Anybody sharing pornographic material online will risk a Ksh. 20 million fine or 25 year jail term or both if a Bill by Garissa town MP Aden Duale is enacted.
The Bill proposes to amend the cyber crimes act to prohibit sharing of pornographic materials.
“A person shall not knowingly publish pornography through a computer system, produce pornography for the purpose of its publication through a computer system, download, distribute, circulate, sell or make it available in anyway from a telecommunications apparatus pornography,” the Bill states.
In addition, the bill seeks to prohibit the use of electronic mediums to promote cult, terrorism and extreme religious activities.
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The Bill proposes that a person who transmits electronic messages that is likely to make other persons to participate in terrorists activities, commits an offense and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Ksh. 5 million or face a 10 year jail term or both.
To protect the citizens from offensive websites, the Bill seeks to have such websites blocked and inaccessible within the Kenya.
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