Court summons Kuria over panga remarks

The Milimani Law Court has summoned Gatundu South Member Parliament Moses Kuria over allegations of hate speech.

The legislator is being accused of making inflammatory remarks during a rally in his constituency where he told residents to take up pangas and slash anyone who opposes the National Youth Service (NYS) project.

The directive, issued by Magistrate Tabitha Nyagena, requires Kuria to appear before court on July 16^th 2015.

The order comes just a day after The National Alliance party (TNA) summoned the Gatundu South MP to the party’s disciplinary committee over the allegations of incitement to violence.

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has also written to the Chief Justice, Inspector General of Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs) seeking action to be taken against Kuria.

Kuria was grilled by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers at the CID headquarters over his remarks on Thursday.

According to NCIC chairman Francis Ole Kaparo Kuria’s comments are reason enough to have him behind bars.

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Keriako Tobiko also added that he had made an application of urgency to the court seeking the cancellation of Kuria’s bail that will see the him face further charges for separate criminal offences  relating to his latest utterance.