The Anti-Terrorism Court in Kahawa has released Manyatta Member of Parliament Gitonga Mukunji, a journalist, and a boda boda rider from terror charges.
This was after dismissing an application by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) seeking to extend their detention.
Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Koech ruled that the prosecution, through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), had failed to make its case.
The court also noted that although the DCI initially filed a miscellaneous application to detain the three for 14 days from July 25, almost 60 days had passed without any charges being preferred against them.
Therefore, Magistrate Koech ordered that the trio be released unconditionally, their cash bail refunded, and their belongings returned.
The file was also declared closed.
