This archive report was first published on 16 August 2019.
On August 16, 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that Huawei employees used the company's technology to support domestic spying by certain governments.
However, Huawei Kenya has denied these allegations, stating that an internal investigation found no involvement in the activities alleged.
‘Our internal investigation shows clearly that Huawei and its employees have not been engaged in any of the activities alleged. We have neither the contracts, nor the capabilities, to do so,’ said Dalmar Abdi, Huawei Kenya's senior Public Relations Director.
Abdi also denied claims that Huawei had sold safe city solutions in Zambia or Algeria, or had conducted business with Zambia's Cybercrime Crack Squad.
‘We have never been engaged in ‘hacking’ activities,’ Abdi added.
According to Huawei, their code of business conduct prohibits employees from undertaking activities that compromise customer or end-user data or privacy, or breach laws.
‘Huawei prides itself on its compliance with local regulations and laws in all markets where it operates and will defend its reputation robustly in the face of such baseless allegations,’ the company stated.
