Thread by @NubianRights

The #HudumaNamba case is back in court for a final day of hearings today - oral highlighting of the final submissions of both petitioners and respondents

Proceedings are scheduled to begin at 10am

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya The judges have entered the courtroom and today's proceedings on #HudumaNamba & #NIIMS are now beginning

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya Before the oral highlighting begins, the judges are confirming two issues - (1) that the court has all the submissions that have been filed (initial & supplementary submissions) & (2) how we will proceed for the highlighting

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya The judges had given directions that the highlighting is 30 minutes each for petitioners & respondents and 10 minutes for interested parties

The petitioners will also have 5 minutes to reply

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya The judges are now reviewing the submissions received from each party and asking counsel to confirm in case anything is missing

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya The oral highlighting will now begin - it has been clarified the time is 30 minutes for each petitioner & respondent, 10 minutes for each interested party

For the petitioners, counsel @MarthaKarua will begin

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Counsel @MarthaKarua starts by focusing on the impugned act, which was passed without public participation despite the Constitution binding all state organs & officers, including Parliament & the Executive, to conduct #publicparticipation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua She continues that public participation is a must even though the people had donated their power to state organs

No person may exercise state authority except as authorized by the constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua It was clear from the oral evidence of PS Kibicho & PS Ochieng that they are aware of the constitutional provisions making public participation mandatory

They're also aware of the need to share information w/the public to facilitate meaningful public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua However, based on oral evidence & submissions of respondents, it appears they think public participation is a mere formality

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua PS ICT Ochieng told this court they only concentrated on informing the public of the benefits of #NIIMS

They did not share any information on weaknesses

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua "That, coupled with PS Kibicho's testimony, confirms to this court that the limited information shared with the public & the very limited window for the public to participate was on the basis of selective information - not full information"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua We therefore respectfully submit there was no meaningful public participation due to lack of full information

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua The gazette notice in the newspaper advertised 68 pieces of legislation in a Statute Law Misc. Amendments Bill, where the impugned law appears as number 21 in the gazette notice

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua The gazette notice was in small print – not likely to draw the attention of the public that the Registration of Persons Act is being amended in a way that would revolutionize registration from manual to digital

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua It's our submission that tacking on these amendments in a miscellaneous bill was deliberate to disable meaningful participation

The gazette notice gave public 7 days to review the 68 pieces of legislation, form opinions, & submit memos, a "near impossible feat"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Counsel @MarthaKarua encourages the court to adopt the reasoning from the LSK case and find there was no meaningful public participation

Especially the observation in that case that it's unsuitable to make substantive amendments through a misc. amendments bill

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Although the respondents deny the amendments to the Reg of Persons Act were substantial, the evidence of both PS Interior & PS ICT indicate the far-reaching effects of these amendments

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua It may be true that some of the info requested for during #NIIMS registration is already with the State in manual form, but they admitted it's the first time it would be digitized and centralized

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua And therefore available at the click of a button

"This is revolutionary" as far as govt handling of data belonging to individuals is concerned

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua It is our submission that the best evidence on the far-reaching nature of these amendments is contained in the respondents' evidence - those two PS's

We submit both the Executive and Parliament are the duty bearers of ensuring meaningful public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Both understand this and have attempted to tell the court the measures they took

What PS Kibicho calls public participation is dissemination of information on benefits of #NIIMS through chiefs

No partnership with civil society - it was a one-sided view

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua A holistic view would include civil society & it would include citizens, who own the government

PS ICT Ochieng, the 5th respondent, confirmed the selective nature of the information given

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua We urge the court to find the impugned legislation was passed without public participation and is therefore not in line with the Constitution & null and void

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua The court can prevent the use of the data collected until the necessary legislation is passed

Indeed, that data is being held in suspension courtesy of the Interim Orders of this court

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua This impugned law was not referred to Senate for approval, although it affects county governments

PS Kibicho in his affidavit told the court the system would "benefit national and county government"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Both PS's said it would streamline delivery of services

Some of the services listed - education, health, cash transfer to the needy. Those like health are devolved functions

So this impugned law affects counties

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua We are therefore saying there is sufficient evidence for the court to find the impugned law indeed affects the counties and therefore ought to have been referred to the Senate for approval before being assented to

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua The National Assembly failed to do so, therefore we urge the court to find this law null & void

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua We also complained about threat of violation of privacy

@MarthaKarua refers the court to Article 24(2) of the Constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua A provision in legislation limiting a right or fundamental freedom is not valid unless legislation specifically expresses intention to limit right or freedom & nature and extent of the limitation

The impugned law does not fulfill this requirement

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua And the law is open ended in nature - it allows the administrator to collect DNA & GPS without specifying the purpose or use of that information

The amendments are not in line with purpose limitation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua That the data capture form currently does not ask for DNA or GPS does not detract from this submission, because at the whims of the administrator this information can be collected from people

All respondents say is "we don't expect to collect DNA"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Why, then, was that amendment proposed?

It ought to be struck out

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua If DNA is required in the future to track crime, a law will be introduced that specifies the purpose and how long the data can be held

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua There is a real threat to violation of the citizen's right to privacy

@MarthaKarua refers to the affidavit of Mr. Malombe on the dangers of indiscriminate collection of DNA

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Turning to the absence of a data protection law, again the best evidence is from the PS Interior & PS ICT -

And, in the admission of the legal advisor of the govt the Attorney General that the #DataProtection Bill is now before Parliament for discussion

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua The Data Protection Bill proposes the office of the data controller

This confirms what the petitioners have said all along - there is an absence of an appropriate legal framework and institutions to support it

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua They confirm this bill is yet to be passed

So what was all the rush?

We urge the court not to allow the respondents to put the data of 38 million Kenyans at risk by state and public officers by not having institutions set up before the roll-out

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua We urge court to freeze this process until the statutory framework and regulatory institutions are set-up

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Counsel refers to evidence of witness Anand

The respondents seem to think a self-taught expert is less than a person taught by faculty with certificates but not much experience of the practical issues

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua Counsel says @iam_anandv has practical experience of cyber security of over 20 years

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv Much of what @iam_anandv shared was also admitted by witnesses of the respondents

Matters of openness, matters of best practices - they have much in agreement

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv And @iam_anandv could discern the architecture of #NIIMS as much as govt witness Mr. Brian Omwenga, who was not part of the team that built the system

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv The respondents brought best practices from around the world

Why would the respondents fail to adhere to best practices that they themselves shopped for at great public expense?

Including the need to have a law passed for data protection before roll-out

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv Officials are not transitioning to the post-2010 constitutional order

They are still holding on to the pre-2010 constitutional order where everything was a top state secret and where govt knew best and did not need opinions of citizens

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv We are asking govt to re-trace their steps, firmly adhere to the constitution, and safeguard the rights of citizens

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv The respondents said @iam_anandv was biased because he was supported to travel to Kenya by Open Society, affiliated w/1st petitioner

Yet they find nothing wrong with government contractors coming as witnesses

This is a case of double standards

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv In this interest of time, @MarthaKarua has turned the highlighting over to counsel for 1st petitioners @yussufugas

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas #NIIMS is a centralized, biometrics-based system that interlinks with several other existing govt databases, which include databases run by National Registration Bureau & Civil Registration

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas It represents a shift in governance in this country

Indeed, the PS ICT said "this is revolutionary and we cannot be left behind"

It infiltrates every sector - which is why you hear "single source of truth" says @yussufugas

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas It is the petitioners' case that the taking of biometrics such as fingerprints and other biographical information and putting it in this centralized database is a limitation to the right to privacy as pronounced in Article 31 of the Constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas The system is designed to be purpose free

