A youthful man, who released a video of Lamu senator Anwar Loitiptip allegedly smoking shisha at a city restaurant, Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to extort the lawmaker’s female friend. Jones Ochieng’ was charged at Milimani law courts with attempting to extort money from the woman, a charge he admitted to claiming he had already released a video of Loitiptip smoking shisha. Ochieng’ intended to receive Sh200,000 from Loitiptip after recording the lawmaker and the woman allegedly smoking shisha in contravention of public health regulations. He told chief magistrate Martha Mutuku that he recorded Loitiptip because smoking shisha was illegal and leaked the same to blogger Edgar Obare who shared it on his social media pages. Ochieng’ confessed that he sent the video to the senator and demanded that he sends him Sh200,000 to bar its leakage but Loitiptip declined.

Source: Daily Nation February 17, 2021 12:43 UTC