DCI Sets Record Straight On Spying On Kenyans' Phones

Spyware Installed on Kenyan Filmmakers Phones in Police Custody - The Citizen Lab

In an article by the Committee to Protect Journalists, Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton confirms that FlexiSPY spyware was installed on two Kenyan filmmakers’ phones while the devices were in police custody.  “The spyware would give the operators silent, secret access to all sorts of private business and information about their journalism,” says Scott-Railton.  Read the article here.

'False, Sensational': DCI refutes claims of using spy software to track phones

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has refuted reports published in the Daily Nation newspaper of the alleged use of surveillance software to spy on mobile phones and other digital devices.

DCI Sets Record Straight On Spying On Kenyans' Phones

The Kenya Times ~ Trending, Breaking News and Videos DCI Sets Record Straight on Spying on Kenyans’ Phones The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has issued a statement clarifying recent allegations of spying on Kenyans’ phones and other devices. In a statement on Friday, September 12, 2025, the DCI dismissed an exposé published by the Daily Nation as false. “The Directorate of Criminal Investigations wishes to address the misleading c…