My Life is in Danger, Former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama Says

Former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama has linked the Jubilee administration to a plot to eliminate him.

Muthama pointed out that recent developments around his life showed that there was a scheme by the regime to silence him.

“I am a target of Jubilee leadership, from top to bottom. For quite some time, Jubilee has used its agents to harass and silence me politically,” Muthama said.

Addressing the media in the capital on Wednesday, the former Kangundo Member of Parliament also accused the government of painting him as a criminal who disregards the law.

“I have been arrested, taken to court and detained for charges that don’t warrant to be detained. My troubles began by speaking the truth and defending the people of Kenya by pinpointing wrongs committed by Jubilee government,” Muthama said.

He said that there were attempts to revive a case in which he had been cleared by the court.

“I was arrested, detained for four days and charged for an offence that was said to have been committed on September 23, 2015 at Uhuru Park. Later the prosecution said I had committed a similar offence on September 26 at the same venue,” Muthama said.

He continued: “When my lawyers explained to court that there was no public meeting on September 2015 at Uhuru Park, the judge acquitted me for lack of evidence.”

He said the government was using him as a cover up to regime friendly politicians who make inflammatory statements.

“Politicians allied to Jubilee make inflammatory statements and are not arrested. They then wait for me to talk and they arrest me together with them. It means they are not serious in their fight against hate speech,” Muthama said.

“I am a law-abiding citizen who has never been charged for corruption or theft. I was the first MP to pay tax. I am an investor here and abroad. Casting me as a man who is a criminal is injurious to my person,” Muthama said.