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Police seek 2-week detention for Uhuru poster suit suspect Thursday April 08 2021 By JOSEPH WANGUI Summary Police want a Nairobi court to allow detention of an activist suspected to be behind a poster circulated on social media platforms indicating that President Uhuru Kenyatta is not authorised to act or transact on behalf of Kenyans. In an application filed at a magistrate court in Milimani, detectives said holding Mr Edwin Mutemi Kiama for 14 days will give them ample time to complete invest...

An ill-advised post on Facebook threatening the life of President Uhuru Kenyatta landed a man in court on Monday. 22-yer-old Simon Muchiri was arraigned before a Kiambu court where he was charged under the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act with misusing the social media platform by publishing r

THE STANDARD By Roselyne Obala | March 2nd 2021 at 11:18:16 GMT +0300 Garissa Town MP Aden Duale [File, Standard] If you consume or trade in adult content, your days are numbered. It could soon be a crime to publish adult content and terror information on the internet targeting the youth and underage if the draft Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment), 2020 Bill is approved by Parliament. The Bill sponsored by Garissa Town MP Adan Duale, is due for publication by Parliament and seeks ...

THE STANDARD By Roselyne Obala | March 2nd 2021 at 11:18:16 GMT +0300 Garissa Town MP Aden Duale [File, Standard] If you consume or trade in adult content, your days are numbered. It could soon be a crime to publish adult content and terror information on the internet targeting the youth and underage if the draft Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment), 2020 Bill is approved by Parliament. The Bill sponsored by Garissa Town MP Adan Duale, is due for publication by Parliament and seeks ...

A Kenyan man was arraigned before a local court on Monday over a Facebook post where he threatened to shoot President Uhuru Kenyatta. Simon Muchiri, 22, was

Atwoli Backs Anti-Pornography Bill By Aden Duale COTU Secretary general Francis Atwoli has thrown his weight behind proposals by Garissa Township MP Aden Duale seeking to tame pornography in Kenya. The proposed law — to be cited as the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2020 — is set for publication and introduction in the National Assembly for consideration this week, the Star newspaper reports. Duale wants stricter laws outlawing possession and publishing of pornographic con...

The 22-year-old Kiambu man was arrested in a covert operation by detectives.

The court was told by the prosecution team that he committed the act on February 27 this year at an unknown place. Mr Muchiri was arrested by security officers after reviewing his page and later tracking him down using his mobile number. “That on February 27 at unknown place you published on your Facebook page that you would kill President Uhuru Kenyatta without hesitation if you had a gun,” the prosecution told the court. The accused, however, denied the charges and was released on a cas...

THE STANDARD KENYA Atheists In Kenya Society president Harrison Mumia [File, Standard] The Atheists in Kenya Society on Tuesday reacted to a move by Garissa Township MP Aden Duale who wants to illegalize possessing and publishing pornographic content through the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2020. The group’s president Harrison Mumia said the move would result in a boom for the industry as he strongly opposed the Bill. “Illegalising porn will only result in a boom for th...

THE STANDARD By John Ouma | March 3rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Majority of Kenyans on social media have found fault with a Bill sponsored by Garissa Town MP Aden Duale that seeks to criminalise the publication of pornographic material by amending the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018. If approved by Parliament and signed into law by the President, anybody who shares pornographic content will be fined Sh20 million or face a jail term of 25 years, or both. In the same Bill, the former...