Garissa town MP Aden Duale proposed a Bill that seeks to amend the Cyber Crimes Act and make anyone who shares pornographic material on the internet face a Ksh. 20million fine or 25 year jail term or both once it is approved.
The Bill states, “A person shall not knowingly publish pornography through a computer system, produce pornography for the purpose of its publication through a computer system, download, distribute, circulate, sell or make it available in anyway from a telecommunications apparatus pornography.”
It also seeks to curb the promotion of terrorism, extreme religious or cult activities done through the use of electronic mediums.
According to the Bill, a person who publishes or transmits electronic messages that is likely to cause other persons to join or participate in terrorists activities, commits an offense. Such a person shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Ksh. 5million or face a 10 year jail term or both.
The Bill also seeks to have such people blocked by empowering the National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee to render such websites inaccessible within the country. This move is meant to shield the nation from websites that are considered offensive.
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