Rose Njeri

Rose Njeri Tunguru (born 1989–1990) is a Kenyan coder and activist. She became known for her creation of "Civic Email," a digital tool aimed at helping Kenyans email officials expressing opposition to the Kenyan Finance Bill 2025, for which she was subsequently arrested. Her arrest sparked national outrage and protest. She was named as a Time 100 Next in 2025.

Biography Tunguru resides in an apartment in Embakasi, Nairobi, and earned a bachelor's degree in commerce. She subsequently began learning web development through She Codes, Harvard Online, and Alt Africa.

On May 19, 2025, Tunguru announced on X that she "wrote a simple program that lets you reject the Finance Bill 2025 with just one click". The tool was called "Civic Email". The launch coincided with public discontent over the Kenyan Finance Bill 2025, and could be used to help citizens voice their objections to that tax law. and her devices were confiscated. She has stated that she was "never read her rights" and was detained for 88 hours for, according to prosecutors, "interfering with the normal functioning of government systems" by making her tool which "automatically generated and sent mass emails." She was subsequently released on bond. Video footage captured her smiling, which went viral on social media.

Her case led to a national outcry, a trending hashtag of #FreeRoseNjeri However, she has stated that her devices still have not been returned, and that officers have attempted to arrest her again since. Since then, she has described herself as a "civic tech activist." She has also been named to the 40 under 40 list by Business Daily Africa.

Personal life Tunguru has anemia, She has two children.