1. Pursuant to the Data Protection Act 2019, Murang’a University of Technology (MUT) inits capacity as a data controller and/or processor under the Act, must obtain your explicit, affirmative, and informed consent before it can collect or process any personal data for a lawful basis, including, but not limited to employment, admission application, registration, awards, payments, online education etc.
2. “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (a “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
3. Any personal data that is collected from you will be for the sole purpose of
a.)Application for employment
b.)Application for admission, bursary and scholarship
c.)Appraisal
d.)Online education
e.)Research
and is necessary for that purpose. This may include processing the personal data as required to execute contractual obligations in connection with the previously described purpose and compliance with applicable laws, to execute the obligations to you.
4. Personal data regarding a legal process which may have been provided to MUT by public authorities will be processed only for the described purpose and will be in compliance with any applicable law.
5. Not withstanding anything to the contrary herein, MUT may process personal data without the data subject’s consent under other lawful bases, including when processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which a data subject is a party; when MUT/ICT/F/05 processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which MUT is subject; or when processing is necessary to protect vital interests, such as the life of a data subject.
6. Personal data will be handled and processed only by the persons who are responsible for the necessary activities for the purpose above, and may be transmitted from MUT to other public or private entities.
7. MUT in exercising its mandate may share /disclose personal data to a third party. Any data shared in this regard will be done in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act.

MUT is committed to ensuring the security of your information. We have put in place reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards designed to prevent unauthorized access to your information.