Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi at the Kiambu Law Courts on April 27, 2018. ERIC WAINAINA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi was on Friday charged before a Kiambu
court with posting online derogatory remarks against Kirinyaga Governor
Anne Waiguru, Nairobi's Mike Sonko and Kenya Power Managing Director Ken
Tarus.
Mr Nyakundi was also charged with posting hate speech content against the Kikuyu community on social media.
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He
denied the accusations and was freed on Sh2 million bond with an
alternative of a Sh1 million cash bail for the hate speech charge.
For the other three charges, he was freed on Sh200,000 bond with an alternative of Sh100,000 cash bail for each.
In
Mr Sonko’s case, the blogger has been charged that on April 1, 2018, at
unknown places, he wrote on his Facebook and Twitter accounts, obscene
material about the governor that could deprave and corrupt the public
against him.
The governor, who the charge sheet names as the complainant, has been listed among the witnesses who will testify.
In
Ms Waiguru’s case, Mr Nyakundi is accused of publishing obscene
information regarding the governor on April 16 and that words he used
were meant to deprave and corrupt the public against her.
Ms
Waiguru has been listed as the complaint and also one of the witnesses
who will take to the dock to give evidence against the blogger who was
arrested early this week and booked at Muthaiga Police Station.
In the case filed by Mr Tarus, Mr Nyakundi is accused of peddling rumours against the Kenya Power top chief online.
The
post, the police said was likely to cause fear and alarm to the public,
yet he knew that the information he posted was false.
The
charge sheet read in part, “….without lawful excuse published a false
rumour to wit, Kenya Power is being looted by Jubilee through Ken Tarus
who got a job as the Managing Director (MD) with fake papers, this
country is led by criminals".
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