Juja Member of Parliament George Koimburi has been charged with faking his own abduction to avoid arrest and prosecution over alleged land fraud.
Koimburi appeared at the Milimani Law Courts on Wednesday, July 23, where he faced multiple charges, including conspiracy to defeat justice and publishing false information.
According to the ODPP, charges of publishing false information stemmed from a video released by Koimburi on June 7 while he was at Karen Hospital, in which he alleged that he had been abducted and tortured.
The prosecution claimed that the video was an attempt by the lawmaker to mislead the public since no abduction was ever proven to have taken place and the fake kidnapping on May 25, 2025 in the Mugutha area of Juja sub-county in Kiambu County was a well-orchestrated plot.
It was further argued before Principal Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi that the entire saga, from the staged abduction to the allegations of torture, was an attempt by Koimburi to gain public sympathy and avoid the land fraud charges that were about to be brought against him.
Notably, the abduction incident occurred shortly before Koimburi's expected court appearance, where he was due to answer four charges relating to land fraud.
The MP denied all the charges, and was released on a cash bail of Ksh300,000.
Three people have since been listed as contact persons, with the case set for mention on August 5.
Koimbuiri, an ally of former Deputy President and Democracy for Citizens' Party Leader Rigathi gachagua, ignited nationwide debate in May, after news of his alleged abduction went viral.
Days after Koimburi's alleged abduction, the authorities released an elaborate statement detailing findings from preliminary investigations which accounted for the MP's movements at the time when he supposedly disappeared.
While addressing the media on Wednesday, May 28, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, flanked by other senior police bosses, including the director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Amin Mohammed, revealed that police have arrested three people, including the Juja CDF chairperson, who collaborated in carrying out the kidnapping.
According to Kanja, the statements issued by the suspects after the arrests have unravelled what happened to the MP, who they were convinced abducted himself.
"It is quite, quite inconceivable for an honourable Member of Parliament to go to that extent of state management, his own abduction, creating a lot of tension and fear in the country. Fortunately, we were able to exploit the investigations and expose to the public that the Member of Parliament was indeed not abducted," said Amin.
