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Bunge la Uganda limepitisha Sheria ya Mtandao ikilenga watumiaji wa kompyuta Nchini humo.
Baadhi ya Wabunge wamenukuliwa wakisema kwamba watakwenda kuipinga Mahakamani itawahusu watu wanaochapisha taarifa za uongo mitandaoni, taarifa ambazo hazijathibitishwa na wahusika, pia kuchapisha taarifa za Watoto bila idhini ya wazazi au walezi wao.
Wakati Wabunge wa nchi hiyo wakisema ndio ili kupitisha sheria hiyo, baadhi yao walisikika wakiguna, ndipo Spika wa Bunge, Anita Among alipowaambia watafute namna na kwenda Mahakamani.
Moja ya kifungu kilichopingwa kinahusu adhabu kwa mtu atakayerekodi sauti ama video ya mtu mwingine bila ridhaa yake ambapo atakabiliwa na faini ya shilingi za Uganda Milioni 15 (Tsh. Milioni 9) au kifungo kisichozidi miaka 10 gerezani au vyote kwa pamoja.
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Parliament passes the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022
With amendments, the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 has been passed by the Uganda Parliament on Thursday 8th September 2022.
Earlier this year, Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Hon. Muhammad Nsereko tabled the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill for the first reading.
Among others, the object of the Bill was to prohibit the sharing of any information relating to a child without authorization from a parent or guardian; to prohibit the sending or sharing of information that promotes hate speech; to provide for the prohibition of sending or sharing false, malicious and unsolicited information.
Clause 2 of the Bill sought to amend section 12 of the Computer Misuse Act to criminalize hacking of another person’s electronic device and publishing information obtained therefrom.
“A person who, without authorization, (a) accesses or intercepts any program or another person’s data or information; (b) voice or video records another person; or (c) shares any information about or that relates to another person, commits an offence,” reads Clause 2.
During the Plenary Ug sitting on Thursday, the House considered and passed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with amendments.
Clause 7 on the Penalty has been deleted. This is because additional penalty instituted on leaders and public officials on top of the criminal sanctions created under the Computer Misuse Act is excessive and discriminatory.
A new clause to regulate social media “Misuse of social media” has been inserted. A person who uses social media to publish, distribute or share information, prohibited under the laws of Uganda or using a disguised or false identity, commits an offense.
Where the information under subsection (1) is published, shared, or distributed on a social media account of an organization, the person who manages the social media account of the organization, shall be held personally liable for the commission of the offence.
“Once assented to by the President, the new law will among others enhance the protection of children and prohibit the sending or sharing of information that promotes hatred,” reads a tweet from the Uganda Parliament.
The Bill has already faced criticism from different MPs who claim it encroaches on the freedoms of the press.
Hon. Gorreth Namugga, the shadow minister for Technology in her minority report said that the bill should be withdrawn because it is a duplication of the existing laws and delimits the freedom of the press.
Source: Monitor
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MPs pass controversial computer misuse law
Parliament yesterday passed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022 targeting critical voices online.
The legislation that has been panned by a list of stakeholders, including the Ministry of ICT’s Permanent Secretary, Ms Aminah Zawedde, who requested that it be withdrawn, proposes a raft of punitive measures against people who send malicious information, hate speech, unsolicited information and sharing information about children without the consent of their parents or guardians.
It also criminalises the writing, sending or sharing of any information through a computer, which is likely to ridicule, degrade or demean another person, group of persons, tribe, ethnicity, religion, or gender; create divisions among persons, a tribe, an ethnicity, a religion or gender; and or, promote hostility against a person, group of persons, a tribe, an ethnicity group, a religion or gender.
Though passed with modifications to the original draft, the Bill places a criminal burden on citizens who would want to put to account those responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the country and imposes heavy penalties on such citizens who may share information the authorities deem malicious on social media. The Bill was passed with scarcely any audible yes to combustible proposals put to the MPs for consideration.
Amid heckling voices by a section of dissatisfied MPs, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among told them to seek legal redress.
“Honourable Members, I can hear some of you say we are going to court. If you want to go to court please do. Let’s create work for the court,” Ms Among said.
