• Most Kenyans have been giving their data innocently without knowing that the government is accessing their information. The police, with court orders, are allowed to access the data in case of an investigation, especially murder, to reveal the location and also the name, which has led to numerous arrests and success in combating crime

Mobile phones have become a common communication gadget across the country, with the internet creating a global village. These mobile phones have also become economic growers as people can pay for services and get loans via mobile phones. One of the holders of this success in mobile phones is the service providers, companies that require details about mobile users in order to access the services.

Most Kenyans have been giving their data innocently without knowing that the government is accessing their information. The police, with court orders, are allowed to access the data in case of an investigation, especially murder, to reveal the location and also the name, which has led to numerous arrests and success in combating crime.

However, since the onset of the Gen Z demonstrations in June and July 2024, Kenya has been experiencing abductions by people believed to be police officers.

Telecommunication companies have been suspected of aiding the police in abductions and extrajudicial killings by allowing police officers to access customers' data illegally without a court order.

Additionally, Telecommunication companies have been said to compromise court cases by either not providing or providing tampered data despite court orders. In 2021, terrorist suspect Trevor Ndwiga was abducted shortly after being released by the court. Safaricom produced inaccurate data by first showing his location to be in Nairobi and later, at the same time, on the Kenyan-Somali border.

The National Intelligence Service has been claimed to have untimely access to Safaricom data using specified software, thus breaching customers' right to privacy. This exposes Kenyans and makes them prone to abductions, which are illegally conducted by people believed to be security agents.