Calvin Okoth Otieno alias Gaucho, the self-proclaimed Bunge la Mwananchi president, was released on Ksh.5,000 cash bond by the Kiambu court on Tuesday following his detention outside Nairobi's City Hall on Monday.
Otieno was reportedly apprehended by undercover cops while engaging supporters outside the county headquarters for unknown reasons.
According to detectives, the aspiring politician, a fervent admirer of opposition leader Raila Odinga and former President Uhuru Kenyatta, was arrested on accusations of causing a commotion. Gaucho pled not guilty Tuesday evening, according to police.
a Directorate of Criminal Investigations report notes that Earlier today, Calvin Okoth Otieno alias "Gaucho" was arraigned before Kiambu law courts on charges of causing a commotion in violation of section 95 (1)(b) of the penal code." "The suspect pleaded not guilty and was released on an Sh20,000 bond or Sh5,000 cash bail
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Gaucho was apprehended for the second time in a week on Monday.
He was arrested and kept overnight at Muthangari police station on Tuesday, May 23, before being released with no charges.
Former Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa spoke out against last week's detention, calling it government intimidation.
"They arrested Gaucho, the ghetto president, for telling Kenyans the truth about how President Ruto lied to them." "It's the truth, hustlers are suffering," he stated over the weekend at a gathering of opposition leaders at Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka's Yatta farm in Kitui.
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