TUKO Editor Jailed For Six Months By Court For Misreporting NYS Graft Case
Worrying news has today emerged as the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) has vowed to appeal the decision by a Nairobi court to jail a news editor for allegedly misreporting and publishing a story over the NYS graft scandal. Magistrate Eunice Nyutu sentenced the Tuko editor to six months in jail or pay a fine of Ksh 50,000, insisting that the story had damaged the reputation of the witness and that publishing a defamatory story is punishable by law.
Bad News for Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi After the Following Court Ruling
A Nairobi court has issued a warrant of arrest against Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi for failing to attend court according to the reports by the Star. Kingi who was to testify in a case whereby 4 businessmen were attempting to forcefully take Ksh 30 million from him, would be arrested together with Ahemed Ibrahim, a prosecution witness who also failed to appear in court. The senior principal magistrate of Milimani Anti-Corruption Court, Eunice Nyutu, issued the two with the warrant of arrest and they will
Governor Kingi's Order of Arrest Reprieve
Earlier, the anti-corruption court issued an arrest warrant against Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi for failing to attend a session to testify in a criminal case in which four businessmen are accused of trying to extort Sh30 million from him. Then now, Senior Chief Justice Eunice Nyutu of the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court suspended the arrest warrant following a successful application by Kingi's counsel, George Kithi that the governor did not purposely fail to appear before the court. According to Kithi, the