{"id":171917,"date":"2024-04-16T06:14:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T06:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/blogger-in-court-for-extorting-kes-80000-to-remove-kilifi-fraud-dossier-from-website\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T06:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T06:14:49","slug":"blogger-in-court-for-extorting-kes-80000-to-remove-kilifi-fraud-dossier-from-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/16\/blogger-in-court-for-extorting-kes-80000-to-remove-kilifi-fraud-dossier-from-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogger in Court for Extorting Kes.80,000 to Remove Kilifi Fraud Dossier from Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-311443\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"492\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kilifii.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-311443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kilifii.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"492\"  \/>On Monday, a Shanzu court charged a blogger with obtaining money to pull down an article alleging that two individuals defrauded Kilifi Governor Gideon Munga\u2019ro of Kes.150 million.<\/p>\n<p>According to the investigation, Stephen Sanga Barrawah, 32, approached Francis Ngala Karabu, the complainant, posing as a local journalist with a dossier alleging that Karabu conspired with Loise Makena to defraud the Kilifi county government of the amount through garbage collection.<\/p>\n<p>The accused then allegedly demanded Kes. 150,000 from Karabu, threatening to publish the alleged dossier if not paid. However, they later negotiated via video conference and settled on Kes. 80,000.<\/p>\n<p>The funds were transferred to the accused\u2019s Mpesa account in two installments of Kes.60,000 and Kes.20,000, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations also established that the suspect allegedly demanded an additional Kes.60,000 from Karabu by claiming to have the ability to remove a publication from the social media platform \u201cNewsline\u201d that mentioned the complainant.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution sought orders to amend the charge sheet to include a similar charge of obtaining money by pretense, which the court granted.<\/p>\n<p>Before Senior Resident Magistrate Robert Mbogo, the blogger pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on a Kes. 100,000 bond with a surety of the same amount. Alternatively, he could pay a cash bail of Kes.20,000.<\/p>\n<p>The court directed that the amended charge sheet be presented in court on May 5, 2024, when the case will be heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, a Shanzu court charged a blogger with obtaining money to pull down an article alleging that two individuals defrauded Kilifi Governor Gideon Munga\u2019ro of Kes.150 million. 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