Kenya's delay in joining the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime has drawn sharp scrutiny in Parliament, with legislators questioning why the country has taken nearly 25 years to act on a critical international framework to combat cybercrime and facilitate cross-border access to electronic evidence.

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has assured mobile phone subscribers that adequate measures are in place to ensure they are notified before their inactive SIM cards are deactivated and their mobile numbers are reallocated.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

Members of the National Assembly have raised concerns over the high cost of conducting

elections in Kenya as they debated the Elections (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bill No.

29 of 2024) at Second Reading.

The Bill, which is among the electoral reform measures arising from recommendations of the