NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 5 – Kiambu Governor William was on Friday charged with ethnic contempt over remarks he made in November last year.
He denied the charges when he appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Mutuku at the Milimani Law Courts.
Governor Kabogo was freed on a cash bail of Sh200,000 or a surety bond of Sh500,000.
He is accused of making the remarks which were considered to have potential to evoke ethnic emotions by saying some communities do not embrace circumcision.
Court records show that he made the remarks at Thika Stadium on November 25.
The prosecution had opposed his release on bond saying it was against the interest of justice before his lawyers convinced the court that the accused has always obeyed court summons.
Summons to have him take the plea were issued two weeks ago by Nairobi Chief Magistrate Daniel Ogembo.
Source-capitalfm.co.ke
About William Kabogo
William Kabogo Gitau is a Kenyan politician. He was the first and former governor of Kiambu County and a member of The National Alliance (TNA), one of the allied parties that merged to form The Jubilee Party.[2]
He won the governorship in the March 2013 general election. He is the immediate former juja MP, a seat he won in the 2010 by-elections, trouncing Gradus of Chama Chetu Congress who was a distant second, while the previous MP Oluoch Kanindo of PNU was third. In 2017, he lost the jubilee ticket and conceded defeat way before the results were announced.
In 2017, he was defeated by his rival Ferdinand Waititu in the nomination for the Jubilee gubernatorial ticket. Thereafter, he quit the Jubilee Party and declared that he would contest for the seat as an independent candidate but also lost to Waititu.
He is associated with Best health care in kiambu county when he was governor.
Source-https://en.wikipedia.org/
