Kenyan Government Makes Plans to Tap Citizens’ Phones

A report released last week revealed that the Kenyan Government may soon monitor the phone calls, text messages, and mobile money transactions of its citizens. The device they intend to use is what insiders call “black boxes” which will copy the data passing through these phones to another database.

Recall that Topnaija.ng reported that Nigerian telcos plan to block skype and whatsapp calls and other VoIP services, now its the Kenyan Government planing to trample on the constitutional rights of its citizens.

According to Kenyan’s constitution article 31, every person has the right to privacy, which includes the right not to have

(a) their person, home or property searched;

(b) their possessions seized;

(c) information relating to their family or private affairs unnecessarily required or revealed; or

(d) the privacy of their communications infringed.

Already, the hashtag MobilePrivacyIsMyRight has been launched to campaign against the infringement.

What would be your response if Nigeria had a similar occurrence, considering the current economic crisis? Drop your comments below