A blogger has been charged before a Nairobi court with publishing false information on social media platforms allegedly targeting Mwingi Central MP Gideon Mulyungi and the Kitui County Assembly.
Kitovoto Mutinda, was arraigned before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego where he denied six counts of publishing false information contrary to Section 23 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act No. 5 of 2018.
According to the charge sheet filed in court by the DPP, the 34-year-old blogger is accused of intentionally publishing false and misleading information across several WhatsApp forums, groups and online platforms associated with the radio brand "Kinuko 96.5 FM" between August 9 and September 8, 2024.
Among the statements cited in the charges are allegations implicating MP Mulyungi in a purported multi-million shilling tender scandal.
