A Kisii County MCA has been hauled to court for saying that President Uhuru Kenyatta smokes marijuana. Kiogoro ward representative Samuel Onkwani, a laboratory technologist turned politician, was arrested on Sunday. "People close to Uhuru should advise him to stop smoking bhang," Onkwani allegedly stated at a church function.
The prosecution told court that Onkwani, 39, thereby undermined the authority of President Kenyatta. Onkwani, a father of five who graduated from Mombasa Polytechnic in 1996, is accused of making the statement on August 28, 2013 at Kerera village in Kerera.
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