By this we mean the system can perform the stated objectives such as security, health, agriculture, identification - but it can also do more than that

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas Because the amendments empowers system to "perform such other duties that are necessary or expedient for the discharge of functions under this Act"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas The system is designed to demand more & more data from citizens to make it deterministic - or accurate

The question then becomes:does this limitation pass the test of proportionality as outlined in our constitution?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas The respondents make 2 arguments -

1. The current system isn't working; it has errors - one said we have a "crisis"

2. Trust us - we are the government - we know what we are doing

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas Kenyans are entitled to know what is happening with their data

In the case Robinson vs. Jamaica - Justice Sykes quotes Justice Chandrachun that just because govt has certain information does not make taking of similar data again legitimate

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas Digitization is a risk to right to privacy because it enables profiling and stereotypes that can lend themselves to surveillance

Individuals are entitled not to have their personal information in the public domain - regulation is needed to guarantee this

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas A government officer handling data can only be held accountable if regulations exist

It has come from evidence that there are no regulations to govern this system

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas An officer handling private data does not have guidance on what information he can share, with whom, and whether the data subject is entitled to know how his information is being used

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas In the absence of such regulations, individuals will self-censor

If you don't know what is happening to your information, there will be fear

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas On the issue of exclusion - our Constitution is very clear in Article 27 on discrimination

All are equal before the law & are entitled to rights without distinction of any kind

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas It is not disputed that Nubians and other communities are vetted

Indeed, in PS Kibicho's affidavit he lists ethnic groups that are vetted before they are granted nationality documents

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas The only consolation that Nubians have is that in the vetting committee, 1 out of 10 of the members is from the commuity

The rest are government and security officials

Indeed, the PS stated vetting is a "government process"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas No evidence has been brought to contravert the delays Nubians face in acquiring nationality documents

Either the respondents are not interested or they don't have that information

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas The respondents have stated #NIIMS is coming to correct the problems of the current system

But they don't state how the historical challenges faced by communities like Nubians are being handled

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas They will state the problems Nubians face pre-date #NIIMS - and this is a misunderstanding of Article 27, which obliges the government to adopt affirmative action measures in situations of historic marginalization

#HudumaNamba #GoodID

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas Why vet a Nubian?

Answers could be:

A. He's a Nubian or

B. That he could be a foreigner

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas But before considering B, that he could be a foreigner, you must deal with the fact that this person is ethnically Nubian

There is a positive obligation on the state not to discriminate based on ethnicity

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas The only response you will get from the government is that they want to prevent our borders from being infiltrated

You will not have seen any evidence of this infiltration or the nexus between the Nubians and this infiltration

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas "It really comes down to discrimination of ethnic minorities" says counsel @yussufugas

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas The African Commission looked at the facts & came to the conclusion that Nubians in Kenya are discriminated against

@acerwc looked at the situation of Nubian Minors' and called upon the Kenyan state to take positive steps to address the historic marginalization

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc There is no evidence of any such affirmative action steps taken

The fact that some Kenyans will be left out or left behind does not seem to concern the respondents

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc To get into the #NIIMS system, you have to have a nationality document - otherwise you will be locked out

Because the system and its use is unclear, the potential to de-nationalize segments of the Kenyan population is real

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Arguments that #NIIMS will make registration easier or more efficient are not good enough

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The dignity and rights of Kenyans are of higher value

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS #GoodID #DigitalID

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc #NIIMS is a digital infrastructure project - just like roads, bridges, railways, and so forth

But it actually goes deeper than that. It will affect budgetary allocation, elections, and every sector

It is inter-generational

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc #NIIMS is going to be used to give Kenya a new generation of identity cards

The data capture form seeks extensive information, contrary to the principles of data minimization

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The failure to appreciate the importance of consent of the citizen when their data is being shared

Indeed, the #NIIMS administrator informed the court they don't expect to seek the consent of the individual once one has sought to enroll

Govt will share the info at their will

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The issue of meta data - data about data - is unregulated

There are no requirements about purging of the data after a certain amount of time, and could lend itself to surveillance

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc In the #Aadhaar decision, the court find the government did not use reasonable tailoring to safeguard privacy of individuals and that the law was not narrowly framed to achieve the objectives

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc #NIIMS is more intrusive than #Aadhaar

Aadhaar had humanitarian aims - while #NIIMS includes objectives around crime and national security

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The failure to undertake a rigorous cost-benefit analysis, while billions are being expended, is also of great concern

This links with the exploration of alternatives - which could offer less restrictive effects on the right to privacy

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Lack of cost-benefit analysis can only make violations more severe

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc This court is obligated under the Constitution to adopt an interpretation that enhances the realizes of the rights of Kenyans in the widest manner possible

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc #NIIMS was brought through a Miscellaneous Amendments procedure, its purposes & objectives unclear - making it difficult to know whether the objectives are appropriate or proportional

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The court is left with little else but to find amendments to Reg of Persons Act that created #NIIMS are unconstitutional, discriminatory and therefore find in the petitioners' favor

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Counsel @yussufugas has concluded his highlighting

Counsel Victor Kamau of 3rd petitioner @HakiKNCHR is now beginning

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc For the 3rd petitioner, the three most important issues that come to the fore:

1. Was there any meaningful public participation?

Not just technical, formal - meaningful public participation governed by Article 10 & Article 118 of the Constitution of Kenya

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Counsel Kamau refers to two cases in which courts have found participation must not only be allowed, but be meaningful and must consider the appropriate method in each given case

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc For example, it might be appropriate to institute road shows, radio programs that disseminate appropriate information to facilitate public participation - which is also a requirement for Parliament under Article 118

This requirement was not met for #NIIMS

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc #NIIMS is an exceedingly technical system which is pervasive and all-intrusive in every area of the lives of citizens of Kenya and foreign residents in Kenya

All that happened was 7 short days to deal with such a technical system

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc All that was disseminated was the benefit of #NIIMS - not the risks

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The taking of GPS coordinates means Big Brother #NIIMS can smoke people out and shine the invader's spotlight on every aspect of someone's home, an omnipresent guest

If people knew that potential, they would have made a more informed decision

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The Constitution contemplates and actually institutes public participation so that the process, which affects them, can be demystified with a medium for the people's views to be considered

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc In determining whether Parliament has complied, the court needs to consider what Parliament did

And whether what Parliament did is reasonable in all the circumstances

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Factors to consider for "reasonable" would be:
-Rules to govern public participation
-Nature of legislation being considered
-Whether legislation is needed urgently

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The respondents' 4th witness PS ICT Ochieng actually admitted they did not inform the public of the risks the system presented and had not yet published the security policies of the system

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The inference we would draw is that the public had very little information with which they could actually effectively participate

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc PS Kibicho indicated information was given to the public just before registration was to begin - at that point, #NIIMS had already passed in Parliament

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The govt witness Mr. Brian Omwenga admitted he had information because he was an expert in that area - and any ordinary citizen would not enjoy the same benefit

As a witness who submitted recommendations, he hardly had any information on the system itself

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The public had only 7 days to submit view - this time was extremely short, especially in circumstances such as these

It is the duty of the respondents to prove public participation undertaken was sufficient

In this case, the respondents have not done so

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc They only showed the impugned law was advertised

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc We wish to refer you to Law Society of Kenya vs. Attorney General & 2 others - a 2019 case

The court of appeal expressed it was an error for the learned judge to require appellate to prove - burden shifted to the respondent

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Counsel Victor Kamau refers the court to the 2017 case IEBC vs. NASA & 6 others

The Supreme Court leads to the clear conclusion that Article 10(2) of the Constitution is justiceable and enforceable immediately

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc It was duty of respondents to give effect to aspirations of Kenyans

