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How Police waylaid and arrested MP Junet over hate speech

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Suna East MP, ODM candidate for member of parliament Junet Mohamed arrives in Migori town after the arrest in Homa bay over heat speech allegation during his tour in Homa bay county two weeks ago, Junet released after paying Kenya shilling one hundred thousand (Photo by Caleb King'wara)

Controversial Suna East MP, Junet Mohamed who was arrested and charged with hate speech — for the second time in a year, has been a marked man for close to two weeks before he drove into a police dragnet on Friday.

Mohamed was a wanted man following a speech he made during a youth convention in Homa Bay on July 2.  His luck ran out when he was arrested near Homa Bay town by plain clothes Directorate of Criminal Investigations officers who had been trailing him after after he landed at the Kisumu International Airport from Nairobi.

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