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Antony Mwenda v Ceres Tech Limited Ta Rocketpesa

Complaint upheld; compensation ordered; enforcement notice issued; prosecution recommended. ODPC, 15 January 2025.

Record ID
ke-odpc-2025-0001
Case reference
ODPC Complaint No. 1655 of 2024
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Regulator
ODPC
Type
determination
Complainant
Antony Mwenda
Date decided
15 January 2025
Respondent type
private
Sector
digital lending
Violations
lack of consent, unlawful data disclosure, unlawful debt collection, obstruction of data commissioner, unlawful processing
Provisions cited
s.25 DPA 2019, s.26(a) DPA 2019, s.26(c) DPA 2019, s.26 DPA 2019, s.28(2) DPA 2019, s.28(1) DPA 2019, s.29 DPA 2019, s.30 DPA 2019, s.56(1) DPA 2019, s.56 DPA 2019, s.61 DPA 2019, s.65(4) DPA 2019, s.65 DPA 2019
Outcome
complaint upheld; compensation ordered; enforcement notice issued; prosecution recommended
Compensation
KES 700,000 (≈ USD 5,400 at the decision date)
Status
final
Source
Official document ↗
Source integrity
SHA-256 e793f280e4a8a68a…
Record verified
30 July 2026

The facts

The complainant alleged that Ceres Tech Limited, trading as RocketPesa, contacted him demanding payment of a loan he was not a party to, beginning with a WhatsApp message in November 2023. Investigations established that the actual borrower had made a payment to the respondent, and that loan records associating the borrower and the complainant were deliberately erased from the respondent's database to derail investigations. The ODPC found the respondent liable for violating the complainant's right to be informed, his right to object, and for unlawful processing.

Orders and outcome

An enforcement notice was issued, the respondent was ordered to pay the complainant Kenya Shillings Seven Hundred Thousand (KES 700,000) as compensation after the Office considered his prayer for Kshs 3,000,000, and a recommendation for prosecution was made against the respondent company's directors for obstruction of the Data Commissioner and for giving false and misleading information. Dated 15 January 2025.

CONSENT · DEBT-COLLECTION · DISCLOSURE · FINTECH · MOBILE-LENDING · OBSTRUCTION · UNLAWFUL-PROCESSING · UPHELD

Cite this decision

ODPC (Kenya), Antony Mwenda v Ceres Tech Limited Ta Rocketpesa, ODPC Complaint No. 1655 of 2024, determination of 15 January 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/odpc/2025/ceres-tech-limited-ta-rocketpesa/ (accessed 23 October 2026).

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