Court Halts Implementation of Kenya-US Five-Year Health Deal
The High Court has suspended the implementation of the Kenya-USA five-year health deal, pending the determination of a case filed by the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) over an alleged medical data breach. The lobby group argued that once Kenya’s medical and epidemiological data is transferred abroad, the harm becomes permanent and irreversible. Cofek added that the courts or Kenyan regulators will have no power to recall, restrict or oversee the foreign use of such data, once it is shared as per the deal signed between the two countries.