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Cleophas-Malala
October 29, 2018

Journalists Accused of Distributing Senator Malala’s Nudes Acquitted

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Three journalists, who had been arrested last week, in connection with Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala’s alleged viral nude photos have been acquitted. David Ndolo, Stafford Ondego and Alex Njue’s charges were withdrawn after the… Read More

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October 4, 2018

LSK is in court to contest 15% Internet tax imposed by the Finance Act 2018

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The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has gone to court to contest the introduction of the 15% excise duty on telephone and internet data services through the Finance Act 2018.… Read More

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October 4, 2018

Smartphone spyware ‘Pegasus’ suspected to have targeted Kenyan phones

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Citizen Lab has released a new report that shows Pegasus is most likely being used to target and infect smartphones in Kenya. Pegasus is a spy software that is only sold… Read More

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October 4, 2018

Cybercrimes Law in Kenya to remain suspended till November 5

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Judge Wilfrida Okwany has thrown out an application filed by the Attorney General (AG) seeking to have the suspension of the 26 sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018 lifted… Read More

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August 3, 2018

How private data was used during the 2017 Kenyan election

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Tactical Tech’s Data and Politics research teams set out to investigate how personal and individual data was being utilized in modern digitized political campaigns. By working with various stakeholders in… Read More

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July 21, 2018

Aga Khan Hospital sues blogger Dennis Owino for defamation

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Blogger Dennis Owino has been sued by The Aga Khan University Hospital and it’s CEO Shawn Baluoki for an article he published on Kenya Insights. Dennis, the  Twitter handle @Kinyanboy… Read More

Prophet Owuor
July 19, 2018

2 Kenyans may be charged for ‘wounding religious feelings’ of Prophet Owuor

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Two Kenyans online could find themselves behind bars for allegedly posting on Facebook and Youtube, comments that stir religious feelings targeting Prophet David Owuor. A search warrant was sought and… Read More

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July 18, 2018

Senteu Sadera arrested over Facebook post mentioning Narok Governor

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Senteu Sadera, a 32-year old man from Narok County was on Wednesday evening (11th July) arrested by detectives from the County Directorate of Criminal Investigations for allegedly writing a defamatory… Read More

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July 4, 2018

Data Protection Bill published by parliament

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Did you know that as an individual, Kenyan companies that have your personal information will have to be granted permission by you before collecting, processing or storing personal data? This… Read More

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July 4, 2018

Justice Wilfrida Okwany orders that 26 sections of the Cybercrimes law to remain suspended until October 1st

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The suspension of 26 contentious sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act has been extended to 1st October 2018. In an application filed by the Attorney General seeking to… Read More

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June 25, 2018

LSK challenges constitutionality of The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act

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The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has joined the efforts to declare sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018. The lawyers’ body is suing the National Assembly, Attorney… Read More

Robert Alai
June 22, 2018

Hunted turns hunter: Robert Alai threatens to sue Weekly Citizen for defamation

Lolyne Ongeri 0

Controversial blogger and social media influencer Robert Alai is threatening to sue the Citizen Weekly for defamation. This is after the latter published an article in their weekly publication for… Read More

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