This archive report was first published on 1 July 2020.
On July 7, 2020, the Public Service Commission will interview ten candidates vying for the newly created data commissioner's post, a position that comes eight months after President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the Data Protection Act on November 8, 2019.
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) interim director general Mercy Wanjau, who has been serving as the agency's boss in an acting capacity, is among the shortlisted candidates.
Ms Wanjau will appear before the Public Service Commission on July 7 for her hour-long interview, along with other candidates including IEBC director of voter registration and election operations Immaculate Kassait, Kemu University deputy vice chancellor David Gichoya, and ICT Authority deputy director Thomas Odhiambo.
The new office of the data commissioner will be responsible for maintaining the register of data controllers and data processors, exercising oversight over data processing operations, and has investigatory powers with respect to any alleged breach of the provisions of the Data Protection Act.
