Data Protection Bill: Election servers must be hosted in Kenya

Ballot boxes and other election materials at Moi Secondary school in Nakuru on March 2, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Election servers should be hosted in Kenya, according to a new regulation that also gives the government more control over the management of all election data. 

In the past, truths and half-truths have been made about how elections are conducted. Theories and facts of previous elections have been shared widely, with rival political camps pulling their side. In the 2017 election, Kenya tried its hand in digital and physical counting of votes, a hybrid that elicited huge controversy that culminated with the Supreme Court nullifying the presidential election results.