Nelson Munga MCA Ndeiya (in walking sticks) being accompanied by fellow MCAs in Kiambu law courts yesterday. He is being assisted to walk by Kennedy Odhiambo MCA Kahawa Sukari
By Felix Njenga
Worth Noting:
- “Ichungwa is a national leader and he has opted to play local petty politics where he is targeting MCAs by taking them to court on flimsy accusations,” Mucheke said.
- Munga was arrested last Saturday at his home in Limuru by Kikuyu DCI after he was discharged from hospital after undergoing a surgery where he was in hospital for three weeks being accused of arson attack on Kikuyu NG-CDF offices.
- He was released on police cash bail of Sh 50,000 and was to appear in court on Monday but he was not charged in court as his cash bail was extended to yesterday.
Kiambu county members of the assembly have called out National Assembly Leader of Majority Kimani Ichungwa, accusing him of usurping his position to intimidate them and the county leadership.
Led by Godfrey Mucheke the county assembly Majority Leader while speaking to the press in Kiambu law courts where a section of Kiambu County MCAs had gone to give support to Nelson Munga MCA Ndeiya ward in Limuru constituency and the assembly Majority Whip who is likely to be charged with arson attack of kikuyu NG-CDF offices during the Genz anti government protests in June said that two other elected MCAs have been taken to court Ichungwa.
“Ichungwa is a national leader and he has opted to play local petty politics where he is targeting MCAs by taking them to court on flimsy accusations,” Mucheke said.
Munga was arrested last Saturday at his home in Limuru by Kikuyu DCI after he was discharged from hospital after undergoing a surgery where he was in hospital for three weeks being accused of arson attack on Kikuyu NG-CDF offices.
He was released on police cash bail of Sh 50,000 and was to appear in court on Monday but he was not charged in court as his cash bail was extended to yesterday.
When he appeared in court yesterday, he waited in the Law courts but no charges were preferred against him, only a communication to his lawyers that his cash bail has been extended to 14th August 2024.
Three other politicians drawn from Kikuyu constituency have been charged with arson and malicious damage on Kikuyu NG-CDF offices and have since been released on bond.
Former Sigona ward MCA Mutonya Njenga in Kikuyu constituency was released last week without being charged with the arson attack on Kikuyu NG-CDF offices even after he was arrested with the DCI seeking more time to complete investigations. The court found no compelling reasons given by DCI to detain Mutonya hence releasing him.
Munga said that it is uncalled for to arrest him while he had medical documents that he has not yet recovered from the surgery he had undergone.
“The police were aware that I am in hospital undergoing a surgery yet they did not wait for me to recover but they went ahead to arrest me even after showing them medical documents., I was in court on monday and was pushed to wednesday now they have given me yet another 14 days without charging me. This is harassment and intimidation and abuse of government apparatus,” he said.
Mucheke called on DCI and ODPP not to allow it to be used by politicians to play politics as it was a way of demeaning their work.
“We know that a politician who sits in high office and is drunk by power is using it to use DCI and other offices to intimidate leaders in Kiambu county and the involved offices should refuse to be used politically to settle political scores,” Mucheke said.
Kennedy Odhiambo Kahawa Sukari MCA called on President William Ruto to remove Ichungwa from the Leader of Majority seat as he is using it to harass and intimidate Kenyans.
“President William Ruto I urge you to do away with Ichungwa as he is using his powers as a majority leader to intimidate Kiambu leaders as he has taken some of us to talk due to petty politics,” Odhiambo said
Zipporah Nyambura Kabete Ward MCA said that it was unfortunate that the majority whip was arrested while recuperating from his home after undergoing surgery.
“There is no humanity on arrests since one of our own MCA who was at home recuperating from a medical surgery was arrested and dragged to police stations many kilometers away from his home,” Nyambura said.
Peter wainaina Karuri ward MCA said that it is well known who is behind the harassment and intimidation of MCAs as they had earlier on tried to initiate an ouster motion for Kiambu county governor Kimani Wamatangi and leader of majority.
“Now that efforts to remove governor wamatangi and assembly leader of majority were futile now it is MCAs who are being targeted,” he said.
The matter has now been taken up by officers in DCI headquarters after being taken over from Kikuyu police station.
When contacted, the Kikuyu MP said, “I am not a police officer to arrest and charge anyone. If you are arrested by the police they have their reasons for the arrest on suspicion of committing criminal acts and one should deal with the police not hide behind politics to commit crimes,”.
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