Nowhere to hide dirty money as Big Brother steps up bank surveillance

Customers queue at Post Bank's headquaters on September 16, 2016. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The government’s spying juggernaut has stretched its tentacles deep into the financial sector and is now pushing commercial banks to actively snoop on accounts of millions of Kenyans.

A document seen by the Sunday Standard gives a glimpse into just how deep the operation has gone, in what has seen commercial banks set up huge departments to cope with the increasing demands.