{"id":921477,"date":"2022-02-01T14:21:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/02\/01\/didmus-barasa-acquitted-of-violence-charges-due-to-lack-of-evidence\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T14:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:21:53","slug":"didmus-barasa-acquitted-of-violence-charges-due-to-lack-of-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/01\/didmus-barasa-acquitted-of-violence-charges-due-to-lack-of-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Didmus Barasa acquitted of violence charges due to lack of evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa (pictured) <\/em>has been acquitted in a case in which he had been accused of planning to cause violence in Kabuchai last year.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Bungoma Resident Magistrate John Mugute ruled that there was no sufficient evidence to nail the MP. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe prosecution has failed to show that a felony was about to be committed. Assuming the MP was found in possession of the hoes, which is not the case, that in itself does not constitute a crime,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

Police arrested Barasa and three other lawmakers in March last year during a by-election in Kabuchai, Bungoma with crude weapons in their cars. The matter was handed to the Director of Public Prosecutions who preferred on them\u00a0charges of planning to commit a felony.<\/p>\n

Those arrested alongside Barasa were Nandi Senator\u00a0Samson Cherangei, Nandi MP Wilson Kogo and Belgut’s Nelson Koech who were acquitted in September last year.\n<\/p>\n

The lawmakers claimed their arrests were politically instigated due to their association with Deputy President William Ruto\u2019.\n<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters after being freed, Barasa said that justice had finally been served.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n