| dc.description.abstract | Governments all over the world have a lot of data about their citizens. The citizens in turn have a lot of
information about themselves which the government does not have. If these two data sets are consolidated and
then mined by interested parties, there is a lot of valuable knowledge that can be gleaned from it. This research
has looked into these issues and proposed a model which can be used by the government to encourage its
citizenry to share their personal data with it and also with other interested parties, in a legal and acceptable
manner for anonymous statistical use.
Since it was not feasible to carry out a census to ascertain the perception in regard to the issues around personal
data access and sharing, a sample of the Kenyan population was chosen to provide feedback about these issues.
From the research findings, most Kenyans (62%) are ready and willing to open up their personal data details for
anonymous statistical analysis to the government and other interested stakeholders in the Personal Data
Ecosystem (PDE). However, they indicated that they need to give their consent for any access of their personal
data.
There was also correlation between gender, level of education and age and willingness to sharing of personal
data with the government and other stakeholders in the Personal Data Ecosystem (PDE).
We considered the Kenya scenario and the responsibility of the Government of Kenya (GoK) and its citizens
and other stakeholders in the PDE in achieving this objective. | en |
