Lawyer Danstan Omari, on Thursday, July 2, disclosed that one of the suspects in the case involving leaked footage of President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga inspecting projects in Nairobi feared for her safety.
Omari added that the accused was apprehensive and psychologically traumatized. This comes amid the court directing the police officer investigating the cybercrime case to record Kenyatta's and Odinga's statement within seven days.
Two security guards, Rading Ambogo and Magoma Ayonga were apprehended on Saturday, June 6 and accused of leaking the footage contrary to section 17 (1) of the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crime Act.
Omari had requested for the statements on Wednesday, June 17 after securing their release on Ksh 10K bail each.
“We had requested statements from the complainant who is the President of this country and Raila Odinga who were alleged to have been in the entourage, to date those statements have not come,” Omari stated as quoted by Citizen TV.
The duo is facing Ksh 20 million shillings fine each, 10-year jail term, or both. Omari, however, argued that the charges pinned on the two are outrageous and not stipulated under the constitution.
"This alleged offence of intercepting a security CCTV does not exist in law. Our clients were never in State House and have never gone to any government installation to capture CCTV footage of government," Omari added.
On Wednesday, June 17, he stated that the Head of State's entourage was captured on Tuesday night, June 2 at 8:20 p.m, past the curfew which was then ending by 7 p.m.
Kenyatta and Odinga were evaluating Nairobi Metropolitan Services projects (NMS). In the video, Kenyatta was spotted alighting from a blue car which appeared to be either a Probox or Sienta. The President was wearing a white shirt and a mask.
The two were accompanied by heavily armed security personnel.
The case will be mentioned again on Thursday, July 9.
Video: Daily Nation
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