BY NT REPORTER.
An Orange Democratic Party (ODM) youth leader has been charged with illegal use of a firearm before a Nairobi court
Benson Musungu appeared before Magistrate Kenneth Cheruyiot and denied the charges. The court heard that the accused committed the offence on April 5, 2017 at Orange house in kilimani, Nairobi.
Musungu was also charged with forging a firearm certificate document contrary to the law. He is said to have had led a group of protesters to Orange House to demand why Elizabeth Ongoro was not nominated as Ruaraka parliamentary seat contestant
The prosecution said Musungu brandished an illegal firearm at the party headquarters and was found in possession of a forged a firearm certificate number 9934 purportedly issued by the chief firearms licensing officer.
He was accused of being found in possession of 14 bullets at Orange House on April 5 2017.It is alleged that he fired randomly at the party headquarter demanding why Ruaraka parliamentary incumbent Tom J Kajwaang had been given a direct nomination as opposed to Ongoro.
He was also charged with being found in possession of a pistol make Parabellum without a license. Musungu is also charged with behaving disorderly while carrying a firearm by firing one shot in the air.
He was released on Sh1 million bond or a cash bail of Sh 200,000.The case will be heard on July 25 2017.
Two police officers are listed as witnesses. It is said that the alleged crowd was demonstrating while accusing the ODM national elections board of removing Ongoro’s name from the list of contestants for the Ruaraka parliamentary seat.
They are alleged to have tried to force their way into ODM executive director Oduor Ong’wen accusing favoring Kajwang in the nomination.
