Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act No 5 of 2018

Computer fraud

(1) A person who, with fraudulent or dishonest intent—
(a) unlawfully gains;
(b) occasions unlawful loss to another person; or
(c) obtains an economic benefit for oneself or for another person, through any of the means described in subsection (2),
commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty million shillings or imprisonment term for a term not exceeding ten years, or to both.
(2) For purposes of subsection (1) the word "means" refers to —
(a) an unauthorised access to a computer system, program or data;
(b) any input, alteration, modification, deletion, suppression or generation of any program or data;
(c) any interference, hindrance, impairment or obstruction with the functioning of a computer system;
(d) copying, transferring or moving any data or program to any computer system, data or computer data storage medium other than that in which it is held or to a different location in any other computer system, program, data or computer data storage medium in which it is held; or
(e) uses any data or program, or has any data or program output from the computer system in which it is held, by having it displayed in any manner.
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