Jubilee MP comes to the rescue of musician arrested for hateful song

brian oruta

March 18, 2018 2:55 PM

He was arrested on Monday

A Jubilee Member of Parliament has come to the rescue of musician John Njau who was arrested for releasing a hateful song attacking a community.

According to Nairobi News, Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has offered to bail out the musician accused of spreading hatred between two communities with his song Ikamba.

Kuria in an interview defended the musician saying he is not the person behind the controversial song.

“My lawyer is already working on the bail out. I also want to say it here that Njau is not among the two artistes behind that song. He is just an extra who is filmed picking a mango from a wheelbarrow,” said Kuria.

John Gichiri Njau was apprehended on Monday by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) officers and appeared before the Milimani Court where he was charged with three counts of ethnic contempt.

Njau pleaded not guilty to three counts of the offence of ethnic contempt and was released on a 700,00 cash bail.

The musician is however still in custody at Industrial Area Remand Prison, after he was unable to raise the cash bail granted to him by the court.

brian oruta