NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 3 \u2013 Software developer Rose Njeri Tunguru was on Tuesday formally charged in a Nairobi court with unauthorized interference with a computer system, following her arrest over a website used to mobilize public opposition to the Finance Bill 2025.<\/p>\n
According to the charge sheet presented at the Milimani Law Courts, Njeri is accused of creating and hosting a website that allegedly automatically generated and sent mass emails to the official address of the National Assembly\u2019s Finance Committee on <\/strong>May 19, 2025. <\/p>\n The prosecution claimed this interfered with the normal functioning of government systems.<\/p>\n The charge is based on Section 16 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act No. 5 of 2018, which criminalizes unauthorized interference with computer systems.<\/p>\n Njeri was arrested on May 30, 2025, with police citing her website\u2019s role in a digital campaign that flagged controversial tax proposals and allowed citizens to directly email lawmakers in protest.<\/p>\n She was held in custody for four days, with her whereabouts unknown until Tuesday morning when she was moved from Pangani Police Station.<\/p>\n The prosecution presented a list of witnesses, including digital and cybercrime experts, as well as investigating and arresting officers.<\/p>\n The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) confirmed that investigations were led by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations\u2019 Serious Crimes Unit.<\/p>\n Njeri\u2019s case sparked national attention, with civil society groups and legal experts calling it a crackdown on dissent and digital activism.<\/p>\n A section of leaders including former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, condemned Njeri\u2019s arrest and called for her immediate and unconditional release.<\/p>\n The court set the case for mention later in June 2025 and released Njeri on bond as her legal team prepares to contest the charges.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 3 \u2013 Software developer Rose Njeri Tunguru was on Tuesday formally charged in a Nairobi court with unauthorized interference with a computer system, following her arrest over a website used to mobilize public opposition to the Finance Bill 2025. According to the charge sheet presented at the Milimani Law Courts, Njeri is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}