A Section of Uganda’s Computer Misuse Act Outlawed! But, the Greater Part of the Law Remains Thorny
By Juliet Nanfuka |
The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) welcomes the ruling by Uganda’s Constitutional Court that section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act of 2011, which penalises “offensive communication”, is null and void. This section has severally been used by state authorities to silence dissent, and CIPESA has for long supported efforts to…