Police should not abuse the law to target bloggers

The Constitution of Kenya under Article 33 protects each individual’s freedom of expression, which extends to freedom to seek, receive or impart information or ideas.

Free speech is important, but it is not the only value and it does not have priority over all other considerations. Indeed, paragraph (2) of Article 33 limits this freedom of expression by stating that it does not extend to: propaganda for war, incitement to violence, hate speech or advocacy of hatred that constitutes ethnic incitement, vilification of others or incitement to cause harm.