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The fight against controversial computer law now headed to Court

A battery of journalists await the world cup at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi on 26th Feb, 2018

?The State is headed for a legal battle with critics of the controversial Computer Misuse and Cyber-Crimes Act, 2018, who want the Judiciary to declare it unconstitutional.

Lawyers, bloggers, editors, journalists and the civil society are some of the players preparing to file petitions in court over the law that they insist will stifle freedom of expression.

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