Safaricom—Al Jazeera documentary exposed Safaricom providing subscriber data to Kenyan security agencies without court orders to track activists
Al Jazeera's 'Invisible Eyes' documentary (May 2026) exposed that Safaricom allowed Kenyan security agencies access to subscriber location data, call records, and M-Pesa financial transactions -- often without court orders -- to surveil, locate, and track activists and protesters. A Safaricom employee admitted in court to complying with a government data request without a court order. The Law Society of Kenya filed a constitutional petition seeking a court audit of all data requests from June 2024 to December 2025.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Institutions | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| User Privacy | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.858 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (critical ×2) × confidence (0.57)
Evidence (1 signal)
Al Jazeera 'Invisible Eyes' documentary exposed Safaricom enabling warrantless government surveillance of activists
Documentary showed Safaricom providing subscriber location data, call records, and M-Pesa transaction data to Kenyan security agencies without court orders. A Safaricom employee testified in court to complying with warrantless government data requests.