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Public rage as software developer is charged on 'vague' law

Activists protest the delay in presenting a fellow a fellow activist Rose Njeri at Milimani court, Nairobi on June 3, 2025 over alleged offense of cyber crime. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Kenyans expressed outrage over the arrest and detention of Rose Njeri, a young software developer and human rights activist, who was arraigned in court under vague cybercrime charges.

Njeri, known for creating a web portal to campaign against the Finance Bill, 2025, was arrested on Friday and held in police cells over the extended weekend. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) alleges that her web application, hosted at https://civic-email.vercel.app, automatically generated and sent mass emails to the National Assembly Finance Committee’s email, disrupting its systems.

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