Kenya: Mobile Phone Register Must Respect Privacy

editorial

Nairobi — The government's order for a database for all mobile phone subscribers might be regrettable if viewed to be rolling back the remarkable freedoms Kenyans enjoy in regard to telephone ownership and communications.

There are few other places in the world where mobiles phones are so widely available at such friendly prices; and to cap it all, where lines from any of the networks are available for virtually free even from roadside kiosks and hawkers will be activated instantly with no bureaucracy on the identity of the subscriber.

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