Kenya's High Court has declared key provisions of the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2025 unconstitutional. The ruling strikes down sections that would have granted the National Computer and Cybercrimes Coordination Committee powers to block websites and created the offense of cyber harassment.

• Most important fact: The court nullified Sections 6(1) and 27(1) of the Act.
• Key person or organization: The decision was delivered by Justice Patricia Nyaundi.
• Notable detail: Critics argued the struck-down provisions could be used to restrict digital rights and freedom of speech.

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has destroyed counterfeit and illicit goods valued at Ksh 218 million in a multi-agency operation targeting illegal trade networks.

• The seized products included fake beer, spirits, and bottled water.
• The destruction exercises took place in Athi River and Voi.
• KRA highlighted the threat of illicit trade to consumer safety and government revenue, urging citizens to use the SOMA Label App to verify product authenticity.

Anti-narcotics detectives have arrested a 38-year-old man and seized 300 grams of heroin worth approximately Sh1 million along the Mombasa–Nairobi Highway.

• Seized contraband valued at approximately Sh1 million.
• Suspect identified as Brian Tabu Owuor, arrested by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), specifically the Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU).
• Drugs were discovered in a travel bag on Seat No. 29 of a Nairobi-bound passenger bus following an intelligence-led operation at Taru.