Outrage over arrest of Kenyan software developer as regional repression grows

Rose Njeri charged with breaching cybercrime law over tool for people to show opposition to proposed tax changes

A Kenyan software developer who was arrested last week after creating a tool for people to express their opposition to a proposed law has been arraigned in court and released on bail, amid public anger at her detention and growing signs of repression in the east African country and its neighbours.

Rose Njeri was charged on Tuesday with unauthorised interference with a computer system" in violation of the country's computer misuse and cybercrime law.