Nuru Okanga, a supporter of the opposition leader Raila Odinga, was arrested and arraigned in court for allegedly insulting President William Ruto.
According to police report, Okanga was arrested on Wednesday and arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts on Thursday after a viral video of him hurling insults at the Head of State last week surfaced online.
Okanga was charged with publishing false information on a YouTube channel known as Riba News on November 20, 2023, at an unknown place in Kenya.
The court documents the clip was circulated online under the name ‘Nuru Okanga on Fire.”
“On the 20th day of November 2023 at an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, jointly with others not before court, using YouTube account/Channel Riba News (ribanews) published online a video captioned… “NURU OKANGA ON FIRE!” information you knew to be false and calculated to discredit the reputation of a state officer and VI with intend to provoke a breach of the peace,” read court papers.
Okanga was released on a cash bail of Ksh.10,000 with the case set to be mentioned on December 13, 2023.
