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We must resist attempts to clip powers of data protection body

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Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Irungu Houghton. [File, Standard]

In two months, Kenya's data protection law turns five. Indefatigable advocate and Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah's 2019 petition challenging constitutionality of the Data Protection Act (DPA) comes for mention next Wednesday.

Given the intense competition to grab Kenya's lucrative data landscape and repeated personal data breaches, is this petition in the national public interest?

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