BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has been charged with demanding Sh250 million from Kakamega Governor Fernandez Barasa by falsely accusing the Governor for kidnapping him.
Echesa appeared before Kibera Magistrate Senior Principal Magistrate Monica Maroro and denied the charges.
The former CS is charged alongside businessman Joseph Waswa alias SSP Kiprop but was not present in court to plead to the charges.
The two are accused that on 18th March this year while at unknown place jointly with others not before court with intent to defraud conspired by falsely accusing Governor Baraza of kidnapping Echesa.
They demanded for Sh250 million in order to drop false accusation against him.
Echesa alone is charged with obtaining Sh10 million from the Governor by falsely pretending that he was in position to delete some alleged inappropriate photos and video clips of him found in a ‘gadget’ confiscated from the Muslim holy man babu yusuf Milale.
The two are also accused of attempting to extort Sh1. 5 billion from the Kakamega county boss by threatening him that he will be accused of kidnapping the former CS if their demand was not met.
Waswa alias SSP Kiprop is facing charges of cyber harrassment.
He is charged that on 19th day of March this year at unknown place while using WhatsApp number 0723****66 he sent a WhatsApp message “Bure by saa inne i will have circulated all ur nude photos kwa hizo WhatsApp groups?” to the Governor number the information he knew that would be detrimentally affect him.
He was released on a cash bail of Sh500, 000.
