Kenya

Reports and Analysis

Case Study

…it helps to protect our free elections

Everyone has the right to take part in their country’s political affairs and equal access to public service. Governments should be voted for regularly.

Long Read

Kenyan Court Ruling on Huduma Namba Identity System: the Good, the Bad and the Lessons

PI presents its analysis of the Huduma Numba judgment in three parts: the clear wins, the parts that make some small steps forward but could have been better and the dissapointing losses.

Case Study

…it can protect our lives

Everyone has the right to life and to live freely and safety.

News

6th February 2020

Why the Huduma Namba ruling matters for the future of digital ID, and not just in Kenya

2nd April 2019

Civil society achieves change, but risks still remain in Kenya's new biometric ID system

7th August 2018

A Very Secret Ballot: A Case Study on the Electoral Process in Kenya

11th July 2018

Lone Voices Leading the Way: How Civil Society in Africa is Successfully Countering Government Narratives on Cyber Security

7th March 2018

A day in the life of Mercy, a 28-year-old cis woman living in Nairobi

19th December 2017

Business As Usual? How Western Data Analytics Companies Are Peddling Fear In Fragile Democracies

Examples of Abuse

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Kenyan police attract complaints for brutality in curfew enforcement

Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Body reports that it received 87 complaints covering 31 incidents in which injuries were linked to the actions of police officers and 15 deaths between curfew’s imposition on March 27 and June 5. In April, Human Rights Watch accused the police of brutality in

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Our Advocacy

Analysis of Kenya’s Data Protection Act, 2019

This is a legal analysis of Kenya’s Data Protection Act which was adopted in November 2019.

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