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Mucheru: Government to publish draft data protection bill this month

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru (PHOTO: File)

Kenya will publish a draft data protection law this month to create safeguards for personal data held by mobile phone-based lenders and others, Minister of Information, Communication and Technology Joe Mucheru said on Monday.

It will specify how data can be stored and shared and will take into account standards set by data protection laws outside Kenya including in the European Union, Mucheru said.

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