Fallout in Kenyan state house over procurement if digital propaganda spying surveillance software
A recent court case has revealed significant infighting among State House aides in Kenya, exposing a disorganized communication strategy within President William Ruto's administration. The legal filings detail internal disputes and a chaotic approach to managing propaganda and official messaging, highlighting tensions and a lack of coordination among top presidential advisers. The fallout was over the procurement of a digital propaganda spying surveillance software. https://nation.africa/kenya/news/propaganda-system-court-case-exposes-infigh... Best Regards, ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva
While politics plays its part, I got stuck on this paragraph: ``` "She says that Mr Ng’eno, who introduced himself as an emissary of the President, expressly assured her *that funding for the project would come from the confidential vote administered by the National Treasury*. Earlier, she says, Mr Ng’eno had on November 22, 2023, arranged a meeting between her and Mr Jayesh, whom Mr Ng’eno, she says, had previously described as “the regime’s financier and oligarch”. At this first meeting, Ms Wachuka claims Mr Jayesh confirmed this role himself and spoke at length about the administration’s difficulties with information control and digital communication." ``` So the president usually has a "confidential vote head" that is managed by the Treasury? And this is besides the State House budget?? On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet < [email protected]> wrote:
A recent court case has revealed significant infighting among State House aides in Kenya, exposing a disorganized communication strategy within President William Ruto's administration. The legal filings detail internal disputes and a chaotic approach to managing propaganda and official messaging, highlighting tensions and a lack of coordination among top presidential advisers. The fallout was over the procurement of a digital propaganda spying surveillance software. https://nation.africa/kenya/news/propaganda-system-court-case-exposes-infigh...
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Good evening I did a three part series on how Lawful Interception works within a Telco. It's a tard technical and I have quoted the 3GPP standards that enable this for voice, data and sms. 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G require different interception points. LEO satellites (such as Starlink) also do comply to the standards although they are not technically 3GPP networks. In the third part, I gave a case study of Australia Government has published on its website information related to LI and it includes amongst other things periodic reports to its citizenry which include information and statistics on: 1. The relevant legislation wrt surveillance and lawful interception. 2. Agencies that have intercepted or accessed telecommunications, or used surveillance devices. 3. The type of warrants applied for, or the type of surveillance devices used legal developments since the last reporting period. 4. The number of prosecutions and convictions resulting from the use of intercepted or accessed telecommunications information, or from the use of surveillance devices., etc https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lawful-interception-surveillance-part-3-anton... On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet < [email protected]> wrote:
A recent court case has revealed significant infighting among State House aides in Kenya, exposing a disorganized communication strategy within President William Ruto's administration. The legal filings detail internal disputes and a chaotic approach to managing propaganda and official messaging, highlighting tensions and a lack of coordination among top presidential advisers. The fallout was over the procurement of a digital propaganda spying surveillance software. https://nation.africa/kenya/news/propaganda-system-court-case-exposes-infigh...
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Anthony Kiarie -
Mwendwa Kivuva -
Odhiambo Washington