The complainant challenged an allegedly erroneous default listing after the Law Society of Kenya Sacco Limited, an interested party, settled another member's loan using his savings, a dispute he had also taken to the Cooperatives Tribunal. The Office found the credit information exchanged between Metropol Credit Reference Bureau and the Sacco had a legal basis under the Banking (Credit Reference Bureau) Regulations, and declined to adjudicate a matter whose crux was live before the Tribunal.
Orders and outcome
The complaint was dismissed, with liberty to relodge it once the Cooperatives Tribunal case concludes. Dated August 2023.
ODPC (Kenya), Erastus Mbaka v Metropol Credit Reference Bureau Limited, determination of 11 August 2023. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/odpc/2023/metropol-credit-reference-bureau-limited-law-society-of-keny/ (accessed 30 August 2026).