
Man Who Disrupted CS Ndungu’s Budgetary Photo Session Pleads Not Guilty
Julius Kamau, who allegedly disrupted Treasury CS Njunguna Ndung’u’s photo shoot ahead of the budget reading last Thursday, has been charged in court.
Kamau appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Benard Ochoi and pleaded again.
Julius Kamau and Eric Mankuyu were charged with creating a disturbance likely to cause a breach of peace with others who were not present in court.
The group was yelling, shouting, and attempting to disrupt the photo shoot of Cabinet Secretary National Treasury and Economic Planning and his delegates.
They are said to have committed the crime on June 13 at the Treasury Building on Harambee Avenue.
The accused denied the charges and was released on Sh10,000 cash bail or Sh50,000 bond. The case will be mentioned on June 26.
Last Friday, the court ordered a mental examination of him after he shocked the court by calling Kenyans fools.
However, when he appeared in court on Wednesday, the court was informed that he went to the hospital for a mental checkup, but the hospital stated that it lacked the necessary facilities to conduct a mental test.
Kamau, through his lawyer Soyinka Lempaa, urged the court to let him plead, claiming he is mentally fit.
“My client is a frustrated man as the economy keeps souring. He has a family and the breadwinner. Please allow him to plead to the charges,” Lempaa told the court.
Lempaa also requested witness statements from the prosecution, specifically CS Ndung’u.
During the drama last week, Kamau stated that even if he is imprisoned for 100 years, he will never remain silent.
“It is true and as I said I don’t want to retrieve my concerns. I’m ready to do anything to see change in this country. I’m ready to die for justice, I’m ready to die for equality; we cannot continue living like slaves in our own country in the land of our fathers,” he said.
He kept shouting, prompting his lawyer and the magistrate to calm him down.
“Kenyans are oppressed by the government and all of them are fools. We are facing a high cost of living and yet we were colonised. Colonisation never really ended,” Kamau told the court on Friday.
Man Who Disrupted CS Ndungu’s Budgetary Photo Session Pleads Not Guilty