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc In testimony of all experts, #NIIMS is a highly technical system - on which even the respondents and their own experts had slightly different understandings

How much more would the ordinary Kenyan be completely mixed up?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Must consider both quantitative & qualitative aspects of public participation

Here, only had short 7 days

PS Kibicho talked about conversations with "hundreds" but didn't speak to quality of those conversations

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc We allege as petitioners this was not sufficient

Nothing filed so far has convinced us to the contrary

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc We also allege Parliament did not effectively rebut our allegation of lack of public participation by merely stating the 3rd petitioner supported #NIIMS

The 3rd petitioner supports digitization

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc But this does not exempt respondents from obligations of public participation or deal with the fact that #NIIMS was unprocedurally passed into law

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc 2. Procedural impropriety

Misc. Amendments Bill for minor amendments - but allowing collection of GPS, DNA are substantial and have far-reaching effects on the public

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc The amendments ought to be done in line with Article 261 of the Constitution

Including that the 1st respondent table the bill before Parliament in consultation - and this is again where it falls - with all organs engaged and concerned with constitutional implementation

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc On the question of whether these amendments were substantial, we refer the court to LSK vs. AG & 2 others (a 2019 case)

It explains that "substantive law as the part of law that creates, defines, and regulates parties rights & duties & power of parties"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Court must be convinced the amendments that created #NIIMS did not create, define, regulate, or confer rights or duties onto any party - and if they do, they would not be insubstantial

We submit the amendments conferred power to the respondents to collect additional data

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Data that experts confirm would not be 100% secure

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc "Single source of truth" - we submit respectfully that is an an exceedingly substantive regime and should never have been enacted through an omnibus, miscellaneous amendments act

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Counsel says the 3rd petitioner relies on its submissions and urges the court to find #NIIMS was unprocedurally and unconstitutionally passed

And to that extent, the entire measure is null & void

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Counsel Victor Kamau has concluded

Judge asks - she has 2 issues: public participation & procedural impropriety

Co-counsel clarifies the third issue is potential breach of right to privacy

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Counsel Victor Kamau would like the court to refer to their submissions for the 3rd issue on right to privacy

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc Highlighting by the 5th interested party @lawsocietykenya is now beginning by @MercyMutemi

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi It's not only the technology - but the entire system of #NIIMS under question

Is #NIIMS something our Constitution allows?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi The first article to look at is Article 31(c)

That short sentence packs within it at least 5 data protection principles that should cover the entire process of data processing, even collection

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi We see in Article 31 the principles of -

1. Purpose Limitation - define a specific purpose explicitly and make sure it's legitimate

2. Data Minimization - once you set purpose, collect just enough to fulfill that purpose

3. Lawful Processing - must be a law

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi 4. Integrity & confidentiality - to keep data safe from unnecessary access

5. Consent - Article 31 clear data comes from data subject

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi We see in the case of the 2nd and 3rd respondents a denial of internationally accepted principles of data protection

For example, they say #GDPR does not apply to Kenya

But these basic principles are already embedded in Article 31(c) & we cannot run away from that

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi How to limit right to privacy? Must look at Article 24

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi If we look at the law in which these amendments were made - the Registration of Persons Act - it's a law about registration of persons and applies only to citizens over the age of 18

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi There are many requirements in the Registration of Persons Act in order to collect data - gazetted reg. officers, etc.

If this law applies only to citizens over the age of 18, where did respondents get authority to collect data from minors or foreigners?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi We heard the kits were with 42,000 enumerators – were they gazetted registration agents?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi A law such as this, limiting a human right must have a specific statement about it’s intent – why are you limiting this right? To what extent? What is the purpose being achieved?

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Why must #NIIMS exist? Can't be conjecture

We don't get the answer from the long title of the Registration of Persons Act

If we look at the long title of the Misc. Amendments Bill, we get nothing - to amend 67 pieces of legislation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi If we look to the hansard of Parliament , no discussion took place of the right to privacy or the purpose of NIIMS - it was a rubber-stamping of the initiative of the executive

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Major limitation of the right to privacy, reason can only be drawn from the respondents' evidence:

--To make government's work easier

--To make citizens carry less ID cards

Is that a proportional limitation to the right to privacy?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Worse because of collection of biometric data - collected by 42,000 registration agents

Biometric data is highly portable and unique instantly erodes anonymity and discloses more than just identifying information

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi We can tell health patterns, behavioral patterns

This brings the risk of covert surveillance, of monitoring all behavior - and opens the door for profiling

This is the kind of data under consideration

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi When you consider effect on human dignity, on equality, on freedom generally - the outstanding question remains: is convenience on the govt side enough reason to violate the right to privacy in such a manner?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi 4 levels of violation:

1. Unlawful registration process took place

Goal itself unlawful - no law, no hansard speak to purpose

Manner in which it was carried out - data capture form & training manual which are not statutory documents

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi 2. Data collected without consent

Form said it was mandatory, though respondent in court said it was not mandatory

Citizens told if they don't register they won't access service

That people queued is not consent

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi 3. Exercise lacked proper safeguards as required under Article 24

Case from Jamaica - safeguards must proceed process of biometric registration; there is no shortcut

Govt must know limits of system before it's set up

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi 4. A system consolidating all information - single source of truth cannot pass Article 31(c)

Different govt institutions need different information; it is not okay to have one database with all this info and say it's for the convenience for all other institutions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi There are less restrictive ways to achieve the convenience the respondents are looking for

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi The laws referred to by respondents -KICA, Access to Information Act, Computer Misuse & Cybercrimes -do little to address fears around right to privacy

Not about a hacker

What will happen to 3rd respondent should he decide to do something outside the purview of Article 31?

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Nothing in this Act limits his powers - nothing says the purpose of NIIMS, nothing sets the boundaries, or says if he crosses them he will be held accountable

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Counsel @MercyMutemi has concluded her highlighting and counsel Julie Soweto is now beginning

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Counsel Julie Soweto says:

1. There was mischief in establishing this system in the Misc. Amendments Bill

2. The amendments were not minor or inconsequential - they were significant changes affecting fundamental rights & freedoms of Kenyans

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi 3. The government did not engage in public participation, but sensitization

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi On point #1 (mischief):

Case of LSK vs. AG & another - Constitutional Petition 3 of 2016

Decided by 5 judges of High Court, including 2 of the judges before us today

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi The fundamental question is what is the purpose of omnibus bills & when are they to be used?

"An omnibus bill is an avenue for making general, housekeeping amendments to legislation - for relatively minor, non-controversial amendments & repeal acts no longer required"

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Only minor, non-controversial amendments can be made to several laws at one time

It is not in dispute that govt has spent a significant amount of public funds in the product of the amendments that were introduced to the Registration of Persons Act

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Can't force support for bills (by bundling them together) that would not succeed if they had to stand on their own merits, said the court in the LSK case

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Is the public interest well-served by omnibus bills?

