{"id":46818,"date":"2023-11-04T14:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T14:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse"},"modified":"2023-11-04T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T14:36:39","slug":"south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span> <\/b>South Sudan government has passed a bill it said is meant to controlling cybercrimes and computer misuse.<\/p>\n

Speaking to journalists following a regular cabinet meeting in Juba on Friday, information minister and government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth said the bill was drafted in 2021 but was presented to parliament after it elapsed.<\/p>\n

He said the minister of justice had to compile another draft and that the cabinet meeting chaired by President Salva Kiir Mayardit yesterday endorsed the latest draft and the minister has been directed to present the bill to the transitional parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill was issued in 2021 but it lapsed before it could be presented to the parliament and when it was presented to the parliament, it already lapsed in accordance with provisions of the law,\u201d Makuei said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the minister has to redraft and put it in the form of the bill and this bill was presented today for the protection and control of cybercrime and computer misuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis law was also discussed and passed to the next level and the minister of justice is directed to present it to the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) for consideration,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to a draft of the bill publicized in 2021, cybercrimes include unauthorized data transmission, human and drug trafficking, computer hacking, espionage, economic sabotage, cyber terrorism, and sexual offense communication.<\/p>\n

Other crimes are publication of false information and indecent content, impersonation, and other identity-related offenses, as well as disclosure of passwords. The sentences for these crimes, according to the initial version, range from four to twenty years of imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Prominent South Sudanese have faulted the move, saying the process was not inclusive and transparent, and that the order does not favour all. The country\u2019s exiled activist Wani Michael described the move at the time as unconstitutional, illegal, null and void.<\/p>\n

\u201cArticle 55 (3) of the constitution clearly indicates that the ministry has no constitutional jurisdiction or authority to enact any law as it is the sole responsibility of parliament to legislate and enact laws in South Sudan. Any purported law passed by the Ministry of Justice without the parliamentary enactment is unconstitutional and illegal,\u201d Wani stated.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan government has passed a bill it said is meant to controlling cybercrimes and computer misuse. Speaking to journalists following a regular cabinet meeting in Juba on Friday, information minister and government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth said the bill was drafted in 2021 but was presented to parliament after it elapsed. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":46817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-46818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nSouth Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019 - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Sudan government has passed a bill it said is meant to controlling cybercrimes and computer misuse. Speak ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Sudan government has passed a bill it said is meant to controlling cybercrimes and computer misuse. Speak ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-04T14:17:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-04T14:36:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"351\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-04T14:17:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-04T14:36:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse\"},\"wordCount\":378,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse\",\"name\":\"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019 - South Sudan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-04T14:17:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-04T14:36:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"South Sudan government has passed a bill it said is meant to controlling cybercrimes and computer misuse. Speak ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg\",\"width\":850,\"height\":351,\"caption\":\"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\",\"name\":\"South Sudan\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019 - South Sudan","description":"South Sudan government has passed a bill it said is meant to controlling cybercrimes and computer misuse. Speak ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019","og_description":"South Sudan government has passed a bill it said is meant to controlling cybercrimes and computer misuse. Speak ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse","og_site_name":"South Sudan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-11-04T14:17:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-04T14:36:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":850,"height":351,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019","datePublished":"2023-11-04T14:17:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-04T14:36:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse"},"wordCount":378,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Sudan","South-Sudan"],"articleSection":["all news","economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse","name":"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019 - South Sudan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-04T14:17:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-04T14:36:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"South Sudan government has passed a bill it said is meant to controlling cybercrimes and computer misuse. Speak ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699095740.198077.jpg","width":850,"height":351,"caption":"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-cabinet-approves-bill-to-control-cybercrimes-and-computer-misuse#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South Sudan cabinet approves bill to \u2018control cybercrimes and computer misuse\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/","name":"South Sudan","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}