Media Blocked from Worldcoin Inquiry Coverage
Journalists were Monday morning barred from covering the proceedings of the ongoing inquiry into the controversial Worldcoin.
Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Amin was scheduled to testify before the parliamentary Ad hoc committee.
A communication from the Committee said Amin requested to have the session held behind closed doors as the probe into the matter was still active pending conclusion.
“He has requested to have the meeting held in camera, we apologize for any inconvenience,” a communication from the Committee read.
The Committee chaired by Narok West Gabriel Tongoyo is seeking to establish the legal and regulatory compliance of the operations of Worldcoin and its subsidiary partners in Kenya and beyond.
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National Assembly speaker Moses Wetangula has given the committee 42 days to undertake the task before reporting back to the House with a report.
Worldcoin owners are set to appear later in the day.
Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) Director General Ezra Chiloba who appeared Thursday last week told the MPs that a device- orb- used to scan people’s eyeballs that was confiscated by DCI from the operators was in their custody.
Chiloba said the forensic analysis on the device was ongoing with a report set to be released this week.
DCI nabbed two officials said to be agents of the project in the country when the government announced its suspension.
Others who have appeared before the Committee are Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha, Attorney General Justin Muturi, and officials from the National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee (NC4).
Media Blocked from Worldcoin Inquiry Coverage