High Court strikes down cyber law allowing website blocks without court approval

The high Court, has declared unconstitutional, sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Amendment Act, 2025 that allowed the state to block websites and online applications deemed to be host unlawful activities without Court Approval. Delivering the ruling, Justice Patricia Nyaundi held that the act effectively, handed the National Computer and Cybercrimes Coordination Committee sweeping powers to determine whether online content was offensive, stating that it could have been used to infringe media freedom, the freedom of expression as well as that of religion.