A joint ad-hoc committee to investigate the activities of the cryptocurrency firm Worldcoin has been formed. National Assembly speaker Moses Wetangula said the committee has 42 days to undertake the task before reporting back to the House. Kindiki told MPs in his first meeting that the state suspended Worldcoin activities including any other entity that may similarly engage Kenyans. He noted that the government is concerned by the Worldcoin activities involved in the registration of citizens through the collection of eyeball/iris data. Justice Nixon Sifuna ordered that the data already collected by Worldcoin from April last year to August 2023 should be preserved.

Source: The Star August 21, 2023 17:20 UTC