Activist and entertainer Eric Omondi has revealed that he was hellbent on going to prison instead of settling the alternative fine imposed on him and his co-accused. “We have paid ksh 10,000 each but initially, I refused to pay the amount totaling ksh 170,000," Omondi stated. A photo collage of Eric Omondi in the company of other activists during a protest along Parliament Road on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Eric Omondi was on Friday sentenced to one-month imprisonment or an alternative of a Ksh 10,000 fine after pleading guilty to taking part in the unlawful assembly. The comedian, alongside 15 others, was sentenced to prison for creating a disturbance outside Parliament buildings where he held demonstrations over the high cost of living.

Source: Daily Nation September 16, 2023 11:38 UTC