KHRC ✓

@thekhrc · Nairobi, KENYA · joined 01 Oct 2009

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is a premier and flagship Public Benefits Organization (PBO) in Africa mandated to enhance human rights.

163 803Followers

986Following

18 002Posts total

13.6KViews on collected posts

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KHRC ✓@thekhrc18 Sep

On Saturday, we marked 11 years since the unveiling of the Mau Mau memorial monument. KHRC’s Davis Malombe writes that Kenya’s current generation of young people should be able to stand before the monument and understand that the freedoms they exercise today have a history. The h

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KHRC ✓@thekhrc17 Sep

You cannot easily opt out of surveillance when the same network carries your money, payments and everyday life. But collective action can change that. Porting your number away from Safaricom, accused of human rights violations, may seem like a small act. Done en masse, it can 722 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc16 Sep

📑 Read: https://t.co/ksfv0xrbE4 https://t.co/nXNW6Eb1dr

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KHRC ✓@thekhrc16 Sep

A thriving democracy relies on an open, protected civic space. As digital surveillance and targeted disinformation rise, the stakes could not be higher ahead of the upcoming general election. #ACSPS2026 Watch the 6th Annual Civic Space Protection Summit live: https://t.co/etJWzD

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KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

11/11 This research was conducted by @nshabibi as part of the 2025-2026 fellowship at the @disruptberlin. On November 27, 2026, @nshabibi will present the findings at the @disruptberlin’s conference, “TESTING GROUNDS: The Kill Cloud, AI & Migration Control” in Berlin, hosted by 80 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

10/11 However, the same telecom data used to locate and target people can also help families find those who have disappeared, as a phone's movements, connections, and location history can help reconstruct what happened. Yet the report argues that access to this evidence has been 61 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

9/11 That capability is dangerous. Analysing entire networks of people and looking for patterns that might suggest criminality violates their fundamental rights. The danger here is that algorithms can produce false positives, and associations can lead police to pick you as a 35 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

8/11 The report further examined technology developed by British company Neural Technologies, including a tool described as “Find My Friend”. Its significance is disturbing; it has been deployed in Kenya. An officer could start with one person and use telecoms data to examine 43 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

7/11 KHRC’s @OduorErnest said, “ @SafaricomPLC must be held accountable for how it collects, stores and shares customers’ data”, and that the @WilliamsRuto regime “must be equally answerable for how it accesses and uses data”. https://t.co/YbvtVjH7li https://t.co/AyJGSmHOm3

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KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

6/11 The report documents how @SafaricomPLC and Kenya's security agencies developed an integrated system for accessing subscriber data. DCI officers were attached to Safaricom through a Law Enforcement Liaison Office, while specialist police and intelligence teams were granted 88 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

5/11 Kenya is particularly important in this conversation. We have Safaricom, a telecom company. It has M-Pesa, which has become deeply embedded in our everyday lives and in our access to digital services. That makes the network enormously valuable, not just commercially, but 113 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

4/11 The public debate and efforts by human rights advocates have focused heavily on spyware. But you don't necessarily need spyware to track someone, the report shows. Telecom network data can already enable historical tracking, live tracing and analysis of relationships between 81 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

3/11 These CDRs can show the numbers you call, when you call, the masts your phone connects to, your SIM and handset identifiers, and other information about your network activity. Some networks can generate even more location data without you actively making a call. 118 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

2/11 For every call you make, SMS you send, transaction you make, or movement you make, your phone constantly interacts with mobile masts. These interactions leave digital footprints. Telecom companies routinely generate and store Call Data Records. https://t.co/YbvtVjH7li 205 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

KHRC ✓@thekhrc15 Sep

1/11 New research - Telecoms, Ubiquitous Surveillance and State Crime: A Case Study From Kenya - has revealed that mobile networks can generate an extraordinarily detailed picture of where you go, who you communicate with and the patterns of your life. And most of us cannot https

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KHRC ✓@thekhrc12 Sep

We’re honouring the Mau Mau struggle, 11 years after the memorial monument was unveiled. Watch live: https://t.co/Ch0sfiIgNv 7.3K views · 15 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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16 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views116this account6 650median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.07%this account1.67%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %2.13%this account0.99%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	116	6 650	0.02×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.07%	1.67%	0.04×
Engagement rate	2.13%	0.99%	2.15×

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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

20515 Sep

118

113

70616 Sep

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72217 Sep

89118 Sep

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.46%15 Sep

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3.70%

1.77%

2.27%

4.65%

2.33%

5.71%

3.28%

1.25%

1.98%16 Sep

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0.55%17 Sep

0.90%18 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.99%.

What the audience does

Likes56.2%77 in total

Reposts24.8%34 in total

Replies8.8%12 in total

Quotes2.9%4 in total

Bookmarks7.3%10 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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