The ruling upheld sedition laws that can be used to punish critical speech or journalistic investigations related to the president, while it struck down the a 2013 amendment to the ICA, which criminalized online defamation and the spread of “false news” on the internet. 
Wakati hukumu iliyotolewa inakumbatia sheria ya uhaini ambayo inaweza kutumika kuadhibu taarifa muhimu au uchunguzi wa wanahabari unaomuhusu Rais,inaondoa marekebisho ya sheria ya habari na mawasiliano ya mwaka 2013 ambayo yalifanya kashfa mtandaoni na kusambazwa kwa “habari za uongo” mtandaoni kuwa jinai.