Nuru Okanga charged with publication of false information about Ruto

Nuru Okanga, the self-proclaimed biggest supporter of Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga, was on Thursday, November 30, 2023, charged with the publication of false information about President William Ruto contrary to the law.

Okanga, who was arraigned before Nairobi Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, denied the charge.

He is alleged to have published a controversial video about the President on his YouTube channel known as Riba News@ribanews.

According to the charge sheet, the suspect published false and calculated statements to discredit the reputation of the President on November 20, 2023.

After denying the charges, Okanga urged the court to release him on reasonable bail terms saying he would abide by all conditions set by the court.

The magistrate however granted him a cash bail of Ksh10,000.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) recommended the prosecution of Raila’s diehard supporter after officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested him on Wednesday.

Okanga has been in the limelight since the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results were announced last week.

READ MORE When they arrived at the scene, they were astonished to find a cooking pot filled with meat and some vegetables. At the scene, was a human skull and blood-stained clothes as well as the deceased's gumboots. Police interrogated the suspect on his father's whereabouts but he noted that he was also unaware as he was still searching for him. The rest of the missing body parts first spotted by the locals was found dumped in a sack and covered with stones inside Nithi River. One of the area residents who claimed that the suspect began digging the tunnel in 2017 stated that the suspect and his victim had an argument about the condition of the tunnel before he went missing. "The two had quarrelled after the man stopped his father from cutting the Napier grass around the tunnel," Johnson Mutembei a resident told a local publication. The suspect is currently in custody pending arraignment in court to face murder charges. "We have arrested a man who is suspected to have killed his father, cooked part of the body and hidden some in a tunnel," Muthambi Sub-County Police Commander stated.

The vocal political activist eyeing the Kholera ward Member of County Assembly (MCA) seat was among the candidates who sat for the primary school national examinations, and many Kenyans were looking forward to knowing how he performed.

Okanga has remained as elusive as he can be concerning his performance in the KCPE examinations, making some netizens conclude that he may have sat for the papers less than he had made them believe.

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