'Insult the government on social media and be jailed for 5years' - Kenyan Govt warns citizens against inflammatory content

'Insult the government on social media and be jailed for 5years' - Kenyan Govt warns citizens against inflammatory content

As Kenyan general elections draw closer, citizens have now been warned by the government to avoid sharing untruthful or inflammatory content on social media platforms or face a fine of up to Sh1 million or a jail term of five years if the proposed regulations to police web content is adopted.

The Communications Authority and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission in a statement said they have co-authored the draft rules that will punish Kenyans for being impolite, disrespectful or inciting violence when sharing political content.