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Activist Rose Njeri free after court dismisses charges against her

Rose Njeri a website developer and activist before Milimani Law Courts dock. [Nancy Gitonga, Standard]

A Nairobi court has freed Rose Njeri, a website developer and activist, after finding that the charges leveled against her did not disclose any offence.

Milimani Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo discharged Njeri, ruling that the accusations failed to meet the legal threshold to constitute a crime under the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act.

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