Members of the Senate have called for the reinforcement of data regulations in the country to regulate vendors selling phones under the instalment scheme, commonly referred to as 'lipa polepole'.
Speaking during a Senate proceeding on Tuesday, May 13, the Narok Senator, Ledama Ole Kina, claimed that some vendors of these devices are trading customers' personal data to third parties, compromising citizens' data privacy rights.
According to Ledama, Members of Parliament, led by the Senate, should step in and reinforce the Data Protection Act to guarantee the safety of a customer's data when they submit it to a phone vendor. "We should be intentional when it comes to the issue of guarding because when you hear that those who cannot buy the phones in full price are buying the phones on credit and then their data is sold to another third party, it raises the question of what we really need to do," he said.
Senator Ledama Olekina during an interview with Kenyans.co.ke.
