Beware, State can now snoop into your mobile phone

President Uhuru Kenyatta has passed into law an omnibus Bill that had initially proposed to give the Interior Cabinet Secretary sweeping powers to access mobile phone data from any individual suspected of being a spy for a foreign power without a court warrant.

But in the new Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2020, the CS will have to seek the court's permission before searching your phone.