Software developer Rose Njeri, who developed a platform to submit feedback on the 2025 Finance Bill, has been released on a Ksh.100,000 bond.
Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo granted the software developer the personal bond and scheduled June 20 ruling to determine whether Njeri will answer to charges related to alleged cybercrime offenses. Njeri did not take plea.
Njeri is accused of unauthorized interference with computer systems, specifically for creating a web application that sent mass emails to the Finance Committee of the National Assembly.
The prosecution alleges that this action disrupted the normal functioning of parliamentary systems.
Detectives say the platform created by Njeri directed mass emails to the official systems of the Clerk of the National Assembly, “thereby interfering with normal functioning of the systems.”
Through https://civic-email.vercel.app/ ,Njeri is accused of interfering with the normal functioning of the systems of the finance committee.
Her defense team, comprising of former Chief Justice David Maraga, argued that the charges lack a clear legal foundation and infringe upon her constitutional rights.
They contend that Njeri’s actions were within her rights to freedom of expression and public participation, as the email address in question was designated for public feedback on the Finance Bill.
The defense requested the court to dismiss the charges, release Njeri on personal bond, and return her confiscated electronic devices, asserting that any information obtained from them is inadmissible in this trial.
Njeri was arrested at her home on Friday and detained at Pangani police station.
