Nairobi Senatorial aspirant summoned by court over assault charges

Nairobi Senatorial aspirant summoned by court over assault charges

Nairobi Senatorial aspirant, Paul Kobia, has been ordered to appear in court on Monday, March 27, 2017 to answer to kidnapping, assault and being disorderly in public charges.

This was after the prosecution applied for warrant of arrest against him for failing to appear before court for plea taking.

Advocate Kiraithe Wandugi, however, told the court that his client – Kobia, had been involved in a grisly road accident on March, 11, 2017, along Thika Road sustaining serious injuries thereby had today’s date with the hospital that treated him for re-examination.

Kobia is charged alongside his four bodyguards who pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and assaulting Londole Iseka Blanchard, a Congolese national.

The four bodyguards appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate, Francis Andayi, who released them on hiked bond terms of Ksh 800,000 with surety of similar amount from the initial bond of Ksh 100,000.

The court also gave them an alternative of paying cash bail of Ksh 500,000 shillings each.

The case will be mentioned Monday, March 27, 2017 for Kobia to plead to charges.

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