A Kiambu County man was last month charged with improper use of a licensed telecommunication device to send messages expressing his feelings of love to a woman who apparently found him too forward.
Harun Kongo had sent Eunice Mwangi messages pouring out his heart to the beauty who had him arrested on March 14, 2016. Below is the message he sent:
“ Hai madam mm imebidi nikwambie ukweli wangu nasi kwa ubaya sawa pliz sitaki nikukasirishe mimi ukiniongelesha haki mm naona 2 urembo wako mbaka nachisika wacha nikwambie ukweli mm nakupenda sana 2 na mm nakutaka nausiogope sawa madam. Haki nimeshindwa kufumilia ikabodi nikwambie ukweli uwamusi nakwachia wewe sawa madam. Bay lala poa (sic),” texted Kongo.
Translation ( “Hi madam. I just have to tell you the truth and I don’t mean any ill intentions toward you please. I don’t want to annoy you but when you talk to me all i see is your beauty that drives me crazy. Let me tell you the truth, I love you so much and i don’t want you to be afraid, OK madam? I couldn’t stand this anymore and i just had to tell you how i fell. The decision now lies with you. Bye, sleep well,” read the text)
A local citizen, by the twitter handle Laibuta Esq @Olez however came across the charge sheet and posted it online questioning whether the man deserved to be charged as a criminal for such a minor issue.
Social media could not cope with neither the content of the text message nor the charges brought against him.
They also accused the Kenya Police of making mountainous cases out of petty issues
Top city lawyer Duncan Ondimu picked up the matter and said there was no crime committed by Kongo. He followed up on the case file and reported back to social media his findings.
“I can now confirm that the charge sheet was never approved by the Oddice
of the Director of Public Prosecution at any point because a police office sneaked the charge sheet into court,” said Ondimu on his twitter handle.
Kongo was immediately discharged as a suspect because the charge sheet was never read in court and he never entered a plea.
Earlier this week, a judge called on Parliament’s committe that handles Kenya prison matters to scrap minimum jail terms for common crimes committed by offenders.
He said that it was for that reason that prisons were congested.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery however said to a different committee that judges were the reason for Kenya having a high insecurity level because they released suspects charged with heinous crimes on bond.
