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Ms Immaculate Kassait

Data Commissioner
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner of Kenya
Participates in 1 Session

Ms. Immaculate Kassait, MBS is the first Kenya Data Commissioner with 12 years working experience in the Public Sector managing complex project in governance, training, compliance and strategy. She was the Chair of the taskforce that developed the three sets of regulations that operationalized the Data Protection Act Kenya 2019. Under her leadership, ODPC developed its inaugural strategic plan 2022-2025 and set up a fully functional office. She has further been instrumental in positioning Kenya in the Data Protection Map through membership to various international organization on data protection, and now serves as the 1st Vicechair to the Board of the Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA). Ms Kassait also serves as an Editorial Board Member of the Global Privacy Law Review. 

Ms Kassait is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya of 14 years standing, a Building Resource in Democracy Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) facilitatorand was awarded the Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS), Presidential Award, 2017 for her outstanding work in public service and continuous to take part in several philanthropy activities as part of her community work.

Ms Kassait, holds a Masters in Business Administration from USIU Africa, a post Graduate Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law, and an Undergraduate Degree in Law from Makerere University. 

 

 

Sessions in which Ms Immaculate Kassait participates

Thursday 20 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 AM
9:00 AM