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Kenya: The secret cyberlaw in Kenya

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Law, Technology

What is the secret cyberlaw [1]that was passed by the Kenyan parliament?: As unfortunate as it would be, the great story of a new beginning for the ICT sector went largely unnoticed. The new law curiously carries a section or two that traditional Kenyan media did not like. Members of the fourth estate had started waging war against the new act as early as 2007 before it was tabled to parliament. So distructive was the media's campaign against the law it is still unfortunately referred to as the ‘media bill’.