Following a wave of online hate speech before and after the Kenyan general elections this March, the government agency whose job is to investigate offences has been accused of inaction.
Despite hundreds of cases where offensive material has been posted on social media sites like Facebook, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, NCIC, has only launched six formal investigations under a…
The search for 14 bloggers suspected of posting hate messages on the Internet has started. Six of them had been identified and were being investigated, a media monitoring committee revealed on Wednesday.
The rest use pseudonyms and the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has been asked to unearth their identities, according to the National Steering Committee on Media Monitoring.
“We were able…
www.mashada.com shut down by Kenya Authorities
Ahead of the March 2013 Presidential elections, the Communications Commission of Kenya blocked access to the web portal Mashada, accusing it of failing to moderate hate speech.…
Kenya: Parliament decides to withdraw controversial amendments targeting Public Benefit Organisations (PBO)
The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2013, that was under review by the Justice and Legal Affairs Parliamentary Committee – last stage before being passed by Parliament – posed serious threats to the respect and protection of the right to freedom of association in Kenya. The Bill, which was…
Controversial blogger Robert Alai has been arrested and detained by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers for an “offensive tweet” accusing a former Siaya Gubernatorial candidate William Oduol of battering his wife.
Alai was charged with posting the “annoying” tweet/message on Twitter contrary to section 29(b) of the Kenya Information and Communications Act CAP. 411A laws of Kenya.
According to the Act,…
Arrest of Kenyan tech blogger Robert Alai has shone a spotlight on the East African nation’s online civil liberties, with experts saying it has illustrated the possible vagueness of the country’s communications law.
Alai, who writes for technology website techmtaa.com, was put behind bars two nights ago by Kenyan police and released on a Khs100,000 yesterday, after he posted a tweet…
The search for 14 bloggers suspected of posting hate messages on the Internet has started.
Six of them had been identified and were being investigated, a media monitoring committee revealed on Wednesday.
The rest use pseudonyms and the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has been asked to unearth their identities, according to the National Steering Committee on Media Monitoring.
“We were able to…
On Thursday Dr. Mzalendo Kibunja, Head of the National Integration Cohesion Commission (NCIC), announced that one of the new areas of focus for the commissions work will be hate speech on the internet. The commission will begin monitoring social networks and commentaries on news networks for hate speech early as April.
According to the National Integration Cohesion Commission Act of 2008…