Andrew Aligula · LEAD
Court Confirms Safaricom Customers Data Was Sold To Betting Companies In Seven-Year Cover-Up
l High Court rules Safaricom violated the constitutional rights of subscribers after employees extracted and trafficked the intimate financial, betting and location data of 11.5 million Kenyans to named betting firms including Betika and Odibets. The telco is ordered to pay KShs 9.9 million and is now staring down the barrel of cascading litigation from millions more.