Source: Nation
Baadhi ya Wabunge wamenukuliwa wakisema kwamba watakwenda kuipinga Mahakamani itawahusu watu wanaochapisha taarifa za uongo mitandaoni, taarifa ambazo hazijathibitishwa na wahusika, pia kuchapisha taarifa za Watoto bila idhini ya wazazi au walezi wao.
Wakati Wabunge wa nchi hiyo wakisema ndio ili kupitisha sheria hiyo, baadhi yao walisikika wakiguna, ndipo Spika wa Bunge, Anita Among alipowaambia watafute namna na kwenda Mahakamani.
Moja ya kifungu kilichopingwa kinahusu adhabu kwa mtu atakayerekodi sauti ama video ya mtu mwingine bila ridhaa yake ambapo atakabiliwa na faini ya shilingi za Uganda Milioni 15 (Tsh. Milioni 9) au kifungo kisichozidi miaka 10 gerezani au vyote kwa pamoja.
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Parliament passes the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022
With amendments, the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 has been passed by the Uganda Parliament on Thursday 8th September 2022.
Earlier this year, Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Hon. Muhammad Nsereko tabled the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill for the first reading.
Among others, the object of the Bill was to prohibit the sharing of any information relating to a child without authorization from a parent or guardian; to prohibit the sending or sharing of information that promotes hate speech; to provide for the prohibition of sending or sharing false, malicious and unsolicited information.
Clause 2 of the Bill sought to amend section 12 of the Computer Misuse Act to criminalize hacking of another person’s electronic device and publishing information obtained therefrom.
“A person who, without authorization, (a) accesses or intercepts any program or another person’s data or information; (b) voice or video records another person; or (c) shares any information about or that relates to another person, commits an offence,” reads Clause 2.
During the Plenary Ug sitting on Thursday, the House considered and passed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with amendments.
Clause 7 on the Penalty has been deleted. This is because additional penalty instituted on leaders and public officials on top of the criminal sanctions created under the Computer Misuse Act is excessive and discriminatory.
A new clause to regulate social media “Misuse of social media” has been inserted. A person who uses social media to publish, distribute or share information, prohibited under the laws of Uganda or using a disguised or false identity, commits an offense.
Where the information under subsection (1) is published, shared, or distributed on a social media account of an organization, the person who manages the social media account of the organization, shall be held personally liable for the commission of the offence.
“Once assented to by the President, the new law will among others enhance the protection of children and prohibit the sending or sharing of information that promotes hatred,” reads a tweet from the Uganda Parliament.
The Bill has already faced criticism from different MPs who claim it encroaches on the freedoms of the press.
Hon. Gorreth Namugga, the shadow minister for Technology in her minority report said that the bill should be withdrawn because it is a duplication of the existing laws and delimits the freedom of the press.
Source: Monitor
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MPs pass controversial computer misuse law
Parliament yesterday passed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022 targeting critical voices online.
The legislation that has been panned by a list of stakeholders, including the Ministry of ICT’s Permanent Secretary, Ms Aminah Zawedde, who requested that it be withdrawn, proposes a raft of punitive measures against people who send malicious information, hate speech, unsolicited information and sharing information about children without the consent of their parents or guardians.
It also criminalises the writing, sending or sharing of any information through a computer, which is likely to ridicule, degrade or demean another person, group of persons, tribe, ethnicity, religion, or gender; create divisions among persons, a tribe, an ethnicity, a religion or gender; and or, promote hostility against a person, group of persons, a tribe, an ethnicity group, a religion or gender.
Though passed with modifications to the original draft, the Bill places a criminal burden on citizens who would want to put to account those responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the country and imposes heavy penalties on such citizens who may share information the authorities deem malicious on social media. The Bill was passed with scarcely any audible yes to combustible proposals put to the MPs for consideration.
Amid heckling voices by a section of dissatisfied MPs, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among told them to seek legal redress.
“Honourable Members, I can hear some of you say we are going to court. If you want to go to court please do. Let’s create work for the court,” Ms Among said.
Source: Nation