A politician from Bungoma county has been formally charged with cyber-bullying Kakamega governor Fernandes Barasa.
Cyberbullying in Kenya
Joseph Lendrix Waswa is accused of threatening Barasa by telling him that he would circulate his naked photos in numerous WhatsApp groups.
Waswa, alias SSP Kiprop, appeared before Kibera Senior Principal Magistrate Margate Maroro on Thursday, April 25.
According to the charge sheet, Waswa allegedly gave Barasa an ultimatum to cooperate by sending him money, or his naked photos would go viral by 10 a.m.
“It is alleged that on March 19, 2024, at 1356 hrs at an unknown place using WhatsApp account number+2454xxxxxx under a mobile registration name of AL Yusuf, you sent a WhatsApp message to wit:
“Bure by saa nne (by 10 a.m.) I will have circulated all your naked photos kwa hizo WhatsApp groups” to Fernandes Barasa of WhatsApp account number 254xxxxxxxx information you knew would detrimentally affect him,” read the charge sheet.
