GoK to Drop 15 B in a Hole, Aided by Safaricom

[Omollo]

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The timing is perfect: If the opposition cries foul, they will be promptly accused of playing politics with National Security!

Now exactly how will this work? Will these cameras require electricity? Can they see in the dark? How will they be maintained?

I ask these questions because this project has been rushed through without any studies being carried out. It is a major violation of privacy and may cause untold social problems. For example how will this information be used? Who has access? How long wiill the information randomly gathered be kept and what assurances are there that it will be destroyed after it is determined to be useless or reached the legal expiry date? How will innocent people be protected? A young girl from a conservative family caught entering a motel with her secret lover? An "adulterous" man or woman? Will these images end up on youtube? What are the penalties for abusing the information?

I believe this surveillance system requires its own act of parliament.

[Ole Ole]

unless they are sending some satellites in the sky and installing the cameras there this is a waste of time and money. will this camera cover the whole country? latest attack was in madera will that region be covered?
nothing beats common sense policing and community policing we need more police in the communities, we need more boots on the ground but not cameras

[Georgesoros]

If they work as they are supposed to!!!
This things are very expensive.
Also, is there legislation behind this as to how the data will be used?
Otherwise I think the courts will just put it in the trash.

[gout]

has there been any case solved through those blurred CCTV images in our MPesas.... is it possible to identify the strippers for example in those videos without a database

[Georgesoros]

Well, so they catch a robber on video, where does he/she live?
Do they have physical addresses yet?

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

unless they are sending some satellites in the sky and installing the cameras there this is a waste of time and money. will this camera cover the whole country? latest attack was in madera will that region be covered?
nothing beats common sense policing and community policing we need more police in the communities, we need more boots on the ground but not cameras

Where police will arrest a suspect and let him go after a bribe, is the absence of cameras really the problem?

People have to eat. 

[Omollo]

Which is why I think allowing them videos they can use for blackmail is the wrong way to go. There should be tough legislation and regulations on who has access to what and how long the information can be kept on filed and above all the proper permanent destruction of the same.

I propose that all information not subject to investigation or litigation be destroyed within six months. No information can be given out to anybody without proper authorization.