Kenya: Kitui-Based Blogger Emmanuel Maleve Released on Ksh 50,000 Cash Bail

Kitui-based blogger Emmanuel Maleve has been released on a Ksh 50,000 cash bail after being arrested and charged with a cybercrime offence.

Maleve said he was arrested by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) while at work in a mall in Kitui.

“I was in the mall where I work when DCI officers came and arrested me, asking me to cooperate. They took me to Kitui Police Station. When we got there, they told me the case was being handled by the Nairobi headquarters, so…