National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichungwah and his Minority counterpart Junet Mohammed on Friday, December 27, challenged authorities to arrest those misusing the internet in line with the provisions of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018 in light of the recent wave of abductions in Kenya.
While speaking at a function condoling with the family of National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula following his mother's passing in Mukhweya, Bungoma, the two leaders waded into the discourse that has gained momentum and called upon law enforcement bodies to do due diligence in light of the recent trend. The two leaders urged the police and other investigative bodies to go after such individuals who they argued are contravening the law put in place in 2018 to tackle cyber-bullying and cyber crime. "The ongoing behavior and trend by Kenyans to abuse people through the internet by posting images such as the ones we have been seeing lately is very depressing," Junet stated.
Police Officers during the closing of the Multinational Security Support Mission to the Republic of Haiti Course at the National Police College Embakasi 'A' Campus.
NPS "I want to challenge the DCI to arrest individuals who are violating the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act and make it public that you have arrested them and taken them before courts of law so that it can be a deterrent to those who are misusing computers and artificial intelligence to insult and do very uncouth, uncivilised things," Ichungwah stated. "To the DCI, you must make use of the laws that we created and enacted in Parliament back in 2018.
