, section 25 prohibits the use of electronic communication to “disturb the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any person with no purpose of legitimate communication”.The decision on the law followed a petition by Andrew Karamagi and Robert Shaka, rights activists.that the portion of the law be scrapped for being vague or overly broad to define the actual offence committed.
The panel of justices, led by Kenneth Kakuru, also ruled that the section “curtails inherent freedoms of speech and expression that are guaranteed in the constitution”.criticised the Ugandan government for inhibiting press freedom and hampering democracy.The report called for a review of the Computer Misuse Act as the “law does not define false and malicious information, making it very imprecise”.
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