President Ruto signed cyber crime bill on 15/10/2025 the same day Raila Odinga died. Below are the details of the law:
The Cyber Crimes Bill is now an Act of Parliament which means that it is now enforceable. Kindly bear in mind the following:
1. Section 3 ~ It is an Offense to access someone’s phone or computer (5 years imprisonment).
2. Section 4 ~ It is an Offense to Modify, Delete, obstruct etc someone’s data (5yrs imprisonment)
3. Section 5 ~ It is an Offence to communicate “critical information” to someone not authorised (15yrs imprisonment)
4. Section 6 ~ It is an offence to possess “critical information” (15 years imprisonment)
5. Section 10 ~ It is an offence to record private conversations even if you are part of the conversation (2yrs imprisonment)
6.Section 19 ~ It is an offence to publish misleading information (2yrs imprisonment)
7.Section 21 ~ When you receive a summons or police call outs, for Cyber Crimes it is an offence to disclose that (5yrs)
8.Section 22 ~ It is an offence to be rude, indecent or vulgar with intent to humiliate (2yrs imprisonment)
9.Section 24 ~ It is an act of domestic terrorism to attempt to incite ethnic divisions among the people of the Republic (Imprisonment for life)
NOTE:
If you are an Admin of any Group etc, be mindful of these crimes
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