Difference between revisions of "Kenya"

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==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
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**[https://www.khrc.or.ke/publications/214-judgement-on-niims-huduma-namba/file.html High Court of Kenya: Nubian Rights Forum & 2 others v Attorney General & 6 others; Child Welfare Society & 9 others (Interested Parties) (2020) eKLR]
 
**[https://www.kibs.co.ke/KENDDA/index.php Kenya DNA Database KENDDA]
 
**[https://www.kibs.co.ke/KENDDA/index.php Kenya DNA Database KENDDA]
 
**[http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/AmendmentActs/2018/StatuteLawMischellaneousNo18of2018.pdf The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2018] Amends the Registration of Persons Act to include DNA (p.321).
 
**[http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/AmendmentActs/2018/StatuteLawMischellaneousNo18of2018.pdf The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2018] Amends the Registration of Persons Act to include DNA (p.321).

Revision as of 10:52, 18 February 2020

According to Interpol, Kenya has adopted a DNA database legislation and is planning a DNA database. In 2018, Kenya adopted legislation allowing the government to collect DNA from every citizen as part of its national identity scheme. This was ruled intrusive and unconstitutional by Kenya's High Court in January 2020.

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