Kenya - Is there a skeleton in your closet you hope will stay there forever? Something nobody knows about? Well, if that dark secret is communicated over phone, someone may know about it.
Without your consent, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) wing of the police can now listen-in your phone conversation "for security reasons".
To set the eavesdropping programme rolling, the department has acquired a state of the art machine. The equipment, "a generous and timely donation" from Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), is to aid in "taking the anti-graft crusade to the next level".
In its backyard, the anti-corruption body has a similar machine to monitor communication between specific subscribers. In the same league is the spy agency - National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) - which was the first to acquire the machines.
The machine at the CID headquarters, Mazingira House off Kiambu Road, was secretly installed a few months ago and is being monitored by officers from the Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU). (more)