That is the real question the court must grapple with in this case, says counsel Julie Soweto

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Counsel refers to another authority - LSK vs. AG & 2 others,
Civil Appeal 96 of 2014

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi On point #2 - nature of amendments to the Registration of Persons Act

Could they be introduced as minor through a Statute Law Misc. Amendments Act?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Counsel refers to the amendments to section 9(A) -

(a) to create, manage, maintain, and operate a national population register as a single source of information

(b) to assign a unique national identification number to every person registered in the register

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi (e) to proscribe a format of identification document

It is clear Section 9(A) went beyond correcting anomalies or inconsistencies in the law

It creates a new system of identification of Kenyans

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Based on testimonies of witnesses, it is clear there is a major shift in the law and how Kenya will deal with its citizens and with foreigners resident in the country

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi It is our submission that the #HudumaNamba introduced through #NIIMS affects rights of Kenyans & ability to access services

Huduma is service - it's not just an identification number

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Therefore, nature of amendments introduced is that they created, defined, regulated, and conferred powers that were previously not provided for in the Reg of Persons Act

And the amendments altered rights of citizens & foreigners in ways not envisaged in the Act

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi On point #3 - whether there was public participation

It is our submission that the use of Misc. Amendments bill was to circumvent public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Counsel refers again to precedence - that once it's alleged there was no public participation, the burden shifts to the respondents to show there was

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi The mischief is the emasculation of the rights of the citizen, the taking away of the right to public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi During the testimony of PS Kibicho, he said what the govt did was sensitization of the public

"to inform them about the benefits of #HudumaNamba"

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi It's our submission what the govt carried out was a civic education exercise - the intention was not to invite, involve, receive views of the public on the intended law so as to influence the making of the law, as envisaged under the Constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi It was to merely bring awareness of what the govt had done or was doing

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Counsel refers to the case involving Kiambu County, in which it was said -

Public participation should not be equated with mere consultation

Public participation is not a cosmetic venture or PR exercise

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi It is our submission and our complaint that the mischief behind the use of a misc. amendments bill to bring substantive changes to the law - and a very limited time for public participation - was to create the illusion of public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi It was to satisfy a formality, not to meet the spirit of the law or what the people intended when they enshrined in the Constitution Article 10 & Article 118

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi To conclude, using the words of the Court of Appeal in the LSK vs. AG case (2019)

Respondents rely on hiding in hand amendments to existing laws to sneak in substantial amendments

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi These cases may not have been needed if respondents did what they are supposed to do

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi Counsel Julie Soweto for the 6th interested party @InformAction_KE has concluded her highlighting

The court will now break for one hour, resuming at 3:30pm

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Court is back in session

Counsel for respondents will now begin highlighting their submissions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel Rugeru is beginning by saying the context of the issues must be appreciated

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE In the Court of Appeals decision LSK vs. AG that has been relied upon earlier today, the judges were clear that context matters

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE What is the context here?

Jubilee rode to power on the agenda of technological advancement, with digitization of public records being a key plank in their commitment to the people of Kenya

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE After Jubilee came to power, digitization drove a number of govt efforts

Digitization of records at the lands registry, talk about 3rd generation ID cards, talk of new generation driving licenses, a new generation passport was actually rolled out

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE But probably nothing engaged the govt's passion more than the need to digitize personal identification information in recognition of the fact that it was the missing link - and unless & until you digitize those records, other spheres of digitization would be futile

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE PS Kibicho's affidavit "makes for fascinating reading" of the steps the government took in a systematic way to implement that dream of digitized personal identification records

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE The petitioners would say govt was in a rush – but what happened on the ground belies that, it’s why I keep coming back to context

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Many registries, many errors - making planning & delivery of services to Wanjiku a complete nightmare

Massive duplicate of govt efforts & rolls, resulting in unacceptable levels of wastefulness and inefficiency

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE It's against this background that #NIIMS was mooted with some key central objectives -

1. Consolidate all personal identification information that govt already held in multiple repositories

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE But, those records would no longer be held in manual form - they would be digitized

2. Ultimately, a Huduma Card would be issued, capturing digitally Wanjiku's personal records from cradle to grave - it would be the single source of truth on personal identity

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE So what did government do to implement what are obviously very noble objectives?

-Developed an ICT policy
-Comprehensive SWOT analysis w/UNICEF
-Commissioned leading expert Dr. Brian Omwenga to come up w/report on best practice
-Benchmarking tours across the globe

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Finally, a public awareness campaign that began in Feb 2018 - 2018 I would emphasize - a whole year before the petitions were filed

You were told this morning the govt did no more than sensitization, that is incorrect - it was a deliberate campaign

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE The legislature had to kick-in with a facilitating legislation, and that is how come you had the amendments to the Registration of Persons Act, which went through all the stages prescribed by law & the constitution of course, including public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE This was from last year April 2018 to December 2018, when the Act was assented to

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE The law having been put in place, and there having been no objection as of that time - in fact the 3rd petitioner put in a memo supporting the amendment - the govt set out implementing #NIIMS

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE We were told how - procuring 31,500 kits, training scores of personnel, procuring hardware where necessary, developing software using local experts, and planning a pilot of the scheme in 15 counties

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE All these initiatives by government do not support some of the allegations, for instance that this is an insensitive government out to take advantage of & deceive its citizens

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Or an allegation that the govt had a reckless & cavalier attitude as far as #NIIMS is concerned

That govt exhibits impunity & disregard of the law

That govt is undertaking the exercise in an opaque manner w/out transparency

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Or that govt is engaged in campaign of coercion & deception against its own citizens, in the words of 1st petitioner

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Law was assented to in December 2018, petitioners took their time and filed in February 2019 - the program was set to roll out on 2nd April 2019

Court allowed mass registration of Kenyans to proceed, albeit on certain conditions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Hearing of petitions through oral testimony kicked off, and to our dismay, we were presented with the 1st petitioner with a purported expert from India who made attacks on our local experts & who would not acknowledge that #NIIMS had any benefit whatsoever

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE In that sense, the purported expert was actually crying louder than the bereaved - because the petitioners have said they are not opposed to NIIMS, obviously because they recognize there are some benefits to be derived therefrom

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE And their main grievance is there should be some measures taken in certain areas

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE We learned there was an unseen hand in these proceedings, lurking somewhere in the shadows known as the Open Society

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE I don't want to say much about the Open Society, but their activities across the globe are well-known - judicial notice can be taken about what they do

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE As we respond to various criticisms leveled by petitioners against #NIIMS, we point out one or two key factors for you to consider

If one is on a fault-finding mission, poking holes in any system, one would most likely succeed as there is no 100% perfect system

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE It is far easier to pull down, destroy, criticize than it is to painstakingly build systems, as I have shown the government doing over the years

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE What should concern the court is that #NIIMS isn't 100% perfect - because no system is - but whether sufficient safeguards, both legislative and technical, have been put in place

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE To minimize against harmful effects of breach of the system, which would place Wanjiku's personal data at risk

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE We will be showing, as we highlight, that there do exist in truth and in fact sufficient safeguards in an imperfect world - through technical expertise and legislative measures to assuage the fears the petitioners have as far as #NIIMS is concerned

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE None of the petitioners is asking for an abolition of #NIIMS

They state digitization of personal information is here to stay, but they seek certain mitigation measures

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE The 1st petitioner testified "we cannot go back to paper" & adoption of centralized population registers is gaining traction globally and that trend is irreversible

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel Rugeru feels the intention is not to hold Kenya back as the rest of the world moves on

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel refers to an affidavit in support of 2nd petitioner @thekhrc where it states they are not opposed to assigning of a unique identification number

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel refers to a submission to Parliament of 3rd petitioner that was in support of digitization

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE A super majority of Kenyans, in excess of 38 million people, expressed their support for centralization & digitization by enrolling in the system

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE You will hear from the petitioners these people were coerced, they were not told of the risk

This is an insult to Wanjiku

Wanjiku is more knowledgeable than we think

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Wanjiku is nobody's fool - she is well aware of what is going on

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Yes, there are monumental benefits to #NIIMS - I hasten to take you through them, it would be boring, you've been told by the witnesses, it's in the affidavits

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Those benefits are not just financial in nature

Billions that NIIMS, yes, has costed - 7 billion, climbing steadily to 9 billion

He gave you other figures - other billions saved through, say, the Ministry of Agriculture in replicating, duplicating collecting data

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE But it's not just financial

Even the most fierce critic of #NIIMS has to recognize those

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE We are mindful of the fact the petitioners raised certain concerns, which yes, for a responsible government cannot be ignored

What we have done in our docs is to demonstrate to you that those concerns were anticipated ahead of time, they are well taken care of

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE And really there is no cause for alarm if one looks at this objectively, in the proper context

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Concern #1: Privacy

You were referred to Article 31(c) - that's a score for govt, in our laws we have Article 31(c)

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE "Unnecessarily" - implies sometimes it would be necessary that information related to family or private affairs is required by government

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Indeed, the 1st petitioners confirmed that any identification system must, to some extent, rely on collection of personal information

Can't identify anyone anywhere if they don't share their info - their name, where they were born, etc.

