Hi Listers,

I come from the school of thought where we don't need to come up with laws for every seemingly new vice perpetrated through technology. This is theft, similar to the case of the guy from Embu who build a house with money erroneously deposited in his bank account https://nairobiwire.com/2020/06/man-in-tight-spot-after-building-house-with-money-mistakenly-deposited-in-his-bank-account.html.

The Penal Code CAP 63:

268.

Definition of stealing

(1)

A person who fraudulently and without claim of right takes anything capable of being stolen, or fraudulently converts to the use of any person, other than the general or special owner thereof, any property, is said to steal that thing or property.

Kind regards,

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu

Advocate

Head of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs - Oxygene MCL

Tel: +254 718 181644

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:25 AM Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Hi Daudi,

This is extreme, i think a crime should be separated from basic rights to communicate.

Best Regards

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020, 8:31 am David Indeje via kictanet, <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers,

Something is being disccused online, initiated by Mr Boniface Mwangi:

"There should be a law that anyone who receives mobile money by error and refuses to reverse the transaction should be banned from owning a mobile line. All mobile numbers are supposed to be registered using an ID and that persons ID should be flagged to never transact again." https://twitter.com/bonifacemwangi/status/1275659504647057411?s=19

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