MP KURIA DIDN’T INCITE YOUTH,COURT TOLD.

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Former Gatundu South Assistant County Commissioner testifying before a Nairobi Court on Tuesday February 5,2019./PHOTO BY S.A.N.

BY NT CORRESPONDENT.

Former Gatundu South Assistant County Commissioner has told Nairobi court that Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria did not incite youth during a government function in his constituency in 2015.

Alexander Mukindia told the trial court that the video clip in which the MP was allegedly captured inciting youths to violence was not recorded in Gatundu Stadium.

The assistant commissioner told the court that the clip was taken in a bushy area and not the stadium.

He said that he was shocked to see the clip as he never anticipated such.

“The clip I was shown by the police did not relate to the events of that day,” said Mukindia.

He said he was the master of ceremonies and Kuria did not make the statements at the venue.

“With the support he had on the ground, if Kuria could have made those remarks in Gatundu, we would have registered mass violence because Gatundu is a cosmopolitan area,” said Mukindia.

He further testified that youth behavior and illicit bre was part of the agenda at the said function and the youth had been called upon to help clear the bush that was a hide out for the brewers.

Mukindia said the youths had been hired to help the government in clearing bushes around Wamuguthuko River, which had been a hideout for illicit brewers. He said the youths were using pangas in the job.

“The youth had been hired to help clear the bush around Wamuguthuko which had been a hide out for illicit brewers using pangas,” he testified.

The witness also said that “as a master of ceremony and government official at the function, he would not have allowed anyone to make such utterances”.

In the clip, Kuria is allegedly shown telling panga armed youth to attack people opposed to the National Youth Service projects.

“The environment and the spirit of the day was completely not in tandem with what we saw in the media. This was a meeting of one tribe except us – the officers – and the youths were happy the government had considered working with them.” Said Commissioner.

Former NYS Director General Nelson Githinji was also in attendance among other state officials.

Kuria is accused of inciting his constituents to slash anyone opposed to NYS projects, allegations he denies.

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