BY SAM ALFAN.
A university student has been charged with running fictitious social media accounts purporting to be the official account of Interior Permanent Secretary Dr. Raymond Omollo.
Tony Blair Okello was presented before a Kahawa magistrate Boaz Ombewa alongside Tyson Odhiambo Otieno, where they denied the charges.
The two were charged with conspiracy to fraudulently and dishonestly create a Facebook account using the names and photographs of the Interior PS with the intention to defraud members of public.
It is alleged that they committed the offence between 29th January and 10th April, 2025 at unknown place within the country, with others not before court,
It is further alleged that on the same day, they intentionally created a Facebook account in the names PS Raymond Omollo with intent to deceive members of the public.
They purported that the social media account was a genuine account operated by Dr. Omollo, the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration.
They denied the charges and were released on a cash bail of Sh.35,000 each.
