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Parliament seeks views on Worldcoin operations

Cabinet Secretaries Kithure Kindiki (interior) and Eliud Owalo (ICT) after they appeared before Parliament plenary over Woldcoin on August 9, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A joint ad-hoc committee of the National Assembly has invited the public to submit their views on the operations of the controversial crypto-currency firm Worldcoin.

The committee is probing the operations and activities of Worldcoin amid concerns that the data collected by the firm may have been used for purposes other than the declared intent and may pose a risk to the protection and privacy of the participants if not monitored.

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