Republic v Joe Mucheru, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Information Communication
and Technology & 2 others; Katiba Institute & another (Exparte); Immaculate Kasait,
Data Commissioner (Interested Party) (Judicial Review Application E1138 of 2020)
[2021] KEHC 122 (KLR) (Judicial Review) (14 October 2021) (Judgment)
Republic v Joe Mucheru, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Information
Communication and Technology & 2 others Ex Parte Katiba Institute & another;
Immaculate Kasait, Data Commissioner (Interested Party) [2021] eKLR
Neutral citation: [2021] KEHC 122 (KLR)
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI (MILIMANI LAW COURTS)
JUDICIAL REVIEW
JUDICIAL REVIEW APPLICATION E1138 OF 2020
J NGAAH, J
OCTOBER 14, 2021
BETWEEN
REPUBLIC ................................................................................................. APPLICANT
AND
JOE MUCHERU, CABINET SECRETARY MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY .............................. 1ST RESPONDENT
FRED MATIANGI, CABINET SECRETARY MINISTRY OF INTERIOR &
COORDINATION OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ............. 2ND RESPONDENT
ATTORNEY GENERAL ............................................................... 3RD RESPONDENT
AND
KATIBA INSTITUTE .................................................................................... EXPARTE
YASH PAL GHAI ........................................................................................... EXPARTE
AND
IMMACULATE KASAIT, DATA COMMISSIONER ........... INTERESTED PARTY
High Court quashes the decision to roll out Huduma Cards for being ultra vires section 31 of the
Data Protection Act, 2019 on data protection impact assessment.
Reported by Kakai Toili
Statutes - interpretation of statutes – interpretation of the preamble and section 3 of the Data Protection Act whether the Data Protection Act applied retrospectively to such an extent or to such a time as to cover any action
kenyalaw.org/caselaw/cases/view/220495/
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