Duty LXD-2006
Reuses other publishers' content, in Kenya
Copyright Act, fair dealing for quotation and reporting of current eventssince 2 lines
Copyright Act (Cap. 130), Second Schedule, Part A [s. 26(3)] (general exceptions and limitations) · Read the law's page
- You may deal fairly with a work for criticism or review, or for reporting current events, without infringing the copyright owner's exclusive rights; the same holds for scientific research and private use, and for doing any of these by way of parody, pastiche or caricature.
- Sufficiently acknowledge the source of the reproduced work whenever you rely on the exception.
Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, Reporting of Cyber Threatsince 2 lines
Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act (No. 5 of 2018), s. 40 · Read the law's page
- Immediately inform the National Computer and Cybercrimes Co-ordination Committee, established under section 4 of the Act, of an attack, intrusion, or other disruption to the functioning of another computer system or network, within twenty-four hours of the attack, intrusion, or disruption.
- Include in the report a summary of how the breach occurred, an estimate of the number of people affected, an assessment of the risk of harm to them, and an explanation of any circumstance that would delay or prevent telling them.
- This binds any person who operates a computer system or a computer network in Kenya, whether public or private; the duty is not limited to a critical-infrastructure operator, a licensed entity, or a business of any minimum size, and it binds a government body as well as a private one.
- Failing to make this report is itself an offence: a fine of up to two hundred thousand shillings, imprisonment of up to two years, or both; the Committee may separately propose isolating a suspected system pending resolution.
- This duty is in effect now and has applied since the Act commenced on ; the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025 left this section unchanged.