On Tuesday, September 10, the daily newspapers covered many topics, with the verdict against acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli being given a prominent place in the newspapers.
Source: UGC
Elsewhere, it has emerged that teacher turned politician Mohamed Abduba Dida has been sentenced to prison in the country United Statesand the situation to answer questions about his whereabouts after he disappeared on social networks, where he was putting his strong position against the government.
1. Daily Nation
The daily newspaper reported on the disappearance of former presidential candidate Mohamed Dida.
He is serving an eight-year prison sentence in the United States; he was found guilty of stalking and threats.
According to the daily, Dida is being held at the Big Muddy Correctional Facility in Illinois.
He was taken into custody there in November 2022 after being convicted of stalking and threatening an unknown person in Midwestern Mclean County, Illinois.
Dida was accused of two different crimes.
For the charge of stalking and sending threats to his victim, the Kenyan was sentenced to two years in prison.
In the second, he was found guilty of aggravated stalking and violating a restraining order that prevented him from approaching or speaking to his victim, and for this, he was handed a seven-year prison sentence.
He submitted a request to be allowed to practice his religion.
Dida ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in the 2013 and 2017 general elections.
2. The Standard
The newspaper reported on the plight of Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli.
He was found guilty of disobeying court orders.
In a ruling on Monday, September 9, High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi said indifference and open defiance will not be tolerated, and those who bow down will not find refuge.
Mugambi ruled that Masengeli had continued to hold the court for ransom after failing to honor six court summonses.
The judge claimed that the court could no longer fathom what could have happened to the petitioners because of the action of the acting IG.
The High Court judge summoned the commander of the SGB/VIP unit, Lazarus Opicho, to explain why he called his bodyguard and driver to find out where he was.
The judge reserved judgment and Opicho's statement on Friday, September 13.
On Monday, September 9, Masengeli was required to appear in court to explain the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of three people in Kitengela.
However, the police boss sent him to the DIG Police Service Kenya Eliud Lagat to represent him saying he was Wajir regarding security issues.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
