KRA inajibu malalamiko ya faragha baada ya kuanzisha kamera za mwili kwa maafisa wa forodha

Mamlaka ya Mapato ya Kenya (KRA) imethibitisha kuwa data iliyokusanywa itahifadhiwa na sheria zilizopo, huku ikifukuza hofu juu ya faragha ya data baada ya kuanzisha kamera za mwili kwa maafisa wa forodha nchini Jumatatu. Jibu hili la Alhamisi, Machi 11, limetokana na malalamiko kadhaa kutoka kwa wananchi, haswa kwenye X, walihofadhaika kuwa rekodi za kamera za mwili hazitatumika kwa madhumuni yaliyokusudiwa. KRA imesisitiza kuwa rekodi zitachakatwa kwa mujibu wa sheria zinazosimamia matengenezo ya data nchini Kenya.

Kuanzishwa kwa kamera za mwili kwa maafisa wa forodha nchini kumezua masuala ya faragha na mahitaji ya idhini kwa rekodi, lakini KRA sasa inafukuza wasiwasi huu. KRA imesema kuwa rekodi 350 za kamera zilizosambazwa kwa wafanyikazi wa forodha zitatumika ndani ya mfumo wa Data Protection Act, 2019 (Kenya) ili kusaidia uwazi, uwajibikaji, na hati miliki sahihi ya mwingiliano rasmi wa mipaka.

"Rekodi zinachakatwa kwa mujibu wa kanuni za uchakataji halali chini ya Data Protection Act, 2019 (Kenya). Kamera za KRA zenye kuvaa mwili zinatumika ndani ya mfumo huu ili kusaidia uwazi, uwajibikaji, na hati miliki sahihi ya mwingiliano rasmi wa mipaka," KRA ilithibitisha.

Faragha ya data kwa rekodi za CCTV na kamera za mwili nchini Kenya inategemea Katiba ya Kenya (2010), haswa Kifungu cha 31 juu ya faragha, na Data Protection Act, 2019, inayotekelezwa na Ofisi ya Mkurugenzi wa Ulinzi wa Data, ambayo inachukulia rekodi za video kama data ya kibinafsi. Mfumo wa kisheria pia unajumuisha Data Protection (General) Regulations, 2021, ambazo zinaeleza mahitaji ya kushughulikia data ya kibinafsi, na Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, ambayo inakataza kuingilia mawasiliano haramu, ikijumuisha mifumo nyeti ya ufuatiliaji yenye sauti.

Laws also require signage, purpose limitation, data minimisation, no monitoring of private spaces, and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs). KRA inasema kamera zitarekodi mwingiliano kati ya maafisa na wasafiri, zikitengeneza rekodi za kidijitali zinazoweza kuthibitishwa ambazo zinaweza kukaguliwa haraka wakati malalamiko yanapotokea kuhusu ukaguzi, kodi zinazolipishwa, au mwenendo wakati wa kusafisha mipaka.

Kushindwa kufuata sheria hizi kunaweza kusababisha adhabu nzito, ikijumuisha faini hadi Ksh5 milioni au asilimia moja ya mapato ya kila mwaka, kifungo, na wajibu wa kiraia.

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