Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, July 3, 2015 lost a long court battle with a 25-year-old Moi University student who had since been jailed for insulting him on social media
Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, July 3, 2015 lost a long court battle with a 25-year-old Moi University student who had since been jailed for insulting him on social media.
Allan Wadi, a fourth year student in January this year admitted to actually insulting the president through Facebook and was jailed for two years for the offence.
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However, upon appealing the matter, he has been set free after his lawayer argued that he was not mentally fit when pleading guilty to the charge six months ago.
“I am insane and would want to meet President Uhuru and apologise in person,” the fourth year student told the court in January, which was apparently then understood to mean he was actually pleading guilty to the charge.
Alan Wadi Okengo, he can now breath a sigh of relief after e successfully appealed against a case in which he had been jailed for insulting Uhuru Kenyatta. Photo/ Nation
Justice Luka Kimaru on hearing the appeal from the student determined that indeed his admission of guilty was not in order and thus ordered his release from jail.
Wadi’s lawyer argued that the court failed to order a psychiatric analysis on him despite him clearly saying he was insane.
The 25-year-old had also been convicted of hate speech, after saying members of the Kikuyu ethnic group should be confined to certain parts of the country.
So six months into his 2-year-jail term, Wadi will be a free man following his successful appeal to the case.
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