Wananchi Group Kenya Limited Ta Zuku Fibre Kenya

Complaint upheld; prosecution recommended. ODPC, March 2025. month-precision date

Record ID: ke-odpc-2025-0021
Case reference: ODPC Complaint No. 1880 of 2024
Jurisdiction: Kenya
Regulator: ODPC
Type: determination
Date decided: March 2025
Respondent type: private
Sector: telecoms
Violations: failure to respond to erasure request, obstruction of data commissioner, unlawful processing
Provisions cited: s.25 DPA 2019, s.26(a) DPA 2019, s.26 DPA 2019, s.36 DPA 2019, s.40(1)(b) DPA 2019, s.40 DPA 2019, s.56 DPA 2019, s.61 DPA 2019, s.65 DPA 2019
Outcome: complaint upheld; prosecution recommended
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 12 March 2026

Summary

The ODPC upheld a complaint against Wananchi Group Kenya Limited Ta Zuku Fibre Kenya in the telecom sector concerning failure to respond to erasure request, obstruction of data commissioner, unlawful processing. The determination considers s.25 DPA 2019, s.26(a) DPA 2019, s.26 DPA 2019, s.36 DPA 2019. A recommendation for prosecution was made.

OBSTRUCTION · RIGHT-TO-ERASURE · TELCO · TELECOM · UNLAWFUL-PROCESSING · UPHELD

Cite this decision

ODPC (Kenya), ODPC Complaint No. 1880 of 2024, determination of March 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/odpc/2025/wananchi-group-kenya-limited-ta-zuku-fibre-kenya/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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