Looking beyond the politics, interesting comments here.

http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Raila-Odinga-drags-Safaricom-into-poll-dispute/1056-4112876-view-asAMP-aakx2sz/index.html

With increasing demands for local data termination points, sooner (2017) or later (2018) a court order is going to require Data Residency in Kenya.

Where are we on the Data Protection and Residency Act? 

It may not go well for technocrats caught off guard by a court order, inevitably coming. 

 

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