Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) report has revealed that more than 60 bloggers have been arrested this year.
This was confirmed by BAKE chairman Kennedy Kachwanya while launching the report on Wednesday.
The chair further noted that police and senior government officials are constantly looking for ways of legally intimidating bloggers and Kenyans online.
BAKE chairman further claimed a software to spy blogs and social media, FinFisher, was acquired by the National Intelligence Service with only one goal, to monitor and possibly bring down web platforms.
FinFisher is a sophisticated computer spyware suite sold exclusively for government intelligence gathering and law enforcement purposes.
But government have used the software to monitor and spy on firms, journalists, activists and opposition political leaders.
Mr Kachwanya cited the shutting down of the Internet in neighbouring Uganda during their last general elections and suggested that a similar blackout could be imposed in Kenya in 2017.
“The possibility to either shut down the Internet during the 2017 General Election in whole or in part remains a glaring possibility,” he said.