Gideon Moi’s Bill on data protection gets back of CS Mucheru

Senate ICT Committee Chairman Gideon Moi(L) and ICT CS Joe Mucheru during the committee meeting on Data Protection Bill 2018 at Parliament.

A Bill which seeks to protect personal data from misuse by State and private agencies has received a nod from the Government.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru, who yesterday appeared before the Senate Committee on ICT to give his views on the proposed Data Protection Bill, 2018, termed it as progressive.