An Eldoret-based blogger has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over claims of peddling a fake court order.
The blogger is alleged to have produced a fake court order directing an unidentified man to grant his wife conjugal rights and the Eldoret police boss to oversee the implementation of the same.
The fake court order elicited massive reactions with netizens questioning why police would be directed to supervise the administration of conjugal rights, which is a private affair.
Following the massive reactions, Eldoret chief Magistrate Linus Kassan reached out to the DCI and requested them to investigate the order, arguing that it did not originate from the court.
“I have attached a post by a certain blogger about a fictitious court order directing OCS to implement a non-existing court order, which, to say less, requires (the) performance of an act that can never be supervised,” Kassan’s complaint read in part.
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Following the magistrate’s complaint, DCI officers swung into action and managed to arrest the said blogger on Tuesday evening.
According to Uasin Gishu County Criminal Investigation Officer Ali Bule Samatar, the suspect is in custody pending arraignment and further investigation on the matter.
Mr. Samatar, however, refused to reveal the identity of the arrested blogger.
“The suspect has been arrested and he will be arraigned in court tomorrow as the investigating officer will be seeking more time to detain him for further investigation before charging him appropriately,” said Mr. Samatar.
