Attorney General Files Petition Against High Court's Ruling On Huduma Number Cards Illegality
AG Paul Kihara Kariuki says he was dissatisfied with the court's judgement on huduma number cards illegality ruling.
Carol Wangari 
Attorney General Kihara Kariuki has filed a notice of appeal against judgement that quashed Huduma Namba roll out illegal noting they are dissatisfied with the ruling delivered on Thursday by Justice Jairus Ngaah.
Following the ruling on Thursday, The High Court declared the calling of the huduma process illegal and directed the government to conduct a data protection impact assessment before rolling out the cards.
Jairus Ngaa ruled, “An order of mandamus is hereby issued compelling the government to conduct a data protection impact assessment in accordance with Section 31 of the Data Protection Act before processing of data and rolling out the Huduma cards.”
In addition to this Justice Ngaa further quashed the decision by the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to roll out the Huduma Namba cards, saying it was illegal.
The court ruled.“An order is hereby issued to bring into this honourable court to quash the government's decision of November 18, 2020, to roll out Huduma cards for being ultra vires of the Data Protection Act 2019.”
Ngaa further directed the government to carry out the impact assessment before rolling out the Huduma cards. The order quashing the rollout of Huduma Namba was of no consequence because the state has already rolled out the cards.
