- Kenya police launched a manhunt for Suna East MP Junet Mohamed after he skipped court summonses
- Junet was charged with ethnic contempt for remarks he made during a meeting in Homa Bay town early this year
- He is accused of hate speech and incitement to violence
Junet Mohamed, the Suna East Member of Parliament and ODM Director of Elections, is being sought by the police.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Homa Bay, launched a manhunt for the parliamentarian after he skipped court summonses.
According to a report by Daily Nation on Thursday, December 21, Mohamed was being sought for uttering inflammatory, ethnic contempt statements at a rally called by the ODM party in Homa in July 2017.
CID officer Patrick Kibowen, on behalf of the Homa Bay DCI Director Joseph Tuksho, told Senior Principal Magistrate Susan Ndegwa that they had no idea Mohamed was being sought after the court issued a warrant of arrest for the opposition legislator.
"We ask for more time to enable us to arrest Junet Mohamed," added Tuksho.
According to prior TUKO reports, Junet was arrested on Friday, July 21, and was accused of hatespeech and incitement to violence. He announced his arrest via Twitter.
Below are the utterances for which he was arrested:
Yesterday I told (Mombasa) Governor Joho that before coming to Homa Bay he ensures he has prepared Makaburini Ground in Mombasa so that we can go there and have Raila sworn in as the president for Mombasa, Nyanza, Western and North Eastern. The rest will remain in Nyeri" said Junet.
He was charged uttering words that contravened the National Cohesion and Integrity Act and released on a KSh 100,000 cash bail or a bond of KSh 500,000 with instructions to appear in court on October 24. He did not show up..
The case is set to be mentioned on January 11, 2018.
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