[governance] WEBCAST TODAY: Huduma Number / National Identification Management System hearing

[Joly MacFie]

  This case got adjourned as certain witnesses weren't available. It has
resumed today, and the the President's Chief Security Officer is in the
dock.

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 7:13 AM Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> This is the first time we've ever run a stream out of a courtroom! They
> are on lunch right now. This afternoon the Kenyan government is sending up
> its expert witnesses. A very important, precedent setting, case. Follow the
> twitter.
>
> ISOC Live posted: "The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), the Nubian
> Rights Forum and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHCR) in
> Kenya have gone to court to challenge the implementation of the National
> Integrated Management System (NIIMs), aka Huduma Namba,"
>
> [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/hudumanamba>The
> *Kenya Human Rights Commission <https://www.khrc.or.ke/>* (KHRC), the*
> Nubian Rights Forum <http://nubianrightsforum.org/>* and the *Kenya
> National Commission on Human Rights <https://www.knchr.org/>* (KNHCR) in
> Kenya have gone to court to challenge the implementation of the *National
> Integrated Management System <http://www.hudumanamba.go.ke/>* (NIIMs),
> aka *Huduma Namba*, in light of the fact that requisite data protection
> legislation does not exist. The petitioners argue that the system will
> create a fertile ground for mass surveillance and will infringe on the
> right to privacy for citizens since some of the data collected is
> unnecessary. NIIMs is similar to the *Aadhaar
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar>* system in India. Today, *Wednesday
> 24 September 2019*, is Day 3 of the court hearing.
>
> *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/hudumanamba
> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/hudumanamba>*
>
> *VIEW ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/pg/thekhrc/videos/
> <https://www.facebook.com/pg/thekhrc/videos/>*
>
> *TWITTER" #hudumanamba https://bit.ly/hudumanamba
> <https://bit.ly/hudumanamba>*
>
> *Permalink*
> https://isoc.live/11364/
>
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