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE We have demonstrated that every piece of information required by #NIIMS is absolutely necessary for establishing a national population register

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE There was no new personal information, no new category of personal information, that was introduced through #NIIMS

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Yes, you have DNA, you have GPS - you heard it from the horse's mouth, the administrator saying DNA and GPS is nowhere contained in the data capture form that you saw

And that there is no intention to collect that

Barring that, there is nothing else that is new

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel refers to #Aadhaar case, as cited in the govt affidavits, where it says there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in regards to fingerprints or iris scans as they used only for purposes of identification

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Concern #2: Data Security

Petitioners have not shown a breach of any law here - only gleaning from data protection principles from around the world, treaties, etc., that do not form part of our law

Heavy reliance on #GDPR - EU standards

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE We have dealt with #GDPR in our affidavits and shown they have no relevance here

Even in regards to Article 2(6) of our Constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE But government has put in place laws/regulations that meet those very principles - purpose limitation, data minimization, cross-border transfer of data, correction of data, & consideration of less invasive means

You will find all this detailed in supp. submissions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE As far as consent is concerned, it is not applicable in the context of #NIIMS where collecting & processing of personal data is sanctioned by the law

Counsel again refers to submissions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE We have also pointed out the sensitive issue of children in those submissions, including legislation govt has been put in place like Children's Act and Trafficking in Persons Act to minimize risks

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE We have detailed the legislation that contain adequate measures for protection of data generally and specifically for #NIIMS

We have also noted the enactment of the Data Protection Bill, 2018, at an advanced stage - 2nd reading

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE But we wish to stress that the efforts to enact this law was not triggered by any deficiency in the existing laws

Rather, it was an attempt to augment and consolidate various laws on data protection

#HudumaNamba #DataprotectionKE

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Judges point out Counsel Rugeru is now 40 minutes in, another counsel will donate some of his time

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel Rugeru continues:

Government should be commended, not condemned, for improving its legislative context

We often enact new laws - new land laws 2012 - did it mean no laws in place? No, it was an attempt to consolidate - that's what is happening here

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel refers to main submissions, where it captures efforts made from technical viewpoint including encryption as well as the use of a centralized population register, which is distinctly linked to independent functional databases

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE You heard the two PS's right in that box, how proud they were of how impenetrable the system is

They told us about ethical hackers who carried out penetration test

PS Kibicho dared any hacker to try to break into #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Concern 3: Exclusion & Discrimination

Counsel again refers to specific paragraphs in the submissions

We refer case of Jackeline Okayo vs. AG - attempted to bring out primary elements of discrimination and so on

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Those were basically unequal treatment, unfavorable bias, and bias based on Constitutional definition of discrimination I believe we have here Article 27 on discrimination

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE In context of #NIIMS, the amended law makes no distinction in registration - it says "all Kenyans"

Nowhere does it make distinction about mainstream Kenyans vs. border communities or Nubians

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE That also speaks to issue of children, it covers all Kenyans regardless of age

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Amended law did not bring in vetting

Petition could not have been triggered by amendments, because vetting has existed for years upon years

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE That vetting is not unique to the Nubian community - they should not single themselves out and say we are discriminated against

PS Kibicho said all Kenyans are vetted prior to issuance of IDs, normally by Assistant Chief

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Where Asst Chief is in doubt, vetting committee constituted

You remember PS gave an example of a Kikuyu in Turkana - clearly he's not a mainstream Turkana, Asst. Chief would constitute a committee on the spot

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Vetting committees have nothing to do with majority decisions or voting, you heard Mr. Bashir saying only 1 elder vs. 9 govt officials - they don't cast votes, they vet to see whether one is Kenyan or not

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE And remember, vetting is anchored in law - through 2014 Security Laws Amendments Act

It came before #NIIMS

Therefore it's not discriminatory

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel refers to authority they included in submissions that says different treatment does not always amount to discrimination

And let's remember why vetting is needed in the first place - to balance between two competing interests

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE On the one hand, you want to register as many Kenyans as possible

On the other hand, you want to ensure people who are not Kenyan do not acquire Kenyan identification

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE Counsel Rugeru continues:

The cases before the @ACHPR & @acerwc - look at our submissions

Those recommendations - and by the way, they were no more than that - were not binding on govt - but govt has taken certain measures that amount to meeting standards set

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Measures include universal birth registration and issuance of birth certificates for all children, including Nubians

Free primary education for children resident in Kenya, including the stateless

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Concern #4: Constitutionality of amendments

Mode of enactment - so-called omnibus bill

Counsel again refers to supplementary submissions where "we have dealt with this at length"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Constitution does not prohibit use of miscellaneous amendment bill - that term, or omnibus, doesn't exist in the constitution

In appreciation of separation of powers, it's left to Parliament

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Even going by the argument of minor amendments - that is why I come back to context

What is minor and what is major will depend on so, so many things

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Does the impugned amendment in and of itself amount to a major amendment?

We think not

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR When you leave out extraneous factors, all the amendment did was introduce the issue of digitization

Three key words in that amendment are "in digital form"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR No new powers were vested in administrator - he always had the power to collect personal records that we're talking about

When you look at it in proper context, really it's not a major amendment - it's minor, limited to digitization

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR And regarding that often cited case of LSK & the AG, if you look at the parties to that litigation you would see Parliament was not a party, unlike in this proceeding

Possible relevant evidence was not presented from party with relevant records

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Doctors for Life International vs. Speaker of National Assembly underlines principle of separation of powers and states courts must be conscious of limits of judicial authority and constitution leaving certain matters to other branches

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Because our courts are open, will receive all kinds of pleadings - will court address all? We think not

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Concern #5: Public participation

We are saying public participation is an issue of fact

Parliament has constitutional mandate of deciding best method of public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR If Parliament decides in its wisdom this is the way to go, so be it

Affidavit from clerk of National Assembly details what happened in public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Parliament has discretion as far as public participation is concerned and the court should be slow to intervene in the exercise of that discretion

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR On the Senate - the simple argument is Senate had no role to play in this amendment

The amendment did not concern the Senate w/in the meaning of Article 110(1) of the Constitution - the fact a devolved function might be mentioned doesn't mean entitlement of Senate

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Creation of digital population register is not vested in county governments under 4th Schedule of the Constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR On whether courts can interrogate government policy -

A lot of issues being complained about here rest solely within executive mandate of government - unfair for petitioners to ask court to adjudicate on sufficiency of government policy

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Counsel says submissions listed inconsistencies in the evidence of govt witnesses

"The truth is that they do not exist"

The main problem was that 1st petitioner misrepresented what govt witnesses had actually said

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Going so far as to say they had admitted certain things, which they hadn't

Counsel refers to where this is dealt with in submissions and states there are no inconsistencies

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR On public interest -

Constitution binds court to consider public interest

We have cited IEBC vs. NASA - it is that decision that says principle of proportionality is now part of jurisprudence

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Challenge for the bench is to weigh public interest, which is inherent in this matter - the massive benefits to the public - against the positions taken by the petitioners

And using the test of proportionality decide on which side the scale tilts

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR "We submit in that test, the people of Kenya win against the petitions" says counsel for respondents Rugeru

