Wema Bukembe

Suo moto investigation; respondent found compliant; file closed. ODPC, 16 December 2025.

Record ID: ke-odpc-2025-0096
Case reference: ODPC Suo Moto Investigation No. 014 of 2025
Jurisdiction: Kenya
Regulator: ODPC
Type: determination
Date decided: 16 December 2025
Respondent type: individual
Sector: general
Violations: lack of consent, commercial use of personal data, unlawful data disclosure, failure to respond to erasure request, unlawful processing, failure to register with odpc
Provisions cited: s.25 DPA 2019, s.26 DPA 2019, s.29 DPA 2019, s.30 DPA 2019, s.37 DPA 2019
Outcome: suo moto investigation; respondent found compliant; file closed
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Source integrity: SHA-256 51787ecd4c157d48…
Record verified: 30 July 2026

The facts

The ODPC opened a suo moto investigation into the operations of Wema Bukembe Development Organisation in Bungoma County. The investigation found the organisation had a lawful basis for the personal data in its custody and was not using it for commercial purposes, and concluded it is compliant with the Act to the extent investigated.

Orders and outcome

The respondent was found not liable in respect of the suo moto investigation and the file was closed. Dated December 2025.

CONSENT · DISCLOSURE · GENERAL · RIGHT-TO-ERASURE · UNLAWFUL-PROCESSING

Cite this decision

ODPC (Kenya), Wema Bukembe, ODPC Suo Moto Investigation No. 014 of 2025, determination of 16 December 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/odpc/2025/wema-bukembe/ (accessed 30 August 2026).

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