DNA and
physical location of their homes including satellite details during
registration of persons.</p></div><div><p>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.</p></div><div><p>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.</p></div><div><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>More <a>here </a><br></p></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_6881250228004315233gmail-m_670674501496833639gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Grace Mutung'u <br>Skype: gracebomu<br>@Bomu<br><span style="font-size:12.8px">PGP ID : 0x33A3450F</span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_6881250228004315233gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Grace Mutung'u <br>Skype: gracebomu<br>@Bomu<br><span style="font-size:12.8px">PGP ID : 0x33A3450F</span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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