Junet, Ichung’wa Join Forces To Call Out Kenyans On Internet Misuse – Want Actions From Police
On Friday, December 27, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichungwah and his Minority counterpart Junet Mohammed called on authorities to arrest people who misused the internet.
In view of Kenya’s recent spate of abductions, the duo cited laws from the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018.
The two leaders weighed in on the growing debate and urged law enforcement to exercise caution in light of the current trend.
They were addressing at a gathering in Mukhweya, Bungoma, to express their condolences to the family of National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula after his mother passed away.
The two leaders asked the police and other investigating organizations to pursue such individuals, arguing that they are violating the law enacted in 2018 to combat cyberbullying and cybercrime.
“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.
Kimani Ichung’wah: I want to challenge the DCI, kama kuna watu wamefanya makosa ya misuse of computers and cybercrimes, arrest them and make it public, and take them before courts of law so that it becomes a deterrent to those who insult and do very uncivilized things#KBCniYetu pic.twitter.com/fgNQ0oZ5nl
— KBC Channel1 News (@KBCChannel1) December 27, 2024
“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,” he added.
“I know it had challenges in court back in 2019 but the same courts reaffirmed that law and all the provisions of that law, if the DCI are not aware and the police are not aware are fully in force.”
“All they need to do is implement that law and end these shenanigans of people insulting each other left, right and center with impunity and imagining nothing can happen to you,” he asserted.
National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah and his Minority counterpart Junet Mohamed challenge the police to arrest those misusing the internet in line with the provisions of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018. pic.twitter.com/SykvHPODqV
— TheStarKenya (@TheStarKenya) December 27, 2024
Individuals who were allegedly kidnapped by people claiming to be officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are accused of sharing AI photos that are offensive to government leaders.
Bernard Kavuli, Peter Muteti, Billy Mwangi, and Gideon Kibet, also known as Kibet Bull, were kidnapped throughout the last week for their internet activities.
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Many Kenyans condemned the State for ‘state-sponsored’ abductions, claiming that the enforced disappearances were against the law.
At the same time, Ichungwah advised Kenyans to be courteous of politicians in the online sphere and steer clear of spewing negative discourse on social media.
“I want to urge Kenyans to respect the families and homes of the politicians who you are targeting online,” the majority leader stated.
“The same level we expect as Kenyans, let us extend the same level of respect to our leaders.”
Junet, Ichung’wa Join Forces To Call Out Kenyans On Internet Misuse – Want Actions From Police
