Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has come to the rescue of the infamous ‘Ikamba’ song artiste, John Gichiri Njau.
The musician was last week charged with ethnic contempt and was freed on a Sh700,000 bail after denying the charges. He however remained in jail after failing to pay the bail amount.
On Monday, Kuria through his lawyers moved before Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi and requested for a review of the cash bail.
The MP settled the Sh250,000 bail after the court agreed to review its earlier terms of Sh700,000. Kuria indicated he would move to the High Court to seek an anticipatory bail for the other two musicians behind the song.
“I have instructed lawyers to immediately file for anticipatory bail for the other two artistes who are being sought for by the police,” Kuria told journalists at the Milimani Law Courts on Monday.
Last week, the prosecution told the court that ‘Ikamba’ song contained words aimed at stirring ethnic hatred between the Kamba and the Kikuyu communities.
The song was released following a disputed charcoal ban in Kitui, which led to war of words between Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his Kitui counterpart Charity Ngilu when a lorry owned by a Kiambu businessman was burnt by irate youth in Mwingi for transporting charcoal from the area.
When are they going to…
When are they going to arrest Charity Ngilu on charges of being an accomplice to the arson of the charcoal carrying lorries that she ordered to be burned down. If this woman remains untouched in spite of her crimes and pains she has caused all involved, I will have no choice but to sing my own Ikamba song.
I am angry as well with…
I am angry as well with these double standard judgments from our courts. Let’s do a duet.
@Nyina wa Raila, asante, let…
@Nyina wa Raila, asante, let’s do. song is protected speech.
Of course everything is…
Of course everything is protected!I can come and take mangoes from your farm to starve hunger , thus saving my life. I can go on radio and ask all Kikuyus be chased from Kisumu, Machakos…that is free speech too. There is no such thing as protected speech when you are calling people to hate and kill each other.
I think people who only see money in everything fail to see Charity Ngilus point.You take sand that keeps the water table in Kitui in check and follow it up with cutting down trees to make charcoal. I agree your lifestyles are made good from the money made from the sale of these commodoties but what about the people of Mchakos, Kitui and Makueni? They fall further and further in poverty because your lifesytle is causing or amking deserts in these regions.
The one thing I don’t agree with is destroying property to save property. In Kenya, that is the the norm; you kill a thief by using the in famous mob justice, you burn a lorry because the people doing that business have turned a deaf ear to not promote sand harvesting or tree cutting, you kill someone because he has slept with your wife….the least goes on. This is because the rule of law is immaterial in Kenya. We have the laws for the poor but not the rich. With that I say, yes, let the people of Kitui determine their cause of life by protecting what is theirs. We forget what Wangari fought for – Environmental preservation.
I am not defending Kariuki…
I am not defending Kariuki,the senseless truck owner who let his vehicle transport charcoal in Kitui despite Ngilu inciting hooligans and goons to torch any vehicle doing so.Being ABOVE THE LAW does not prevent Kariuki from revenging for himself since the courts won’t help.There are many ways bwana ata kama ni kusubiri kwa munda.
This is a good lesson, if…
This is a good lesson, if someone invites you for a little pay to act in a fishy or questionable song/video, then use your medulla oblongata. It’s not worth it tarnishing your image and respect . The sole artists are responsible, and no defense to anyone, we are all human beings, human is to err, though some errors can be completely avoided if we really are humane. We all bleed red blood, not purple!!
Can you imagine if Kitui…
Can you imagine if Kitui people were going to Murang’a to do business of this nature there? They would have been burned a long time ago. So for the people who feel Charity Ngilu should not protect his county, you are hypocrites and liars. I cannot see any body from another tribe going to Gikuyu land to do this businees. History has shown that , MOST of Giguyu are very tribalistic, they won’t allow anybody to do business in their counties.
Why is that, a Gikuyu can go to Makueni and start a business and no one will malign them? May be the problem is the Gikuyus. They want to take from others but don’t want others to take from them. That is the truth. Now let the haters start . I even see this in the churches in the diaspora.
Let’s be tolerant with one another irrespective of tribe. My question is, Was Charity Ngilu directing what she said to people who do trade in charcoal or was it directed to Gikuyus?
Can you imagine if Kitui…
Can you imagine if Kitui people were going to Murang’a to do business of this nature there? They would have been burned a long time ago. So for the people who feel Charity Ngilu should not protect his county, you are hypocrites and liars. I cannot see any body from another tribe going to Gikuyu land to do this business. History has shown that , MOST of Giguyu are very tribalistic, they won’t allow anybody to do business in their counties.
Why is that, a Gikuyu can go to Makueni and start a business and no one will malign them? May be the problem is the Gikuyus. They want to take from others but don’t want others to take from them. That is the truth. Now let the haters start . I even see this in the churches in the diaspora.
Let’s be tolerant with one another irrespective of tribe. My question is, Was Charity Ngilu directing what she said to people who do trade in charcoal or was it directed to Gikuyus?