Digital strategist Dennis Itumbi has vowed to lobby for the reinstitution of Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project co-founded by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, that was suspended in Kenya on August 2, 2023 over data security concerns amid high uptake in Nairobi. Speaking to students at Mount Kenya University (MKU) on Saturday, Itumbi said, "I am going to put up a fight in all the relevant tables to ensure Worldcoin comes back to Kenya," adding, "Before it was banned it was only Ksh.7. Today it is Ksh.48. In a year I foresee it going to around Ksh.1000/2,000 bob." On December 14, 2023, a government source exclusively told Citizen Digital that an agreement had been reached to allow the US-based firm to resume operations under new guidelines, stating, "Worldcoin is working directly with regulators to meet Kenya's requirements, particularly as the Assembly considers new regulations. Stipends will remain and will expand to locations across the country." The project rolled out globally on June 24 but faced privacy concerns and questions about the security of biodata collected from Kenyans. The verification process involved scanning eyeballs through an Orb in exchange for a digital identity called World ID and 25 free cryptocurrency tokens known as WLD, valued at Ksh.8,256 at the time. The government stopped all activities until relevant agencies certify the absence of any security risks.