Kenya’s data watchdog is changing hands as Kassait’s successor faces a bigger privacy challenge

Kenya is preparing to find Immaculate Kassait’s successor as Data Protection Commissioner, but the significance of the appointment goes well beyond replacing the first person to hold the job. Kassait leaves the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) after a six-year, non-renewable term during which Kenya moved from having a data-protection law on paper … The post Kenya’s data watchdog…