A parliamentary Committee probing Worldcoin activity on Monday locked out journalists when Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin appeared before it.
Amin was scheduled to give a testimony on Worldcoin activities in the country.
But the committee in a message to journalists covering the event said it was the DCI boss who requested the matter to be covered in closed-door.
According to the committee, chaired by Narok West MP Gabriel Tongoyo, the DCI boss said the matter was still under investigation thus some details were supposed to be kept under wraps.
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"The DCI boss has requested to have his session with the committee held out of camera. We apologise for the inconvenience," a communication by the committee stated.
The committee was formed to establish the legal and regulatory compliance of Wordcoin activities in Kenya.
The committee was granted 42 days to undertake the task and submit a report to the National Assembly within 42 days.
Others who have appeared before the Committee are Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha, Attorney General Justin Muturi and officials from the National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee (NC4).
Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) Director General Ezra Chiloba appeared before the committee on Thursday last week.
The owners of the Worldcoin are expected to be before the committee later in the day.