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Retraction of Mankone, A. M. (2023). Data protection and right to privacy 
legislation in Kenya. IASSIST Quarterly, 47(3-4). 
https://doi.org/10.29173/iq1080 for plagiarism (retraction made 10/2024). 
 
The editorial staff of the IASSIST Quarterly received a charge of plagiarism for this article in 
September 2024, from Mr. Shadrack Mutisya, a former subordinate of Mr. Mankone.  Upon 
receiving a draft of the paper from Mr. Mutisya, editorial staff compared its similarity to the 
published article using the tool iThenticate and found a 94% level of similarity between the two.  Mr. 
Mankone has admitted to our editorial staff that he submitted his subordinate’s paper as his own 
without crediting Mr. Mutisya.  Co-authorship being unsatisfactory to Mr. Mutisya, the IQ is 
retracting the article altogether.  Notice has been sent to the journal’s indexing services.  This being 
Mr. Mankone’s only paper in the IQ, this is the only paper affected.  Mr. Mankone has been 
permanently banned from publishing with the IQ. 
 
Michele Hayslett and Ofira Schwartz, Editors