'Misuse of POTA': MP Mukunji, Journalist challenge state's 'abuse' of anti-terror law Manyatta Constituency Member of Parliament John Mukunji, journalist James Mbochi, and Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) youth leader James Wanjiru have sued the Director of Public Prosecutions, Inspector General of Police, and Director of Criminal Investigations seeking to quash terror charges against them.
In the case filed before High Court Judge Bahati Mwamuye on Tuesday, Mukunji, Mbochi, and Wanjiru accused DPP Renson Ingonga, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, and the DCI Director Mohammed Amin of abusing the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012, and the illegal use of the criminal justice system to silence those against the government.
Their lawyer, Patrick Kung'u, argued that the politician, the journalist working for the Royal Media Services (RMS), and the youth leader were illegally detained and presented before the Kahawa Law Courts with trumped-up charges.
According to him, the arrests and presentation to Kahawa are a deliberate misapplication of POTA.
