Tools for Humanity Corporation (Worldcoin) and 8 others

Judicial review orders granted; odpc enforcement upheld. High Court, 5 May 2025.

Record ID: ke-high-court-2025-0001
Case reference: Judicial Review Application E119 of 2023; [2025] KEHC 5629 (KLR)
Jurisdiction: Kenya
Regulator: High Court
Type: court ruling
Date decided: 5 May 2025
Respondent type: private
Sector: technology
Violations: biometric data collection without valid consent, breach of accountability principle, unlawful processing of sensitive personal data
Provisions cited: Constitution of Kenya art.31, DPA 2019
Outcome: judicial review orders granted; ODPC enforcement upheld
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 6 July 2026

Summary

The High Court of Kenya declared that Worldcoin's collection of Kenyans' biometric data through the Orb device, run by Tools for Humanity, contravened Article 31 of the Constitution and the Data Protection Act 2019. The court granted judicial review orders against the operation and upheld the ODPC's 2023 enforcement action, in the most significant Kenyan court decision on data protection to date.

BIOMETRICS · CONSENT · WORLDCOIN · JUDICIAL-REVIEW · CONSTITUTIONAL · FIRST-OF-KIND

Cite this decision

High Court (Kenya), Judicial Review Application E119 of 2023; [2025] KEHC 5629 (KLR), court ruling of 5 May 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/high-court/2025/tools-for-humanity-worldcoin-judicial-review/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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