The Kenya Copyright Board, in collaboration with DCI detectives, has tracked down the man alleged to be behind the circulation of fake front page print newspapers in the country.
John Muyai is also believed to be part of a group which circulates free PDF copies of newspapers illegally.
Muyai, a 30-year-old IT graduate, was arraigned before a Milimani court.
He has been remanded in police custody until June 15, when he will be charged.
Muyai will face charges related to the infringement of copyright by way of illegal distribution and offering sale copyright works without the owners' authority.
He is also facing additional charges of circumventing technological protection measures.
Recently, fake news has been rampantly circulating on social media.
Kenya Copyright Board executive director Edward Sigei on Tuesday said the board is hunting down others behind fake news circulation.
"We are following crucial leads to arrest other suspects engaged in similar activities. Similar investigations are ongoing in cases of book publishers' copyright and illegally distribution in PDF format," Sigei said.
Last month, the police arrested a man who had been selling digital editions of local newspapers.
Mavin Wanjala was arrested following a complaint filed by Nation Media Group's chief security officer Dickson Mathenge.
Mathenge told the police that pirated PDF copies of Business Daily and Daily Nation were circulating on social media.
