Google Kenya head claims she 'decided to leave' in wake of Mocality scandal

31 Jan 2012

After initial reports that she had been fired, Google's Kenya head Olga Arara-Kimani now claims she left the internet-giant of her own accord.

Kenyan tech-news blog Nairobitech was the first to report that Arara-Kimani had been fired over the Mocality scandal.

The scandal, which saw the Naspers-owned business directory accusing Google of illegally scraping its data, gained worldwide attention from the likes of The Register, Techcrunch, Boing Boing, The NextWeb, PaidContent, and Slashgear. Some wondered how damaging the scandal would be to Google's "Do no evil" corporate mantra.

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