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

Joly MacFie joly at punkcast.com
Wed Oct 2 04:38:55 EDT 2019


  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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