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR The massive benefits for the population

The 38 million plus who voluntary marched to registration centers

The billions that have been invested already - irreversibly - in #NIIMS

The vast number of Kenyans vs. small number of petitioners here

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR And not forgetting what PS ICT Ochieng said - there is a looming identification crisis

In other words, if #NIIMS is rolled back - where do we find ourselves as a country?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR From a test of proportionality, decision has to be that #NIIMS proceeds, says Counsel Reguru

It's a balancing act

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Government cites Indian Supreme Court - right to privacy protected under constitution still held that privacy concerns in the biometric identity system were minimal considering its benefits - and they allowed #Aadhaar to continue

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR At the time the court was allowing #Aadhaar to proceed, there was no #dataprotection law in existance

AG had only said committee was formed to look into some aspects of enacting a law - a committee

In Kenya, we are way ahead, says Counsel Rugeru

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR We have a Data Protection Bill, anytime it will be a law

The way the Supreme Court of India decided is very instructive to this court

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR 1st petitioner has introduced new prayers in submissions - not part of the petition

Those new issues were never responded to by government and it's wholly unacceptable they can now bring in brand new issues

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Counsel for respondents requests those prayers be struck out, as all parties should be bound by their pleadings

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Prayers include request for the court to put in place a technical committee

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR On the issue of costs and expenses - 1st petitioner is claiming they are entitled to that

We have dealt with that in supplementary submissions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Govt has prayed costs of defending petitions, to the extent that they had no basis, should be awarded to 2nd and 3rd respondents

Pray for court to dismiss petitions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Counsel Rugeru for respondents indicates he has nothing further to highlight and will rely on the submissions from the respondents' side

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Counsel Nyaundi for the respondents is now beginning and saying they rely on their submissions, including the supplementary submissions filed last week (Oct 9, 2019)

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Counsel Nyaundi also wants to start with context - the context of here and now

#HudumaNamba registration, having been launched in April, registered slightly over 38 million people

The registration process cost upwards of 7 billion Kenyan Shillings

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR If you divided the 7 billion shillings among 47 counties, each would have 150 million shillings

A sum that would build and equip major development projects like referral hospitals

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR Data collected pursuant to orders of the court, the data the petitioners now demand we trash

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR If court was persuaded to null the whole exercise, what does the 5th respondent do with the data of 38 million Kenyans?

Is it feasible that the court should ignore the economic loss of the 7 billion shillings?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR This is the challenge the court must deal with - the matter is not theoretical, but practical

Counsel refers to statements made by @MarthaKarua and @waikwawanyoike that digitization is a trend we can't reverse

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Challenge for court is determination on data protection & claims, allegations on personal privacy

Here we point to Article 31(c) of the Constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel emphasizes where the Constitution says the information should not be "unnecessarily required"

Counsel says they are showing information being sought is necessary - not just to issue each person a unique number, but for a single source of truth

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel says country is prone to terrorism, child trafficking, and all manner of crime

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike #NIIMS will be a single source of truth and facilitate issuance of a 3rd generation ID for every Kenyan - a #digitalID

#NIIMS will eradicate incidence of fake IDs and improve on security against all manner of crimes

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike #NIIMS has come under heavy criticism, especially through the mouth of petitioner's 2nd witness Mr. Anand who stood confidently and told the court #NIIMS is a waste of taxpayers funds

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The counsel is continuing to question the credentials of expert witness Mr. Anand

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel says Mr. Anand does not even have the algorithms for #NIIMS - but relies on what he can read in the public domain

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike PS ICT said the specifics of #NIIMS is not in the public domain

Petition also acknowledges specifics are not in the public domain

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike "In the mind of the 5th respondent, Mr. Anand is a biased witness"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Expert evidence must be weighed in the context of all other evidence - it must not trump other evidence

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike It should be given due weight, but merely as part of the evidence

Evidence from Mr. Anand should not be seen in a vacuum - considered alongside evidence of other witnesses like Mr. Brian Omwenga & Mr. Edward Muchemi & Mr. Loyford Mureithi

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Where there is conflicting expert opinion, the court should test that expert opinion against background of all other evidence to determine which opinion of conflicting experts the court should adopt

Counsel submits court should look favorably on govt witness

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Expert evidence is not a science that relies on a fixed formula

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike #NIIMS has 4 key components - the most significant component is the (1) software, which is the equipment that captures and transmits biometric & biographical data of each individual

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Where does it transmit it to? The second component (2) central depository system

Then, data is authenticated and verified

Then comes the third component (3) #HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Once a citizen or resident has a #HudumaNamba, they will then get (4) a Huduma Card

This card is secured using both a personal identification number (PIN) and one selected biometric ID

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike To use the Huduma Card, you need a pin number and your own selected biometric ID

Finally, the fourth (?) component of the #NIIMS system an application programming interface which allows services providers in private & public sector to verify holder of that doc

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Why do we explain all this? To demystify debate about whether #NIIMS is a centralized or decentralized system

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Mr. Anand said it's centralized and therefore prone to breaches, and is insecure

Mr. Brian Omwenga said it's neither entirely centralized nor entirely decentralized because identities, once authenticated, are stored in centralized database

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The users of NIIMS carry NSSF, NHIF - which will maintain functional databases only for the purpose they require for the services they render

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Those who gave proposals, like Mr. Omwenga, and those who designed the software, like Mr. Mureithi, say #NIIMS is both centralized and decentralized

[Didn't Mr. Anand say "centralized & federated"?]

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Part of Mr. Anand's complaint is dearth of information about the system

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel urges court to wholly reject evidence of Mr. Anand because he presumes it's a centralized system

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike While Mr. Anand pours cold water on the #Aadhaar system, other studies have pronounced it as a success story

PS ICT includes in his evidence one such report, which calls Aadhaar a "remarkable example of reach"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The report was from University of Toronto & Munk School of Global Affairs

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Globally it is agreed no electronic system is completely secure

All electronic systems have a measure of risk, yet globally we are moving away from hard paper and entertaining digitization in all spheres of our lives

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The question is not digitization - the question is:

Is the data that has been electronically captured & stored safe?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The amendment that established #NIIMS is alive to the fact that #dataprotection is important

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The country has an operational Data Protection Policy and now there is a Data Protection Bill moving through the house

We are moving from the general to the specific and in this motion, it cannot be said there is a dearth of legal provisions on data protection

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Judge tells Counsel Nyaundi he has gone past 40 minutes

He says he will summarize

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike He refers to submissions where it states the data is encrypted & access to #NIIMS database would not provide 360 degree view to an individual's life

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Mr. Anand said you cannot have absolute privacy

Counsel Nyaundi feels that sums it up - in submissions, govt has made a run-down of issues for court to consider

Includes rationality & proportionality

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel submits the amendments deals with only that which is needed to digitize information in possession of govt but in hardcopy

He prays court finds the petitions are without merit and dismissed with costs

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel Nyaundi is finished

Highlighting moves to next counsel for respondents, who says he will be brief

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike There are only 2 ways statutory provisions can be challenged in a court of law -

1. Procedure

2. Content

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The Constitution of Kenya 2010 does not prescribe the procedure for legislation

What Constitution prescribes in Article 118 is that the public must have access & be given an opportunity to participate in a legislative process

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Petitioners are not challenging access, b/c they had access to Parliament

They only challenge participation

Courts have had occasion to examine standing orders of Parliament,which set our procedure - courts have found standing orders provide 4 public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Petitioners should show this requires something more - and in counsel's view, they haven't

Next issue is omnibus bills

Constitution recognizes Parliament has discretion to determine procedure

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel says no evidence that procedure of omnibus bills is different than other bills

