Political scientist Mutahi Ngunyi with his lawyer Wilfred Nderitu leaving Milimani Law Court.
BY SAM ALFAN.
Political scientist Mutahi Ngunyi is an angry man after state lawyers failed to turn up in court to prosecute him over hatespeech.
He termed the delay as a tactic by the government and said he was ready and willing to conclude the matter as soon as possible.
The hatespeech case was slated for hearing Monday 5.
The prosecution asked for an adjournment on grounds that State Counsel Moses Omirera who is handling the matter was committed elsewhere.
A state representative also accused the National Cohesion and Integration Commission of failing to give a report that is key to the prosecution’s evidence.
Ngunyi’s charges are in relation to messages he allegedly posted on his Twitter account about Coalition for Reforms and Democracy leader Raila Odinga and the Luo community. The case against Mr Ngunyi follows a complaint by Apollo Mboya who represents the Law Society of Kenya at the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC).
Mr Ngunyi has since denied the charges and is out on a Sh200, 000 cash bail or a Sh500, 000 bonds with one surety of a similar amount.
On Monday, the first witness in the case former Law Society of Kenya CEO Apollo Mboya was to be cross-examined by the defence but Omirera’s absence forced the court to adjourn the case.
