Odaily Planet Daily News: Members of the Kenyan Parliament accused Eliud Owalo, Cabinet Secretary (CS) of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Digital Economy, of misleading the authorities with his report on Worldcoin's local operations. Kenya's ad hoc committee investigating the Worldcoin incident said in a report submitted to members of the House of Representatives last Thursday that Worldcoin's actions "constitute espionage and pose a threat to the country's status." They want the Criminal Investigation Bureau to investigate two related foreign companies, Tools for Humanity (TFH) Corp and Tools for Humanity GmbH, suspected of operating illegally in Kenya. The committee, chaired by Narok West MP Gabriel Tongoyo, also wants Parliament to coordinate laws to regulate the country's cryptocurrency system. The committee noted in its findings that "the above statement is inconsistent with the documents submitted by CS on September 11, 2023. In the documents submitted by CS, it was stated that Worldcoin began collecting data in public places on May 31, 2021, and applied to register as a data controller in Kenya on August 22, 2022 (one year after they started their activities in Kenya), which is contrary to the Data Protection Act 2019." Tools for Humanity Corp and Tools for Humanity GmbH and their affiliates are considered to have violated several Kenyan laws, including the Data Protection Act, the Consumer Protection Act, and the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act. The findings showed that neither company appeared in the Business Registration Service database of registered businesses or companies in Kenya, and therefore lacked legal authorization to do business in Kenya. The committee found that despite collecting data on behalf of Worldcoin, Sense Marketing Ltd and other local partners did not register as data processors or controllers as required by the Data Protection Act. (Nation) Earlier in September, Kenyan Interior Cabinet Minister Kithure Kindiki claimed that US authorities prevented the country from detaining several executives of the cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, who were US citizens. A spokesperson for Worldcoin's parent company confirmed to local media Nation that Worldcoin co-founder and CEO Alex Blania and his chief legal counsel Thomas Scott were among those arrested by Kenyan authorities at Nairobi Airport. It is reported that Kenya decided to ban the Worldcoin project on August 2 and set up an independent committee to investigate its impact.During the committee hearing, Kindiki said the U.S. prevented authorities from detaining the men because Blania, Scott and other Worldcoin executives had not yet been “found guilty of a crime.”