George Kihiu Karanja was arraigned at Milimani Law Courts where he faced charges of Offensive Conduct Contrary to the law.
According to the charge sheet, the accused person on October 22,2022 being a merchant with Tripple S SACCO, while along Tom Mboya Street, used abusive words to Catherine Kabura Wangari namely “Malaya”.
The matatu driver picks persons along Tom Mboya Street. On the material day, he approached the complainant asking her to drive away as where she had parked belongs to another SACCO.
The complainant complied with the directives and drove her car to a different spot. The accused person followed her and opened the driver’s door pulled her out and started insulting her.
At this point, two police officers from the traffic police who were attracted by the commotion approached the scene to calm the situation only for the accused person to flee.
He appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi, he pleaded guilty claiming that the economy is tough, and he was afraid the complainant might affect the movement of his matatu.
He further said that he made a point of apologizing to the complainant, but her boss declined to have the matter settled out of court.
The Court directed the probation department to file a presentencing report by Monday when the court will issue sentence.
