Kenya: Millie Odhiambo Gets Temporary Reprieve After Court Bars Her Arrest

10 January 2017

Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo will not be arrested for allegedly "insulting" the President within the precincts of Parliament last month.

This follows a ruling in her favour by the High Court on Tuesday in a case the lawmaker had filed seeking to bar law enforcement officers from arresting and prosecuting her over her alleged offensive remarks against President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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