Suba North legislator Millie Odhiambo's personal assistant (PA), Derrick Ochieng, was on Wednesday charged with insulting Rangwe Member of Parliament (MP), Lilian Gogo via Facebook.
Mr Ochieng, who is also a freelance journalist, is accused of committing the offence between February 1 and March 10, 2018.
Nonetheless, he denied the charges before Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi.
According to the charge sheet, Ochieng', together with his accomplices, published and broadcasted insults on Ms Gogo's Facebook account.
[caption caption="Derrick Ochieng' at Milimani court(Twitter)"]
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"You are a thief and not worth being an MP for Rangwe constituency, with intent to insult, cause fear and alarm to the people of Rangwe in Homa Bay county and the general public," his post read.
In his defense, Ochieng' noted that the charges against him were meant to intimidate him in his line of duty.
He urged the Court to grant him a lenient cash bail arguing he had three children who depend on him.
Magistrate Andayi ordered him to be released on a cash bail of Sh50,000.
The next hearing of the case will be on April 11.
[caption caption="Rangwe MP Lilian Gogo"]
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