Kenya's youngest MP, Igembe South's John Mwirigi, on Monday was cleared of all charges of aiding a prisoner ot escape and obstructing a police officer. The case was withdrawn at the request of the DPP after the case failed to take off. Mwirigi, elected at age 23, said the charges from 2018 were trumped up and part of a witch-hunt to embarrass him. The case was cooked and had enslaved me to court attendances though I had done nothing wrong." "Many are our enemies fighting youths leadership but we won't won’t fear or be cowed,” he said.

Source: The Star September 14, 2020 18:00 UTC