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December 7, 2025
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Duale dismisses claims Kenya will share personal medical records with US

Duale dismisses claims Kenya will share personal medical records with US

In a statement issued on Sunday, Duale maintained that the agreement only permits the exchange of aggregated health data, insisting that no unique personal identifiers—including individual medical fil.....

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Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has dismissed claims that Kenya will share personal medical records with the United States under the new Kenya–US Health Cooperation Framework. He clarified that only aggregated health data will be exchanged, with no individual identifiers accessible to the US government.

  • The US government will inject Ksh208 billion into Kenya’s health sector over the next five years.
  • The agreement will run for seven years, with an additional two-year period for reporting and review.
  • The shared data will consist strictly of totals, trends, and system-level metrics, excluding ID numbers, addresses, or personal medical records.
  • Kenya retains full data sovereignty, adhering to constitutional provisions on privacy, the Health Act of 2017, and the Data Protection Act of 2019.

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