By Mercy Imali
‘Jagua’will spend another night in the slammer. The Starehe Member of Parliament was arraigned on Thursday at Milimani Law Courts where he was charged with making xenophobic remarks.
The prosecution asked the court to detain him for a further 14 days at the Kamukunji Police station to allow them to conclude investigations.
Senior Resident Magistrate Sinkiyan Tobiko said she will make her ruling tomorrow at 9 am on whether the MP will be granted bail. Meanwhile, the MP will be held at Kileleshwa Police Station.
The MP’s lawyer, Dan Okatch requested the court to balance Jaguar’s rights. He said, “My client is, therefore, asking this court to balance his rights and the rights of his people following the request to have him detained,” he said.
In a video that went viral on social media, the MP was captured threatening to invade premises of foreigners doing businesses in the CBD which is within his constituency.
Kenya officially wrote to Tanzania to disown xenophobic remarks attributed to Jaguar.
Jaguar had issued Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i with a 24-hour ultimatum to deport all Chinese nationals and other foreigners carrying out businesses in Gikomba.