This archive report was first published on 20 August 2020.
On August 20, 2020, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions at the Kibera law courts made a crucial decision that would change the fate of two bloggers, Milton Were and Jack Okinyi.
Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations had been holding them since Tuesday, intending to charge them with the publication of false information contrary to the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act.
The detectives accused the two of creating and publishing an article on Tuko Kenya, which stated that a Somali family was getting a multibillion-shilling tender at the Kenya Urban Roads Authority jointly with a member of parliament.
However, State counsel Geoffrey Obiri said the charge sheet did not meet the threshold and merit to warrant prosecution, and did not disclose the offence committed.
The two bloggers had lodged a complaint with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority after they claimed that they were tortured during arrest.
