Charter for Kenya Medical Research Institute, 2026

33. Research Data

Edition: 2025-07-21 · In force

33. Research Data

(1)A researcher shall collect data for purposes of obtaining knowledge or information required to answer an identified research issue.

(2)The data collected shall be strategic research data and as such shall be classified as Sovereign National safeguarded under law to support—

(a)health research;

(b)public health monitoring;

(c)innovation and biotechnology;

(d)emergency response; and

(e)national security.

(3)The use, storage, transfer and general management of such data shall adhere to the highest national cyber-security standards and other enabling legislation.

(4)Data shall be collected from—

(a)literature;

(b)humans;

(c)animals;

(d)organisms;

(e)plants; or

(f)any other human health research-related materials.

(5)The sources of data collected under subparagraph (4) shall include—

(a)primary data categories collected through experiment, questionnaire, observation or interview; or

(b)secondary data categories collected through literature survey, official and unofficial reports or library resources.

(6)The researcher shall, in processing data collected, adhere to the relevant laws and guidelines.

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Source: Kenya Law