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New law tightens noose on Online hackers

CA Director General Francis Wangusi

You will now need your national identity card, birth certificate or passport before using the internet, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has said.

The authority also seeks to have all internet users in cybercafés or in hotels and restaurants to leave behind all their personal details before they log onto the internet in the cyber or in public wireless hotspots.

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