WorldCoin is legal, parent company is indeed registered as a data processor in Kenya. ‘They’re Getting Data Voluntarily From Kenyans’. Worldcoin, a blockchain company founded by OpenAI chief Sam Altman, is offering Kenyans free tokens in exchange for their iris scans. The tokens are currently worth about $54 or KES 7,000, which is significant for…
The government has suspended any Worldcoin activities in the country. On Wednesday, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki said the state has also suspended any other entity that may be similarly engaging Kenyans. Kindiki noted that the government is concerned by the ongoing activities of an organization calling itself ‘Worldcoin’ which is involved in the registration of citizens through the collection…
National Union of Teachers (Knut) is threatening to disrupt the 2023 national exams if the government fails to pay teachers for their work during the 2022 exams. The teachers who presided over the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams claim they have not received their…
The Kenya Bureau of Standards has announced that they will have a 31-hour system maintenance and upgrade. “During the indicated downtime period, all their online services will not be available.” In a statement on Tuesday, they said that the exercise is to enhance efficiency in their service delivery. They noted that the exercise will be…
The government has disbursed Sh2.8 billion for the Inua Jamii Cash transfer program for July 2023. An extra Sh4.3 million has additionally been released for the Nutrition Improvement through Cash and Health Education (NICHE) program, which complements the Inua Jamii initiative. Joseph Motari, the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Social Protection and Senior…
Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has announced that students will now be able to check their placement results through their portal. KUCCPS, through its Twitter handle on Monday morning, said that students will get to know their placement status by sending an SMS. They will send their index numbers starting with the…
The Minister of ICT, Eliud Owalo, has stated that every Kenyan will have a digital ID by March 2024. The digital ID is intended to serve as an upgrade to the current national identity card and aims to make access to government services easier for citizens. It is being developed based on benchmarking exercises with…
ICT and Digital Economy CS Eliud Owalo have now confirmed that there was a hack on the government services platform eCitizen. Speaking on Thursday, Owalo said the government is currently working on stopping the attack. He said while at it, the state is looking at a long-term solution to future attacks. “There was an attack…
President William Ruto promised that teachers and government workers would get a raise at the end of this month. However, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has not finished the review process needed to factor in the rise. On June 30, President Ruto said that teachers and other government workers would start getting their higher…
The situation at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) seems to be dire, with allegations of rampant fraud and mismanagement of funds. National Health and Insurance Fund (NHIF) acting CEO Samson Kuhora is on the spot over the alleged fraudulent claims; 90-day Inquiry: Legislators launched a 90-day inquiry into alleged corruption and fraud at NHIF…