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May. 17, 2018, 6:00 am By NANCY AGUTU and PATRICK VIDIJA Source: @thestarkenya President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law, the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Bill, 2018, Wednesday May 16, 2018. /THE STAR Has a false report of the death of a prominent person, a defamatory article about a politician or a photo of nude teenager ever landed in your WhatsApp inbox? If so, do not — repeat do not — think of forwarding these to anyone or sharing them on your Facebook page, unless you have millions of shillings to pay fines or want to spend years in prison. That's the punishment for anyone found guilty of myriad offences in the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act that President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law yesterday. Knowingly spreading false information electronically, which is common among social media users, will attract a fine of Sh5 million on conviction. A plethora of social media activities have also been criminalise