The Kenya Director of Public Prosecution has recommended cybercrime charges against software developer Rose Njeri Tunguru for developing a web platform for Kenyans to give feedback on the 2025 Finance Bill.

Ms Njeri was arrested last week and detained at Pangani Police Station. She was produced in court today after over 88 hours in police custody.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Njeri’s web application interfered with the parliamentary Finance Committee system.

Investigators say Njeri “knowingly created a program hosted at https://civic-email.vercel.app/ that automatically generated and sent mass emails to Financecommiteena@parliament.go.ke, which is the official system of the finance committee, thereby interfering with the normal functioning of the systems.”

The state also accuses her of interfering with the computer systems of the National Assembly.

Detectives say the platform created by Njeri directed mass emails to the official systems of the Clerk of the National Assembly, “thereby interfering with the normal functioning of the systems.”

The arrest of Njeri caused uproar from a section of Kenyans.

On Tuesday at noon, activists held protests at the Milimani Law Court, demanding the unconditional release of Rose Njeri.