MP Aden Duale Seeks to Ban Pornography in Kenya in Proposed Bill

Garissa Township MP Aden Duale has crafted a Bill that seeks to criminalize pornography in Kenya.

The Bill, which seeks to amend the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act of 2018, wants the sharing of pornographic materials on the internet banned. It also seeks to have websites that host pornographic content blocked in the country. 

The proposed law imposes a fine of Sh20 million or 20 years in jail for those found guilty of sharing pornographic materials.

“A person shall not knowingly publish pornography through a computer system produced pornography for its publication through a computer system, download, distribute, circulate cell, or make it available in any way for telecommunications operators,” the bill reads in part.

Last year, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha vowed to push for the ban of all pornographic sites in Kenya, saying they were to blame for the high rate of teenage pregnancies in the country.

He said he would petition President Kenyatta and the Cabinet to introduce a law blocking all Kenyans from accessing pornography on the internet.

“You see when you are not thinking about sex but someone opens a pornographic page then you start thinking about it and generating ideas. Why is that site accessible in Kenya? Who needs it?” posed Magoha.

“Don’t tell us because it is accessible in the US that it should be accessible here. There many countries in Africa and Asia that have blocked it and their culture is better.”

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua has also been calling for the ban of pornography.