Thursday, November 7, 2024 – Kenyans now have reason to be concerned after President William Ruto’s government confirmed plans that may infringe on privacy.
This was confirmed by President William Ruto’s Economic Advisor Moses Kuria who revealed that the government would be snooping on people’s phone calls in a bid to tame the rising femicide cases.
In a statement, Kuria announced
that the government would be engaging the Communication Authority of Kenya
(CAK) to instill some regulations that would ensure that perpetrators or prospective
perpetrators are caught and prosecuted.
Some of these regulations will
involve monitoring short-rental facilities like Air BNBs as well as
monitoring phone activity including phone transactions, and conversations to
help authorities in tracking criminals conducting Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
crimes and more so femicides.
On her part, Deputy Government
Spokesperson, Mwanaisha Chidzuga clarified that the short-term rental company
was not to blame for the flare-up in murder cases even though several femicide
cases reported in the last months have been committed in such abodes.
“We should not be blaming the
Air BNBs because they are there for business it is the culprits who are
portraying a negative image to air BNBs but through the regulation that will be
put in place they will be nabbed,” she stated.
Further cementing her stance on
the importance of monitoring social media use, Chidzuga urged Kenyans,
especially parents to monitor their children’s social media use and their
interactions with strangers.
She also reminded Kenyans of the
annual 16 days of activism against GBV set to kick off on November 15 this year
and called upon Kenyans to turn up in large numbers and work together to curb
the rising cases noting that women cannot continue living in fear.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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