A suspect charged with illegally entering the parliament premises and stealing parliament's mace during last week's anti-finance bill protests has denied the charges against him.
The suspect, Stephen Mokogi Nyarenchi, appeared before Principal Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi on Monday and denied both accusations.
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He was freed on monetary bail of Ksh.2,000.
After overwhelming police officers, protesters rushed into parliament last Tuesday. They destroyed the House, ate food in the canteen, and stole a serjeant-at-arms jacket, as shown in various films.
Speculation arose last week when a video showed demonstrators carrying what seemed to be the mace, but Speaker Wetangula denied the claims, saying that the stolen mace was a fake.
"Reports that the House mace had been carted away by the demonstrators are false; what was taken away was a dummy Mace on display." Wetangula told the House.
"I want to assure members of the House that the mace is always highly secured,”
The ceremonial mace is an ornately decorated staff made of metal, wood, or another material.
