By Maria Thomas
Masquerading as Members of the Media
Council of Kenya and armed with the
allegedly fake MCK badges , the two
accused Thomas Ochieng Owino and Fred
Odanga Azelwa were charged with three
counts of giving false information to a person employed by the public service , forgery and uttering false document.
The accused pleaded not guilty and were
freed by the Senior Principal Magistrate
David Ndungi on a bond of 100.000
surety of the same or pay a cash bail of
50.000 Kenya shillings pending trial.
Thomas Ochieng and Fred Odanga Azelwa
were arrested by the Directorate of
Criminal Investigation Detectives on
09th July year 2021 where they were
released on a police bond of 10.000 each
and directed to appear before Nairobi’s
Senior Principal Magistrate on 24th
September.
The State Prosecutor Abel Gichana
informed the court that the accused
gained entry into the guarded Kenyatta
International Convention Centre KICC
using fake Media Council of Kenya badges .
It is also alleged that the accused
forged the Media Card purporting to be
the Media Card from the media Council of
Kenya , contrary to section 353 of the
penal code .
The State Prosecution has lineup
several witnesses to testify during the
trial .
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