[image: image.png] Dear Listers, General elections are scheduled to be held in Kenya on 9 August 2022. As per one of Kenya's Dailies - opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto aspire to use top notch IT Gurus to safeguard their votes. It should be noted that the IEBC has emphasised that voters would be strictly identified electronically with an aim of curbing the misuse of manual registers. Indeed, these developments shed more light to our policy brief *"Personal Data* *& Elections 2022'* By Tevin Mwenda and Victor Kapiyo The brief assesses how the implementation of the Data Protection Act, 2019 will impact the 2022 Kenyan elections. The importance of this law is that unlike previous elections, the 2022 election will be the first to be held with a comprehensive data protection law in place. https://bit.ly/3OLX1bN -- *Kind Regards,* *David Indeje* *KICTANet Communications *_____________________________________ +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 KICTANet portals KICTANet.or.ke <https://kictanet.or.ke/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/kictanet> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/18428106/admin/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/>
