The police on Wednesday morning dispersed hundreds of city residents who had gathered at KICC to have their data collected to receive Worldcoin.
This comes barely two hours after the Interior Ministry suspended any data collection exercise by the cryptocurrency company.
In a video seen by the Star, crowds who had gathered took to their heels soon after the police arrived in vehicles with sirens.
The exercise has been going on in different places across the country and has seen hundreds of thousands sign up for it.
All one needs to do is have their eyeball scanned by a device and they instantly receive 25 Worldcoins. These are worth Sh7,000.
On Tuesday, the exercise suffered a setback after it was stopped by police at the same venue over security concerns.
On Wednesday, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki said the state has suspended any Worldcoin activities in the country.
Kindiki noted that the government is concerned by the ongoing activities of an organization calling itself 'Worldcoin' which is involved in "the registration of citizens through the collection of eyeball/iris data."
He revealed that relevant security, financial services and protection agencies have commenced inquiries and investigations to establish the authenticity and legality of the aforesaid activities.
"Also investigations of the safety and protection of the data being harvested, and how the harvesters intend to use the data is being looked at," he said.
For public safety, the CS said the integrity of the financial transactions involving such a large number of citizens must be satisfactorily provided upfront.
