MP Oscar Sudi Acquitted of Hate Speech, Insulting Mama Ngina Kenyatta

Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has been acquitted in a case in which he was accused of insulting former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta, the mother of President Uhuru.

Sudi was in September last year charged with two counts of hate speech and offensive conduct over alleged insulting remarks directed at Mama Ngina.

While acquitting the MP on Friday, Nakuru Principal Magistrate Isaac Orenge said the prosecution did not provide sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction.

“The prosecution evidence that the offensive words were uttered at an unknown place and he said was likely to occasion a breach of peace. I have considered the evidence of all the witnesses there was no witnesses who stated what effect the words uttered had on them,” the magistrate ruled.

He added: “In a matter where it is alleged that the act was intended to provoke a breach of peace, the prosecution is duty-bound to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the act complained of was likely to make people resort to physical violence.”

The court also faulted the prosecution for failing to demonstrate how the accused’s remarks as captured in the clip stirred up ethnic hatred.