This archive report was first published on 17 June 2020.
On June 2, 2019, a video captured on CCTV showed President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga inspecting a deserted Kenyatta Avenue by night, which was later shared on social media.
Two Stanley Hotel employees, Patrick Rading Ambogo and Janet Magoma Ayonga, were arraigned in a Nairobi court on charges of unauthorized interception of computer data contrary to section 17(1) of the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crime Act.
According to the charge sheet, the two allegedly intercepted a security CCTV footage capturing the Head of State's entourage along Kenyatta Avenue on June 2, 2020, at around 8pm.
The suspects have pleaded not guilty and were released on a cash bail of Sh10,000 or bond of Sh30,000 each.
Their lawyer, Danstan Omari, denied the charges, stating that the alleged offence does not exist in law and that his clients were never in State House or any government installation to capture CCTV footage.
Omari further stated that the two accused persons are 'mere casuals' at a hotel in the city and that they will be asking for statements from the Head of State and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to prove their innocence.
