Rev. 2011] Kenya Information and Communications CAP. 411A 29 Offences Relating to Telecommunications Services 28. A person who dishonestly facilitates or obtains a service Obtaining service provided by a person authorised under this Act to provide dishonestly. 1 of 2009, s.10. telecommunication services with intent to avoid payment of any charge applicable to the provision of that service commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one million shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both. 29. A person who by means of a licensed telecommunication Improper use of system. system— (a) sends a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or (b) sends a message that he knows to be false for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another person commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both. 30. A person engaged in the running of a licensed telecommunication Modification etc., of messages. system who, otherwise than in the course of his duty, intentionally modifies or interferes with the contents of a message sent by means of that system, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both. 31. A licensed telecommunication operator who otherwise than Interception and disclosure. in the course of his business— (a) intercepts a message sent through a licensed telecommunication system; or (b) discloses to any person the contents of a message intercepted under paragraph (a); or (c) discloses to any person the contents of any statement or account specifying the telecommunication services provided by means of that statement or account, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand shillings or, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both.