Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of 2026-10-02
Who holds the health record in Kenya?
In 2026, Kenya scores 49 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 53= of 198 countries (likely range 43 to 74), in the Mixed band (45 to 64). Who holds the keys: Shared. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-02.
The person has real controls inside a state or provider system. Its strongest right against the other countries is clinical AI governance (48, against a median of 30 across 198 countries); no right falls below the median, and the closest to it is research and trial consent (50, median 46).
Kenya's rules promise patients a national record with alerts, logs and consent, but the live system is young, claims-driven and leaky.
Published · updated · this country's data as of 2026-10-02 · research tool, not legal advice
49overall, of 100 · Mixed
53=rank of 198
Sharedwho holds the keys
mediumconfidence
88 · Goldevidence grade (DTI)
Can I get my health records in Kenya?
Access to the full record scores 55 of 100 in Kenya, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. The 2021 data protection rules make a copy free and due within 7 days, and the Digital Health Agency runs a national portal, Afyangu, showing visits, prescriptions and results. No official figure shows most people use it, so the cell stops at 55.
Can I control who sees my health record in Kenya?
Control and consent scores 44 of 100 in Kenya, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. Every visit is copied to a national Shared Health Record, but the rules require client authorisation, an alert on each look-up and an access log. A May 2026 fake entry posted with no alert shows these controls are not yet reliable.
Eight rights, against Rwanda, Eswatini, Seychelles and the EU
Patient access to the full record20%
55
50 · 40 · 40
Patient control and consent20%
44
30 · 35 · 42
Privacy and security15%
55
52 · 55 · 45
Connected care journey15%
45
46 · 50 · 52
Protection from commercial use10%
52
50 · 42 · 40
Clinician access at the point of care10%
42
34 · 45 · 50
Research and trial consent5%
50
50 · 46 · 46
Clinical AI governance5%
48
55 · 25 · 20
Black dot: Kenya. Hollow dots: Rwanda, Eswatini, Seychelles (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 198 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Kenya 49, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Kenya need to change to score higher?
Kenya sits in Mixed (45 to 64); Strong starts at 65. The two rights furthest below the 198-country median, weighted, are research and trial consent (50, median 46) and protection from commercial use (52, median 45). The published rubric reads:
Research and trial consent: A general opt-out that is honoured, or dynamic or opt-in consent, with a public register of research uses: 55 to 85.
Protection from commercial use: Clear limits on selling health data or using it for marketing, covering apps and data brokers as well as providers.
Which laws give health record rights in Kenya?
Data Protection Act No. 24 of 2019 (2019): Health is sensitive data; access and portability rights; 72-hour breach notice; express consent for commercial use.
Data Protection (General) Regulations 2021 (2021): Free access within 7 days; no direct marketing with sensitive data; health care processing kept in Kenya.
Digital Health Act No. 15 of 2023 (2023): Creates Digital Health Agency and integrated system; right to a copy; consent withdrawal; offences up to 15 years.
Strain and split context, not scored
Doctors per 10,000
2.6 2024
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
12.1 2024
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
34.1% 2023
Record reaches private care?
unknown
Published stories
2025-12-16 · Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (Kenya) Regulator finds hospital had no way for patients to see or correct records
2024-12 · Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (Kenya) Regulator finds weak access controls at a nursing home led to data breaches
In 2026, Kenya scored 49 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 53= of 198 countries (likely range 43 to 74) (Mixed; who holds the keys: Shared). Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-02, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/KEN/
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OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (38 mostly high-income countries). DTI: SuperTruth's Data Trust Index, grading the evidence behind each score. Everything here comes from public information: laws, government and regulator pages, court decisions, published news, WHO, OECD and World Bank data. Full sources: https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/KEN/#sources. SuperTruth built this index and sells health data verification products; no one paid to be included. Research tool, not legal advice. Text and scores CC BY 4.0.
