You will now have to pay Sh5 million fine, attract two-year prison sentence or both, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said.

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In a Cyber Crime law Bill assented into law by the Head of State on Wednesday, the country will also penalise heavily those spreading hate-speech on electronic media platforms.

Also, sharing pornography through social and electronic media platforms will attract a maximum fine of Sh300, 000 or 30 years in prison or both if proven.

The country has been grappling over fake news control due to an existing lacuna in the law which has since been sealed.

Parliament passed Computer and Cyber Crime Bill las month despite spirited efforts by members of the media fraternity to have it stopped.