Makueni: Former MCA Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison Over Threats To Kill Sitting MCA

• Former 2022 election loser Dennis Wambua was recorded in a viral video in which he was filmed threatening to kill incumbent MCA Dennis Kioko Maingi
• The Milimani Law Courts Principal Magistrate Zainabu Abdul sentenced him without an option of fine after he was found guilty of the crime
• Wambua had vowed to end Kioko's life during a dowry negotiation ceremony for being directed by the court to pay KSh 1 million

Former Member of County Assembly (MCA) Dennis Wambua was sentenced to two years in prison with no option of a fine for threatening to kill sitting MCA, Dennis Kioko Mainga.

Wambua was on Friday, May 3, sentenced by Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Zainabu Abdul for threatening to kill Kioko who is the incumbent MCA for Kiteta Kisau ward.

When did Wambua threaten Kioko?

In a viral clip in March 2023 during dowry negotiations, Wambua is seen taking a vow to kill his opponent for stealing his votes in the August 2022 General Election.

"I cannot concede, it is either the current MCA dies or I die. My votes cannot be stolen and then I'm ordered to pay him KSh 1,000,000," Wambua warned.

Wambua was later on March 11, 2023, charged in Makueni court for threatening to kill Kioko at Ngoni village, Makueni East constituency in Makueni county.

Why is Wambua on the losing end?

In her ruling, Abdul stated that relatives of the MCA who had attended a dowry negotiation ceremony confirmed that they heard the accused vowing to kill the MCA.

Wambua was sentenced under section 215 of the Constitution which states that if any person is prosecuted for an offense, then the conviction of the person of the offense shall, without further order, have effect as the condemnation of the thing.

Abdul gave Wambua 14 days to appeal his sentence.

Former MCA found guilty of killing wife

In April, former Kiambu MCA Samuel Ndung'u and two others were found guilty of torturing and killing his wife Lucy Njambi in 2018.

Justice Joel Ngugi said the evidence presented by the court implicated Ndung'u and his two co-accused of killing his wife.

Proofreading by Asher Omondi, current affairs journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.