Belio Kipsang addresses safety of personal data on eCitizen
By Cynthia Lodite, September 9, 2025Principal Secretary of Immigration Belio Kipsang has addressed Kenyans’ concerns on the safety of personal data on eCitizen, affirming that all personal data on eCitizen is secured.
Belio Kipsang made his remarks on data protection on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, during an interview with a local media house, where he cleared the fears of many Kenyans that the developers of the system had surrendered the eCitizen system fully to the government.
According to the PS, the developers of the system provided the source codes and all the necessary protocols to ensure that the system was with the government.
“There is an agreement that was signed between the government and the developers of the system, and the developers of the system surrendered the source codes and all the necessary protocols to ensure that the system was with the government,” Kipsang said.
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Kipsang has further assured Kenyans that the eCitizen is covered and regulated by the Data Protection Law and the Data Commissioner.
“We are covered and regulated by the Data Protection law and the Data Commissioner. For all that we do, we get all the necessary approvals and all audits and assessments by the data commissioner,” Kipsang said.
eCitizen developer
The PS has further detailed the steps that the government took towards setting up a proper system for the eCitizen services.
“eCitizen was conceptualised in 2013, through a discussion of the government and the World Bank. When that happened, the government, through the support of the World Bank, sourced a developer to develop this system,” Kipsang noted.
On his part, Kipsang has revealed that the system, which was developed by the webmaster, was run by the company until 2017, when the government took up the system fully, also adding that the change led to a dispute for quite some time.
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“Some young people under the webmaster came in to develop this system; they ran the system until 2017, when the government took up the system fully. When that happened, there was a dispute for quite some time.”
He further added, “In an engagement led by the attorney general, a settlement was arrived at on ensuring that eCitizen services are properly secured by the government.”