Nakuru, Kenya, Jan 11 – Meru Senator Mithika Linturi has been freed on a Sh2 million cash bail or an alternative bond of Sh5mn with a surety of a similar amount.
Appearing before Nakuru Chief Magistrate Edna Nyaloti, Linturi was ordered not to contact witnesses as detectives work to finalise investigations on remarks he made in Eldoret on Saturday, during a rally convened by Deputy President William Ruto.
Nyaloti further directed him to be reporting to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters every Friday at noon.
“The respond should not utter any inciting speeches or issue comments on the pending case in court,” Nyaloti said.
The matter will now be mentioned on January 26.
Linturi was arrested on Saturday after saying that ‘Madoadoa’ should be removed from Rift Valley in what has been widely interpreted to mean people who do not support Ruto for the presidency.
Rift Valley is largely inhabited by communities from various parts of the country and the use of Madoadoa, which means spots, can easily inflame tensions particularly after the 2007-8 post-election violence in which more than half a million people were killed and thousands more displaced.
Linturi has since apologised and clarified that he meant voters should not vote in leaders outside Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
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