Court lifts arrest warrant for Lamu County MCAs on hate charges

Nominated Lamu MCA Monica Njambi and her Bahari Ward counterpart Anthony Maina when they appeared before Justice Dorcas Chepkwony in Mombasa yesterday. They want to have their incitement case transferred to Lamu County. (PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/ STANDARD)

High Court in Mombasa yesterday suspended a warrant of arrest for two Lamu Members of the County Assembly facing hate speech charges.

The MCAs had challenged the State’s decision to charge them in a Mombasa magistrate’s court, arguing that it had no territorial jurisdiction to hear their case as the alleged crime took place in Lamu.