Allan Chacha v The County Assembly Of Migori

Complaint upheld; compensation ordered; enforcement notice issued. ODPC, 14 October 2024.

Record ID

ke-odpc-2024-0092

Case reference

ODPC Complaint No. 1080 of 2024

Jurisdiction

Kenya

Regulator

ODPC

Type

determination

Complainant

Allan Chacha

Date decided

14 October 2024

Respondent type

public

Sector

public services

Violations

lack of consent, unlawful processing

Provisions cited

s.25(a) DPA 2019, s.25 DPA 2019, s.25(c) DPA 2019, s.30 DPA 2019, s.30(1)(b) DPA 2019, s.44 DPA 2019, s.45 DPA 2019, s.51(2)(c) DPA 2019, s.56 DPA 2019, s.58 DPA 2019, s.65 DPA 2019

Outcome

complaint upheld; compensation ordered; enforcement notice issued

Compensation

KES 900,000 (≈ USD 6,820 at the decision date)

Status

final

Source

Official document ↗

Source integrity

SHA-256 6dcf00c734fc2fd0…

Record verified

30 July 2026

The facts

The complainant alleged that the County Assembly of Migori published curriculum vitae, including his, on its publicly available website, and the material was still published as at the date of the determination. The ODPC found the assembly had failed to comply with its obligations under the Act.

Orders and outcome

The respondent was found liable and ordered to delete all curriculum vitae published on its website within 7 days of the determination, an enforcement notice was issued, and the respondent was ordered to compensate the complainant KES 900,000. Dated October 2024.

CONSENT · UNLAWFUL-PROCESSING · UPHELD · UTILITIES

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