Counsel says petitioners have an issue with nomenclature, not the content of the process

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The Misc Amendments Bill was in public domain for 7 months before assent

Public participation is not limited to pre-legislative state, but public has access through 1st reading, 2nd reading or even to petition president before assent

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike After legislation is passed, can still petition Parliament to amend the legislation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Omnibus bills are used in many jurisdictions - it's not correct that internationally it's not accepted to amend many laws in one bill

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel says court shouldn't tell Parliament whether or not to use omnibus bills - the real issue is the participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel now turning to second issue, of content

In the #Aadhaar decision there is an entire chapter on comparative jurisprudence - the court said there is no uniform conceptualization of the right to privacy

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel says the Indian Constitution does not have a similar provision on right to privacy like the Kenyan one - nor does the Jamaican Constitution

The court construed that right from other rights

In Kenya, we have a specific article that speaks to that right

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Article 31 of the Kenyan Constitution provides a particularization - how the right to privacy is conceptualized in Kenya

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike It's not a limitation of the right to privacy, it's the way the right to privacy is conceptualized under the Kenyan Constitution

If the information is necessary, it cannot be unconstitutional to ask for it

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Decision on what's necessary has been given to the political organs of state - what the executive needs to carry out its constitutional mandate

Amendments about changing format - from manual to digital - that is, in essence, what it's doing

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Article 261 anticipates certain rights in the Constitution require legislation to give effect

The framers of the Constitution did not anticipate the right to privacy is contingent on another legislation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Respondents have indicated several pieces of legislation that they believe provide data protection

Registration of Persons Act does not give effect to data protection

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Let us not assess whether Registration of Persons Act gives data protection, because that is not the purpose of that Act

But other Acts do give effect to data protection and you will find them in our submissions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Article 43 justifies #NIIMS - to give effect to economic & social rights in our Constitution

#HudumaNAmba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The AG is concerned about the orders being sought - this case is not in a vacuum, but in a certain political context

A large majority of the Kenyan population voluntarily registered for this process

Considerable public resources were employed to undertake this process

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Executive & legislature have taken measures to advance data protection

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike That's the context in which the court should consider orders being sought

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike In closing, counsel says it's not within purview of court to question efficacy of government policy and that court would be going beyond powers to say #NIIMS is inferior to other systems out there & Executive should go for another one

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel prays petition be dismissed

Highlighting for that counsel is finished and on to the next...

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel for respondents wants to highlight on 2 areas

Public participation - counsel refers to gazette notice of the Misc. Amendments Bill

He states not all Kenyans would be interested because "it's a very boring exercise"

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The bill was debated in November 2018 - there were various amendments proposed by members

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel says it was not true the amendments were tacked deliberately in the Misc. Bill to avoid public participation

He says the law was submitted to public participation, even at committee stage

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel says petitioners had chance to participate through electing MPs

They can only give their views and consult w/representatives

No guarantee that what is brought must be adopted by the House

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike We can only contribute through our elected representatives

If we want to make law, let us go sit in the House

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Even a single paragraph, a single section must go through the whole legislative process

This is not unique to us - see what applies in New Zealand on omnibus, the word used in other jurisdictions - a word unique to legislature

Not the way we want to call it: minor

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike There was no mischief

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike On involvement of the Senate -

Unless question arises that this is a matter that involves county governments, it won't be referred to Senate

It's not every time

The bill was on national framework

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel refers to Court of Appeals decision - Civil Appeal 96 of 2014

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Parliament was not a party of the proceedings in that case even though they allegedly violated Constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike We therefore submit the petition here is purely on a legislative audit - the petitioners are aggrieved because this particular legislation does not meet their (economy?)

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel concludes his highlighting

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel @MarthaKarua objects as another counsel for the respondents walks towards the bench - as he had previously donated his time to Counsel Rugeru, who took well over 1 hour

Counsel Rugeru responds that Counsel Karua went over time - the judges say she took exactly 30 minutes

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The judges will allow the counsel for 4th respondent to take 5 minutes to adopt submissions

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel for the 4th respondents says he wishes to rely on written submissions and issues he wishes to highlight have already been covered by his colleagues

He wants to only highlight on public participation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike This petition gives court opportunity to distinguish between Article 10 and Article 118

He submits it is not the same - one is a principle of governance, the other is a positive obligation imposed on Parliament

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The people of Kenya cede power to legislate to Parliament

Article 118 should not be construed in such a manner that it's a clawback of legislative ability by people of Kenyan

That clawback of sovereignty would be an unconstitutional clawback

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Any assigning of sovereignty other than that in the Constitution would be a coup

A coup against legislative sovereignty ceded by people of Kenya to Parliament

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel for 4th respondent urges court to dismiss petitions with costs to respondents entitled to costs in law

He has now concluded

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel holding brief for 1st interested party (Child Welfare Society) wishes to adopt submissions without highlighting

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel for 8th & 9th interested parties (International Policy Group and Terror Victims Support Initiative) is now speaking

Article 31 is not an absolute right and is subject to limitation

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel points to an authority from South Africa on this issue

He also refers to precedence from Kenya that acknowledged Article 31 can be subject to limitation

Counsel asks court to weigh between national security concerns & private rights espoused by petitioners

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike It's his view and that of the 9th interested party that national security concerns far outweigh rights of private individuals

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Security concerns must be taken seriously and can be a factor taken into account when limiting privacy says counsel for 8th & 9th interested parties

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel says UK Parliament has dealt with this issue

A report attached to affidavit of 9th interested party highlights this

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Information sought under #NIIMS is information already held by government

There is a presumption that once someone has given their data to someone else, can't claim right to privacy when same data is collected again

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike There is a presumption that right to privacy no longer available to the petitioners

Counsel refers to case from the US where court made determination on US 4th Amendment

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel urges court to consider economic benefits of #digitalID to this country

Specifically, #digitalidentity is one of the goals of UNDP under #SDG16 16.9 to provide legal identity for all, including #birthregistration

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike These #SDGs our country has adopted through our Constitution

The World Bank has come up with Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development #ID4D

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike There could be cost savings for customer onboarding with #digitalID, says counsel for 8th & 9th interested parties

Could also result in fraud savings - decreased payroll fraud

There will also be an increased tax collection because govt knows who is working

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike It was also found by McKinsey that a good #digitalID system could reduce slavery & child marriages

In Indonesia, high % of children married have no identification

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike According to McKinsey report, it's easy for India to give people food rations because they can identify who is eligible

#HudumaNamba #Aadhaar #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel refers to 8th interested party's affidavit on economic benefits & 9th interested party's affidavit on national security concerns

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel concludes by urging court to dismiss petition

Petitioners now have 5 minutes to respond

@yussufugas will start

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel @yussufugas starting with test of proportionality

He urges the court to use the test from the recently cited case

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The strict application of this test requires there is an initial, minimal burden on petitioners and it shifts to respondents and there is a heightened burden on them

It was cited by Justice Sykes of Jamaica as the best way to protect rights

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The Open Society has been collaborating with the 1st petition Nubian Rights Forum for over 7 years & the organization has been working on Nubian issues for long

Counsel for respondents objects and judges ask Counsel Bashir to focus on Mr. Anand

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel Bashir says Mr. Anand has worked in the field for over 20 years - and his expertise shows because the respondents have tried to discredit him, belittle him

His understanding of the system was clear for all to see

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Mr. Anand said there is not 100% secure system, but a system can be designed to protect the rights of individuals with least restrictive measures

The onus is on the govt to provide convincing & legitimate reasons for every step they take

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike On the cost-benefit analysis, counsel for respondents talked about variety of benefits

In cost-benefit analysis, even non-financial benefits are assigned a value

Respondents will spend billions w/out this most basic consideration having been taken into account

