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I just read that IEBC will now be taking ID details, photos, iris scans & fingerprints from new voters. Honestly, this feels excessive, and dangerous. Here’s why I’m worried: The truth is Kenya doesn’t yet have strong laws to protect biometric data. Our current Data Protection Act calls it “sensitive,” but doesn’t spell out: 👉🏻How it should be collected, stored, encrypted, or deleted 👉🏻How long IEBC can keep it 👉🏻What happens if it’s breached and if users should be notified In the last election, 200 KIEMS kits went missing. To date, they’ve never been recovered. What makes you think they can’t be used to access or steal voter data? Just last year, Kenyan data was leaked on the dark web. IEBC has also been caught using weak passwords before. Why should we trust them with even more sensitive data? What stops rogue insiders from quietly selling our iris data to companies like Worldcoin for billions? They banned Worldcoin, but maybe this is just another route. Other countries (EU, South Africa) already have strict standards. Kenya doesn’t. Kenya need, serious laws before we even allow IEBC to continue with this . 👉🏻A dedicated Biometric Data Protection Law 👉🏻 Independent oversight of election data (not just IEBC marking its own homework) coz as it is we IEBC isn't even being assesed separately 👉🏻 Cybersecurity laws treating election systems as critical national infrastructure 👉🏻Explicit bans and criminal penalties for selling or sharing biometric data 👉🏻 Clear rules on how long IEBC can keep your data & when it must be deleted 👉🏻Stronger breach notification rules, full disclosure within 72 hours 👉🏻 Whistleblower protections, so insiders can safely expose loopholes Until then, I honestly think what IEBC is doing is creating a risk for Kenyans