Gun-totting businessman charged with assault

Chris Okeyo Obure, a city businessman alleged to have caused chaos in a Nairobi nightclub by using his licensed firearm to intimidate revelers, has been charged with assault and causing bodily harm to a Mr Ben Alila Onyango on December 31, 2016 in Nairobi’s Westlands Area.

Obure, who appeared before Milimani Law Court Principal Magistrate, Joyce Njandani, denied the charge and was released on a Ksh 20,000 cash bail or an alternative bond of Ksh 50,000.

Obure was arrested on the evening of Wednesday, January 4 by Kilimani police.

According to Kilimani police boss, Peter Katam, Obure was arrested following complaints that he had threatened to shoot a reveler at a Nairobi spot in Nairobi on Friday night.

“We want to call upon any Kenyan that has been threatened by the accused to come forward. Guns are not rungus (crude weapons) that you brandish all over,” added Katam.

Obure had been ordered to surrender his firearm on Monday but failed to do so.

Written by Eddy Ashioya