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike On #GDPR, govt witness Mr. Brian Omwenga relied on it as giving govt discretion in design

Today, counsel for respondents say #GDPR does not apply

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Respondents are asking you to read application of Registration of Persons Act to children without showing intention to do so

Also failure to show how system will protect children b/c no information on architecture has been shared - it's simply opaque

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike On the #Aadhaar decision, it says the opposite of what counsel for respondents says

It says -

Collection of most forms of biometric data requires some infringement of data subject's personal space

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike On the issue of how impregnable the system is, and hacking

For hackers - it's about the benefit they will obtain; big data in a centralized system is very attractive for hackers

Justice Chandrachud in India was very aware of this

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike He said "losing your biometrics is irreversible, unlike a password that can be changed" once your fingerprints, your name, your details are out you cannot change them

#HudumaNamba #Aadhaar

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike On vetting

The affidavit of PS Kibicho lists communities who are vetted - Nubians, Somalis, Digos - there is a whole list

Counsel suggested we have no option but to vet these individuals. There are several options - rely on the documentation that govt issues

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike When a child turns 18, they have a birth certificate and their parents IDs - these could be used in lieu of vetting

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The respondents have not cited any case - they have simply demonstrated their attitude to Nubians is that they cannot tell them apart

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike On #dataprotectionKE, our position is that the law cannot fix what technology has already broken

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Constitutionality, in the words of Justice Sykes in Robinson vs. Jamaica, or lack of it cannot be based on what legislation is to come, but rather on the legislation that is there

#HudumaNamba #GoodID

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike You are being asked to upload constitutionality because of a proposed Data Protection Bill and a proposed #HudumaBill2019, but neither of those currently exist (as law)

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike What #NIIMS is and how intrusive it will be is very difficult to determine

This is because of the opaqueness of the information

Citizens can only assume the worst

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The inconsistencies – whether it’s centralized or decentralized, whether it uses biometrics or a chip card – are present in the record & respondent affidavits

No amount of giving evidence from the bar will change that

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike When respondents talk about policy efficiency, what they mean is the court should not have oversight of executive

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Constitution is clear in Article 165 – this court has every right & a duty to check the executive when they employ a system that excludes Kenyans b/c they don’t have nationality documents & that infringes on right to privacy

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike That counsel for respondents (particularly the National Assembly) would challenge decision of Court of Appeals in this forum, because that court chose not to involve them is interesting tactic

Counsel for 1st petitioner has concluded

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Counsel for @MarthaKarua is now beginning her response

Not about amount spent or benefits of #NIIMS - but whether impugned amendments meet constitutional requirements

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike A lot of money may have been spent, and officials concern may be well-meaning, but that is not the test says @MarthaKarua

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The campaign promises is not the issue here and cannot excuse constitutional infirmity

#HudumaNamba #NIIMS

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike The petitions were filed shortly after the assent - filed in February 2019, assent was in December 2018

Legally not tenable to quote Mr. Anand on something they appreciate & demonize him where he says something that doesn't suit them

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike But I'm impressed by fixation on Mr. Anand, which means he is admired by both the petitioners and the respondents

Why? Because his evidence was straightforward

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike Are there sufficient safeguards? Risk of right to privacy can only be mitigated by safeguards on data protection

It's clear and even respondents have shown they have proposed a Data Protection Bill & show best practices from benchmarking that they have not adopted

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike There are not safeguards like office of the Data Commissioner

These safeguards are being introduced afterwards - you have the powers to extend the orders stopping the utilization of data collected until these Constitutional imperatives are in place

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike It's not fair to put the data of 38 million Kenyans, as respondents have stated, at stake by rushing without putting safeguards in place

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike It is clear that the limits of what DNA can be collected has not yet been set, unless it comes with the proposed law - and I doubt it's even proposed

Purpose limitation is a constitutional imperative, it cannot be wished away

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike What respondents are asking court to do is entrust use of DNA to #NIIMS administrator, the 3rd respondent, which is not tenable

Our trust should be in the law and in institutions, not in persons

We have no guarantee in the next minute he will be in the same office

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike If the system is so good, why not share the architecture?

We invite the court to look at @amunyua's uncontroverted affidavit - no one sought to cross-examine her

It speaks to benefits of open source code which would allow members of the public to test the system and build trust

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Registration of Persons Act applies to Kenyan citizens over 18

Impugned amendments cannot change section 2 - a later Act could supercede, but not a section that defines scope

Another law is needed for collection of data from children, refugees, & aliens

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Collection of data from these groups (children, refugees, aliens) is illegal & unconstitutional

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Collection of data from these groups (children, refugees, aliens) is illegal & unconstitutional

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua We were told vetting existed before #NIIMS, which is true

But is it right if now people will be left out of #NIIMS because they lack documentation and which will also be needed for access to services?

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Court should safeguard the right to public participation, which was reserved for the people by the framers of the Constitution

Using the court's power under 165(3) we submit this court should hold amendments unconstitutional

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua The doctrine of separation of powers cannot hide Parliament from the court when court is checking constitutionality of procedure used when passing this bill

That is what the Court of Appeal held in LSK vs. National Assembly

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Counsel Karua said counsel for the AG misquoted the case

The court was cautioning on the use of omnibus bill to make substantial amendments - not approving the use

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Counsel for respondents said Parliament have discretionary powers

They must be referring to pre-2010, when Parliament was supreme

In Article 1 of the Constitution, it's the people of Kenya who donate sovereign power to govt to be used in accordance w/Constitution

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua We submit respondents have not only violated the Constitution, but have also trashed the best practices learned on their benchmarking trips

These are the best practices of openness, informed consent, & mitigating risks to ensure data safety through statute

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Respondents have refused to learn from yesterday's failures - in India, in UK (where there was massive breach of health data) - to improve data safety in Kenya

High-ranking public officers want us to go despite dangers ahead w/out learning from yesterday's mistakes

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua This court is being asked to ignore the constitutional and legal infirmities that this roll-out of #NIIMS has proceeded with, to overlook them in favor of the gains

That is totally untenable

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Finally, the support of the 3rd petitioners of the amendments cannot excuse the constitutional infirmities we have outlined

We urge court to find the impugned law is unconstitutional & to strike it out

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Since this court already suspended use of the data collected, it's within power of court to suspend use of that data until such a time that the Constitution is complied with in terms of amendments or fresh law that puts data safety in mind and limits what data can be mined

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua And also to award costs to petitioners, who respondents do not view as citizens who wish to improve the system

It is obvious in the course of these proceedings that the petitioners are viewed as irritants

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua The petitioners do not oppose digitization, but have drawn attention of the court to the infirmities and issues with proceeding despite concerns raised

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Counsel suggests court could urge counsel of respondents to pay costs themselves

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua Counsel @MarthaKarua thanks the court for patiently listening today and throughout the proceedings

Counsel Rugeru agrees with Counsel Karua "for once" - and adds his thanks to the bench

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua The judges thank the all the counsel and the hard work that has gone into the case, including the long hours

The judges hope they will do justice for all the work that has been done

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua The judges are giving a judgement date of December 18th at 3pm

#HudumaNamba

@thekhrc @HakiKNCHR @Haki_na_Sheria @HakiCentre @katibainstitute @lawyershubkenya @CEMIRIDE_KE @MUHURIkenya @StrathCIPIT @AmnestyKenya @MarthaKarua @iam_anandv @yussufugas @acerwc @lawsocietykenya @MercyMutemi @InformAction_KE @ACHPR @waikwawanyoike @amunyua The hearings for the #NIIMS & #HudumaNamba case are now officially over

We wait for the judgement in December