Experts warn Kenya's Maisha Namba digital ID discriminative, threatens privacy

From right Immigration and citizen services, PS Julius Bitok with Executive Director for Amnesty International Kenya Irungu Houghton (left) address the press after a stakeholders engagement forum on the digital ID and Maisha Namba at the Nairobi Serena Hotel in November 2023. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Two experts have poured cold water on the Kenya Kwanza digital identification card project.

Prof Laura Bingham, an international law expert, and Dr Thomas Fisher, a senior researcher at Privacy International in the UK, yesterday raised questions on the Maisha Namba programme launched in 2023.