Ugandan parliament passes Computer Misuse Bill

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Nigeria has its debated Social Media, Hate Speech, and [NITDA Code of Practice Bills](=._rI0lRvHsycszEUGzYj_oB9RQAy06j4PfTwf9xxNEWk); Kenya has its [ICT Practitioners' Bill](=.M_feekOFGRQWFsKq75kint3sQn2TFX2zohXTTYF1WNI); and Uganda has recently come up with its Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill. On Thursday, September 9, during plenary, the House [considered and passed](=.QDiK0QOf3L9HlS7VvmHq5uBKUqlT7LXakuQOw3vxpqc) the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with amendments. What's wrong with the bill? According to the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), it's a “blow to online civil liberties”. In July, a member of the Ugandan parliament, Muhammed Nsereko, proposed an amendment to the Computer Misuse Act of 2011, arguing that the present act doesn't take into consideration sharing information across social media. The bill wants to amend Section 12 of the act and criminalise hacking another person’s electronic device and publishing information obtained from the hack. The bill also proposes that no person shall write, send or share information which is likely to ridicule, degrade or demean another person, tribe, religion, or gender. The bill proposes the adoption of penalties of a UGX 15 million ($3,900) fine, imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or both for the listed offences. While these amendments would naturally help national cohesion and deter cybercrime, countries like Uganda can and have used them to suppress free speech and digital rights. For example, social critic, Stella Nyanzi, has been [arrested and jailed](=.JpOGh8uhwNkv8EYnTHAZJ9T_owfH-p_NUUVKiEKwxig) at least twice for “insulting” Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, on social media—once for calling him “a pair of buttocks” in a Facebook post. More recently, acclaimed novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, was [detained and tortured](=.-l9g5pcSYerTQzaL4dEBcQWrsVrDBfWTI1N57ooyNV0) after he made a series of tweets criticising Museveni and calling his son “plump” and “pigheaded”. Legal critics also claim that the bill is filling a gap that isn't there. CIPESA, for example, [explains](=.H-AheAqbvuwEMJ8h67qlB8Sc0-ZS8HwNO2XqKbbTris) that the bill duplicates existing the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act 2010, and Data Protection and Privacy Act, both of which already speak to unlawful interception and unlawful access of personal information. Many Ugandan critics don't trust the motives of the bill, and they're backed by the Ministry of Information, Communication Technology (ICT) which called for the withdrawal of the bill. Unfortunately, their call fell on deaf ears. And now? The bill has been passed by parliament but not without a few changes. The parliament [reportedly](=.Vij-fz_yaMh2ZcIWfs9PXXUJHKgHGZNprauVhW8xRi4) removed clause 7, the clause that lists out heavy penalties of fines, imprisonment and— unsurprisingly—disbarment from holding public positions for 10 years. The bill will now be passed on to Museveni for assent, after which it'll become law in Uganda. [WhatsApp](=.5fS4QjiM7cad7piZXaN5pUzyBgYlhGc81xg7OQicAkk) [Twitter](=.6pBLCrKJKRQl8hxh8b51qY0vcdYdC8Fu0f5D6neC6Do) [LinkedIn](=.g6fhqag9nSGyViGSHpLd3FpyTVeYWk0LIfTK5aeMNbk) [Facebook](=.w02Y-czHcd3ojQqZURS9EGrwzx-vjIkFrJjl9SaD-Wg) [Email](mailto:info@example.com?&subject=&body= JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE OVER $3 MILLION FROM MTN PLEADS NOT GUILTY =.AL4I0qhk_xu_n7Uvd2SgLSGxsQ948CEOuBeOZUZBJeE Ruth Moshabane, the junior accountant who allegedly stole R53 million (~$3 million) from MTN in the period from December 2010 to April 2017, has pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against her. [According to court documents](=.B9IhywKqd6BZ1HfqMMaLsTymCh5bpJzZTHgHbv-YYv4), state prosecutors revealed that Moshabane stole an average of R7.6 million (~$435,000) rands a year through 90 transactions over the almost seven-year period. How did she do it? The accused [allegedly transferred money](=.4Gx3ve5JCS7A3xAPWWRHqxg6XW0SWK7nPeeboWNPUtI) from MTN’s bank accounts to hers under the guise that she was paying for services to be provided by Mutual and Federal, and Guardrisk Insurance. Moshabane had access to 76 MTN bank accounts used to pay its vendors. A case of greed Moshabane reportedly first transferred R60,000 on December 13, 2010 and an additional R42,500 two days later. In January 2011, she transferred R117,000 to herself but increased the amount the following month to more than R577,000. The amounts only increased from then on including three transactions in August 2011, totalling R600,000. Two million rand was transferred in November 2013 and two R1.6 million transactions were actioned in September 2015. She then proceeded to steal an average of R1.5 million each month for over a year. Waterloo Moshabane’s crime spree ended on April 2017 when Standard Bank notified MTN of the unusual transactions, leading to her arrest on April 11, 2017. She faces 16 counts of fraud. Zoom out: According to court documents, Moshabane reportedly had five properties registered in her name at the time of her arrest. MTN is [pursuing compensation](=.U3Tg1VimPegRZoUpHLdZ9qkK_-l7sYIXnnVaPBBhO1c) for the stolen funds as well as interest and legal costs. 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