This archive report was first published on 15 October 2019.
On October 15, 2019, Dennis Itumbi and his co-accused Samwel Gateri Wanjiru faced fresh charges over allegations of publishing a false document.
According to the charge sheet, the two allegedly published a letter dated May 30, 2019, with the intent to cause anxiety to the general public on or before June 20, 2019.
Appearing before Magistrate Martha Mutuku, they pleaded not guilty after the court consolidated the two matters.
The two have been linked to an alleged assassination letter involving Deputy President William Ruto, which claimed there had been a meeting at Hotel La Mada on Thika Road with the DP as the main agenda.
Three Cabinet Secretaries were summoned to the DCI headquarters on June 24, 2019, on allegations of plotting to ‘kill the DP’, but they rubbished the allegations, terming them as “wild” and “unsubstantiated”.
Itumbi was also charged with reprogramming a mobile phone contrary to Section 84G of the Kenya Information and Communication Act.
DCI detectives arrested Itumbi at a city restaurant on July 3, and he was later freed on a Ksh.100,000 cash bail on July 10, 2019, with orders to refrain from discussing the case on social media.
His co-accused Gateri was released on a cash bail of Ksh.100,000, and the court directed that the bail and bond terms set earlier remain.
The case is set for mention on November 6, 2019, and the hearing slated for November 18, 2019.
