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Big brother is watching over us but getting too personal

In case you missed it, the Government of Kenya just got very personal.

In the last eight months, it has introduced one substantive legislative amendment, one draft policy and two bills seeking to normalise invasive identity registration, digital mass surveillance and tighter controls over how we may access information online.

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