Elijah Muthui Kitonyo aged 23 years has been arrested in Mwingi for publishing misleading and alarming information on Corona virus.
He will be charged for publishing false information that is calculated or results in panic contrary to section 23 of the Computer Misuse...
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He will be charged for publishing false information that is calculated or results in panic contrary to section 23 of the Computer Misuse...
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... and Cyber Crimes Act of 2018.
We urge members of the public to be responsible and to desist from authoring, publishing or sharing unconfirmed information that may cause panic and anxiety.
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We urge members of the public to be responsible and to desist from authoring, publishing or sharing unconfirmed information that may cause panic and anxiety.
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.... 23. A person who knowingly publishes information
that is false in print, broadcast, data or over a computer
system, that is calculated or results in panic, chaos, or violence among citizens of the Republic, or which is likely to discredit the reputation of a person...
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that is false in print, broadcast, data or over a computer
system, that is calculated or results in panic, chaos, or violence among citizens of the Republic, or which is likely to discredit the reputation of a person...
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... commits an offence
and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding
five million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years, or to both.
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and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding
five million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years, or to both.
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