Nairobi, June 9 -- You glance at your phone after a meeting only to find dozens of missed calls from the same person. While it may seem more annoying than unlawful, legal experts say persistent unwanted phone calls can, under certain circumstances, attract legal consequences in Kenya.

According to Mary Audi and Fridah Muriithi, lawyers at Muri Mwaniki Thige & Kageni (MMTK) LLP Advocates, repeated calls do not have to contain threats to amount to actionable conduct under Kenyan law.

"Repeated calls can still be actionable where they amount to cyber harassment under the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, harassment under the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act, or an infringement of the right to privacy of communications under Arti...