Former Chief Justice, Dr. Willy Mutunga has chimed into a contentious bill that seeks to impose fines for failing to disclose WhatsApp chats and SMSs which the government deems suspicious. In an interview with Nation, Mutunga stated that the Statute Law Miscellaneous Amendment Bill 2020 in Parliament as evidence of the government's dictatorial tendencies. I am sure the legislation will be struck down by the High Court in due course," Mutunga stated. "In 1968, the Jomo-Kanu dictatorship was facing fierce opposition from the Kenya People's Union (KPU), which was banned the following year. The Bill proposes the change of the word telegrams to telecommunication to include text messages, WhatsApp, and emails.

Source: Daily Nation December 11, 2020 08:16 UTC