[kictanet] Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp

Sat Sep 24 11:36:42 EAT 2016

It was declared unlawful

“A controversial section in the Kenya Information and Communications Act which creates the offense of “misuse of a licensed telecommunication device,” has been declared unlawful.

High Court Judge Mumbi Ngugi on Tuesday declared Section 29 of the said Act as unconstitutional saying it was too broad, vague and that it violated certain provisions of the Constitution.”

http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Law-on-misuse-of-telecommunication-device-vague/1056-3166528-nbwoe2/index.html

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Abuse of telecommunications equipment? 

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016, 8:55 AM Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote:

Question: Is insulting a cybercrime per se?

As a mwanainchi why cant I arrest a person for insulting me on WhatsApp? (Let along Facebook or Twitter) ??

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote:

It shouldn't matter if he insulted or criticised. It's laws like this that are used to shut down legitimate criticism. Studies have shown just the threat of censure/arrest has wide effects outside the person being censured/arrested.

Bringing this back to a local context, isn't the law that got Wadi arrested still on the books?

On 23 September 2016 at 17:16, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote:

The nature of the insult was not indicated in the article. I'm just wondering whether the lecturer insulted or criticized. There is a difference between the two...or is there?

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On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote:

A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police official said on Friday, bringing the number of people charged under a tough new cybercrimes law to 10.

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