Naivasha Member of Parliament Jayne Kihara was Friday released on a bond of Sh50,000 pending determination of an incitement case.
Kihara, who was arrested on Thursday afternoon, was on Friday morning arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts to face charges of offensive conduct.
She was charged with breaching peace contrary to Section 94(1) of the Penal Code, Cap 63 Laws of Kenya for remarks she allegedly made on July 8 in Nairobi, about the youth-led protests.
According to the charge sheet, Kihara said goons had been deployed in government vehicles and that police did nothing to contain the goons.
The legislator was accused of mentioning the President’s name in her accusations, with what the prosecution said was intent to provoke breach of the peace.
Kihara’s lawyers however argued that the charges amount to political persecution.
“It is not suggested that she used any insulting, threatening, or offensive words or behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace with intent to provoke such a breach.
For an offence of this nature to stand, the words must fall within one of those three parameters — and what is before you does not meet any of them,” lawyer Ndegwa Njiru argued in court.
