By Kabuye Ronald
Uganda’ President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assented to the infamous Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022 into act and three other bills.
The infamous bill was tabled by Kampala Central MP, Muhammad Nsereko earlier this year tabled which was later debated and passed despite criticism by members of the public and opposition political actors. Nsereko however defended it saying it will regulate social media and other media platforms especially when it comes to propagating fake news.
According to the law, recording of a person’s voice or video without permission, or unauthorized access to their personal information, and seeks to render a person convicted under the proposed law ineligible for public or elective office for a decade and imposes a fine of Shs15 million or imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or both.
According to the statement issued by Uganda’s State House, the four bills include Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022, The Physical Planners’ Registration Act, 2022, the Kampala Capital City (Amendment) Act, 2022 and the Mining and Minerals Act, 2022
