LEAKED VIDEOS OF LAMU SENATOR’S PRIVATE ESCAPADES

A Nairobi-based blogger has been jailed after he was found guilty of leaking a video of Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip in a private moment in order to extort a woman featured in the video. 

Jones Ochieng Mbolo was sentenced to one year in jail in a ruling made on Thursday, March 18. 

He had pleaded guilty of attempting to extort money from Aeedah Bambi who was in the company of the youthful senator. 

Magistrate Martha Mutuku who presided over the case ruled that Mbolo was not remorseful despite admitting his action.

The lawyers told the court that the blogger had told the woman on the video that he would share the video with the public but would reconsider his action if paid. 

Mbolo is reported to have told Bambi that he would publish the video unless he received Ksh200,000 from the Lamu Senator. 

“I released the shisha video to expose Loitiptip for engaging in an illegal activity, yet, as a senator, he should be the custodian of the law,” he defended

The senator was also one of the listed witnesses.

On March 6, the blogger told the court that he had received the video clip of Loitiptip from Saumu Mbuvi, the daughter to former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko.

Saumu and the Lamu Senator had a romantic relationship which recently ended in a bitterly publicised separation. 

The blogger’s allegations, however, were dismissed by the probation officer who said the accused had a habit of defaming prominent people.

Mbolo is reported to have made more than one attempt to blackmail Loitiptip. His first attempt flopped as the senator did not fall for the blogger’s threat. 

The Senator reported the matter to the police after the blogger made a second extortion attempt which led to his arrest on Monday, February 15.

Source: Kenyans.co.ke

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