BABU OWINO: President Ruto Implicated In Nuru Okanga Case
Babu Owino, Embakasi East Member of Parliament, has revealed plans to bring President William Ruto as a key witness in the ongoing prosecution of political activist Nuru Okanga.
On Monday, November 24, the firebrand legislator spoke outside a Nairobi court, alongside a defense team of 26 lawyers, criticizing the prosecution for delaying the hearings.
The legal team voiced dissatisfaction with the prosecution’s failure to produce an expert witness, who was purportedly unavailable because they were in China.
While using the legal notion that “justice delayed is justice denied,” the legislator stated that the prosecution was afraid of losing the case and had used delaying tactics.
“Our client is suffering, he travelled from Mumias to Nairobi on his own cost to find prosecution is not ready,” Babu Owino lamented.
Babu Owino Now Wants President Ruto to Testify in Nuru Okanga’s Case
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lawyers for political activist Nuru Okanga led by Lawyer Echesa and Hon. Babu Owino criticized the prosecution for what they termed as deliberate delay tactics and poor case preparation.
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He went on, “These are signs that the state has already lost this case. We want the prosecution to present a main witness who is the complainant in this matter, who is President Ruto. We want him to come to court.”
According to Babu Owino, the case could not proceed without a complainant, and in this case, the complainant was President Ruto.
“We want him to come to court. The DCI cannot complain, and prosecutors cannot complain, and that is the next application we will be making,” Owino said.
Okanga faces a number of allegations, including disseminating false, defamatory, and threatening statements on social media.
The prosecution alleged he released a video on TikTok in which he made threatening remarks about the President.
According to the prosecution, Okanga reportedly urged the then-deputy president to take physical action against the president.
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After the video went viral, Okanga was nabbed in Tasia Estate, Nairobi, in January.
Under cross-examination, arresting officer Milton Mwanzi said that he couldn’t verify the video’s validity because he had cybercrime investigation experience.
The arresting officer also admitted that there were no court orders obtained to track Okanga’s movements and during his arrest, no gadgets were seized.
Following the no-show from prosecution on Monday, Babu Owino revealed Okanga’s legal team would file an application targeting Ruto as a state witness on Tuesday.
BABU OWINO: President Ruto Implicated In Nuru Okanga Case
