MP Charles Jaguar Charged with Incitement, to Spend Second Night in Police Cells

Starehe Member of Parliament Charles Njagua Kanyi alias Jaguar has been arraigned in court on Thursday.

Appearing before Milimani Law Courts Senior Resident Magistrate Sinkiyan Tobiko, Jaguar was charged with incitement. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecution sought to have him detained for 14 days, arguing that he may interfere with the case if released on bail.

Jaguar will spend a second night in police cells pending a ruling on his bail application on Friday.

The youthful politician was arrested by plain-clothed police officers outside Parliament buildings on Wednesday afternoon.

He was apprehended for threatening to forcefully remove foreign traders from their shops in Nairobi.

"If you assess our markets, Ugandans and Tanzanians have taken over our businesses… Now we are saying enough is enough," said Jaguar when he visited traders along Kirinyaga Road.

He gave Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i 24 hours to deport all foreign nationals doing business in his constituency, failure to which he would mobilize youth to flush them out by force.

"If a 24-hour ultimatum is not enough for them to be deported, we will remove them and we’ll beat them up and we will not fear anyone,” said Jaguar in the remarks considered xenophobic.