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Man arraigned in court over Facebook post, released on Sh1m bond

ELDORET, KENYA: A 26-year-old man has been slapped with a Sh1 million bond after he was arraigned in an Eldoret court for allegedly posting a comment classified as hate speech on his Facebook account.

Meshack Kipchirchir Korir was charged with ethnic contempt in contravention to section 62 (1) of the NCIC Act No. 12 of 2008

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