Kenyan politicians released on bail over hate speech allegations

Record ID: 912689

  • Title: Kenyan politicians released on bail over hate speech allegations
  • Date: 12th September 2017
  • Summary: NAIROBI, KENYA (SEPTEMBER 12, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** COURTROOM FILLED WITH PEOPLE KENYAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT MOSES KURIA OF THE JUBILEE PARTY AND FORMER SENATOR JOHNSON MUTHAMA OF THE NATIONAL SUPER ALLIANCE (NASA) COALITION WALKING INTO COURTROOM CUFFED TOGETHER MUTHAMA'S LAWYER JAMES ORENGO SMILING AND LAUGHING VARIOUS OF KURIA AND MUTHAMA IN THE DOCK TALKING TO THEIR LAWYERS COURTROOM WAITING FOR RULING KURIA AND MUTHAMA IN THE DOCK POLITICIANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN COURT (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHIEF MAGISTRATE, FRANCIS ANDANYI, SAYING: "We have a bond of Kenya shillings 500,000 with one surety of a like-sum, or a cash bail of Kenya shillings 300,000" MAGISTRATE ADJOURNING COURT WOMAN SPEAKING WITH ANDANYI PEOPLE DEPARTING COURT
  • Embargoed: 26th September 2017 17:18
  • Keywords: Kuria and former opposition senator Johnstone Muthama Nairobi court incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga
  • Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
  • City: NAIROBI, KENYA
  • Country: Kenya
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016YALPVR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A ruling party lawmaker Moses Kuria and former opposition senator Johnstone Muthama of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition were freed on bail on a 300,000 Kenya shilling ($3,000) bond on Tuesday (September 12) in a Nairobi court after being arrested because of allegations of incitement to violence in their public speeches.
    Last week, Kuria gave a public speech calling for a "manhunt" for Odinga's supporters, who had greeted the court ruling with jubilation.
    On Sunday (September 10), Muthama, a former senator for the opposition Wiper party, gave a speech peppered with insults aimed at Kenyatta.
    Both candidates of the annulled ballot, incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, also ratcheted up the temperature in public speeches on Monday (September 11) with Kenyatta telling a delegation that if Odinga was elected president his party would impeach him within three months of assuming power while Odinga's coalition said it would boycott the opening of parliament.
    A government body monitoring hate speech said that more than three times as many incidents were reported in the week following the Supreme Court's ruling on September 1 that voided of Kenyatta's re-election than during the whole 10-week election campaign.
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