Grace Mutung’u
Biographic Data
| ID | 6800958 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grace Mutung’u |
| GIVEN NAMES | Grace |
| FAMILY NAME | Mutung’u |
| SIGNATURE | MUTUNG’U G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nairobi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1880-2282 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Regulatory entrepreneurship’s threat to digital sovereignty
This article analyses the case of Worldcoin’s entry into Kenya and the controversies that ensued. The company operated in regulatory grey areas where, on the one hand, Worldcoin minimally complied with data protection regulations. On the other hand, the company collected biometric data from Kenyans, a venture that was successful because it allowed it to exchange sensitive data for cryptocurrency. Considering that Kenyans had previously contested …
Counting without Accounting? The Evolution of Identity Technology and Social Justice in Kenya
Many low and middle income countries ( LMIC s) are rolling out digital ID programmes, where the state makes a digital record of a person’s identity, for use in identification and data based decision making. Digital ID programmes have been contested on technical and political grounds. Political issues, such as the potential of digital ID to exclude, discriminate and deny services to certain groups of people, as well as the surveillance capabilitie…
Checking the Power of Technology Business in Public Roles through Strategic Litigation
Globally, there is concern about the growing power of technology companies as they pervade private and public spheres of life. Shifting the gaze from the European Union and United Nations where new frameworks for business accountability are emerging, this article discusses the role and impact of private companies taking on public roles in Kenya’s digitalisation and the historical roots of the alliance between the state and private companies. Thro…
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Women and Digital ID in Kenya
Inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international development community is driving digital ID programmes in low and middle income countries (LMICs) such as Kenya. Kenya has had experience with state-issued identity registration such as that proposed in digital ID programmes for over a century. Identity registration has gendered impacts, stemming from the historical exclusion of women in the system, lack of recognition of the…
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Women and Digital ID in Kenya
Inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international development community is driving digital ID programmes in low and middle income countries (LMICs) such as Kenya. Kenya has had experience with state-issued identity registration such as that proposed in digital ID programmes for over a century. Identity registration has gendered impacts, stemming from the historical exclusion of women in the system, lack of recognition of the…
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Women and Digital ID in Kenya
Inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international development community is driving digital ID programmes in low and middle income countries (LMICs) such as Kenya. Kenya has had experience with state-issued identity registration such as that proposed in digital ID programmes for over a century. Identity registration has gendered impacts, stemming from the historical exclusion of women in the system, lack of recognition of the…
Checking the Power of Technology Business in Public Roles through Strategic Litigation
Globally, there is concern about the growing power of technology companies as they pervade private and public spheres of life. Shifting the gaze from the European Union and United Nations where new frameworks for business accountability are emerging, this article discusses the role and impact of private companies taking on public roles in Kenya’s digitalisation and the historical roots of the alliance between the state and private companies. Thro…
Counting without Accounting? The Evolution of Identity Technology and Social Justice in Kenya
Many low and middle income countries ( LMIC s) are rolling out digital ID programmes, where the state makes a digital record of a person’s identity, for use in identification and data based decision making. Digital ID programmes have been contested on technical and political grounds. Political issues, such as the potential of digital ID to exclude, discriminate and deny services to certain groups of people, as well as the surveillance capabilitie…
Regulatory entrepreneurship’s threat to digital sovereignty
This article analyses the case of Worldcoin’s entry into Kenya and the controversies that ensued. The company operated in regulatory grey areas where, on the one hand, Worldcoin minimally complied with data protection regulations. On the other hand, the company collected biometric data from Kenyans, a venture that was successful because it allowed it to exchange sensitive data for cryptocurrency. Considering that Kenyans had previously contested …
Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)