The National Assembly’s Finance Committee has rejected the Treasury’s proposal to allow the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to spy on Kenyans’ M-Pesa transactions and bank account details.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u had proposed to amend the Data Protection Act to exempt the KRA from the requirement of seeking court orders before accessing sensitive personal information held by data controllers and processors, including banks, telecom operators, utilities, schools, land registries, and the National Transport and Safety Authority.
