Tv converse present host Jeff Koinange was arrested Tuesday morning outside his dwelling and is anticipated to be arraigned earlier than Milimani Justice of the Peace.
The Day by day Nation reporter Paul Ogemba says Koinange drove himself to Milimani Legal guidelines Courts with uniformed laws enforcement officers inside his automotive and was taken to the prosecution’s office for processing.
Final week, a Nairobi courtroom issued a warrant of arrest in course of journalist Mr Koinange and businessman Tony Gachoka for disobeying its orders. On Monday, the 2 didn't cease the execution of the arrest warrants.
Mr Gachoka continues to be at massive. Nairobi Senior Resident Justice of the Peace Maisy Chesang issued the arrest order after Mr Koinange and Mr Gachoka failed to look in courtroom to reply costs of discussing the conduct of a company contained in the media irrespective of a courtroom order barring the related.
The offence was allegedly devoted on ‘Jeff Koinange Reside’ present that the journalist hosts on Kenya Tv Neighborhood (KTN).
The choice was a outcomes of a criticism by businessman Jimi Wanjigi, Mr Sani Mbui Wanjigi and Kwacha Group of Firms Restricted.
That they'd obtained orders on March 20 barring Mr Koinange, KTN and the Common Media Group from broadcasting or publishing alleged defamatory statements regarding them and the corporate.
Regardless of serving the order, the three complained that Mr Koinange invited Mr Gachoka on his present on April 1 and went forward to debate what they had been barred from broadcasting.
In keeping with their lawyer Nicholas Nyamai, the printed has induced the corporate huge losses and undermined the courtroom docket docket’s authority.
He wants the corporate paid a whole of Sh60 million as compensation for defamation.