<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Via @JWalu <br><br>

<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Whereas governments have every right to collect any data from citizens, they should only do so under established laws that clearly balance out citizen privacy rights against government propensity for abuse.</span></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">We have repeatedly argued here for <a href="https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-4031222-jpne6o/index.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">a data protection law</a>. But the recent development can only reinforce the point that we are more than late in enacting a data protection law.</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-4495178-m0qc4d/index.html">https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-4495178-m0qc4d/index.html</a></font></div></div>