Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu Has Been Arrested
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been arrested by officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in Nairobi.
According to his lawyer Ndegwa Njiru, the former Governor was going around his business along the Eastern Bypass when he was ambushed.
He is currently being held at DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road in Nairobi in the company of his lawyer as well as former CS Eugene Wamalwa.
Ndegwa stated,”My client has been arrested by officers from the DCI and we are currently at the DCI headquarters here in Nairobi.”
Waititu is acccused of having made alleged hate speech remarks during a past event in his native Kikuyu language in Kiambu County.
‘’They have informed us that they arrested him because of an utterance of hate speech that they alleged that he made in his native Kikuyu language,’’ Ndegwa added.
Ndegwa revealed that the apprehension by the detectives from the DCI was just a move meant to have the former Governor incriminate self in the allegations and directed his client to remain silent as the constitution provides.
He added that the arrest had nothing to do with the allegations maintaining that the officers were acting on ill motives meant to curtail the freedom of expression as enshrined in the law.
‘’I have instructed him to remain silent because the claims are not valid and it seems this is a move to curtail the freedom of expression for my client as enshrined in the constitution,’’
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