Kenya flags dark web anonymity as major cyber threat

Interior Ministry PS Raymond Omollo before the National Assembly's Committee on Administration and Internal Security to deliberate on the operationalization of the newly gazzetted administrative units at Bunge Towers, Parliament, Nairobi. March 20th,2025. (Elvis Ogina, Standard)

Kenya has raised fresh concerns over the growing influence of harmful anonymity in cyberspace, warning that concealed online identities are becoming a key driver of sophisticated crime networks across Africa.

Interior PS Raymond Omollo, said anonymity is now fueling an underground digital economy where criminal enterprises thrive beyond the reach of law enforcement.