Renowned Televangelist Thomas Wahome of the Helicopter Ministries on Thursday, September 12, found himself on the wrong side of the law after he was taken to court for abusive comments.
Reports by Nation disclosed that according to documents filed in court, the Director of Public Prosecution(DPP) Noordin Haji wants the Bishop charged with using abusive language against a government administrator.
The man of the cloth is said to have hurled insults at Nyeri South Deputy County Commissioner Henry Ochako on August 28.
However, Wahome moved to court seeking to stop Haji from charging him for using abusive language against Ochako.
He approached the High Court in Nyeri to order for the suspension of the intended prosecution at the Othaya Law Courts.
The man of the cloth took things a notch higher and alleged that the intended prosecution only aimed at coercing him to drop a pending criminal case in which a village chief was accused of stealing his two dogs worth Ksh 300,000.
He named the chief, Paul Waigeni, Ochako in the Ministry of Interior offices and Coordination of National government and the DPP as respondent.
"The DCC lodged a criminal case number 543 of 2019 at a court in Othaya against me where I was to be charged with using abusive language in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace.
"He informed me that if I fail to withdraw a complaint against the chief I will suffer the consequences," wrote the Bishop in his affidavit.
Wageni is under trial for stealing two exotic dogs of the Terrier breed in December 2016 in Kihuri village, Othaya.
Wahome also claimed that he was being subjected to unfair trial insisting that the intended prosecution was aimed at intimidating him.
The Bishop's lawyer Douglas Ombongi, further stated that his (Wahome) family has also been denied access to services at the local Ministry of Interior offices and Coordination of National government as a result of the criminal case against the village chief.
“The petitioner’s freedom of movement has been restrained as he is apprehensive of being harassed or killed by gangs,” Ombongi disclosed in the petition.
The lawyer, therefore, opted for a directive stopping the administrators from interfering with the pending criminal case facing the chief.
The application is set to be heard on Monday, September 16.
