Blogger Emmanuel Maleve has been released on Ksh 50,000 cash bail after being arrested and charged with a cybercrime offence.
According to the blogger, he was arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) while at work in a mall in Kitui.
“I was in the mall where I work when DCI officers came and arrested me, asking me to cooperate. They took me to Kitui Police Station. When we got there, they told me that the case was being handled by the Nairobi headquarters, so we had to travel there,” Maleve narrated.
He added that they arrived at the DCI headquarters on Kiambu Road around 7 p.m., where he gave a statement and was informed that the case involved allegedly damaging the reputation of Kitui South’s Member of Parliament.
He was later taken to Muthaiga police station and held overnight, where the next day he was arraigned in court.
“When we got to court, I don’t know what the DPP told them, but I was later told to return to Muthaiga because the case was not strong enough to proceed. I was then released on a Ksh 50,000 cash bail. What can I say is that politicians should not use their political powers to silence others”, the blogger further said.
Maleve also laid out his frustration claiming the MP could have contacted him instead claiming that he was embarassed that a sitting MP could say he is destroying her reputation yet he is telling people the truth.
