Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala has accused Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Achesa of trying to leak fake nude photos of him.
Speaking to journalists outside the parliament building on Wednesday, Malala claimed that Achesa paid some journalists to photoshop his pictures.
He said that the three journalists were to portray him in a compromising situation with a non-existent woman and then share the nude images on the internet.
Senator Malala who said he has no issues with the Sports CS wondered why he planned to share such photos with the aim of tarnishing his name.
He said that the three journalists involved in the scheme were arrested on Tuesday by the police.
The three journalists who were locked up at the KICC police station after their arrest have been identified as David Ndolo, Stafford Ondego and Alex Njue.
Malala said the move by CS Achesa was a revenge mission after Achesa’s ‘nude’ photos while in a hotel room with a woman were leaked online.
“Photos of Achesa went viral online, and he told the journalists he hired to photoshop the image and replace his face with mine,” said Malala.
The senator said he was tipped of what was happening and informed the police who managed to arrest the three and confiscated evidence they were using to create the image.
“The three journalists have been arrested, and we found the calls and messages the CS sent them including pictures they were planning to use. We confiscated their phones and laptops,” Malala added.
The two politicians from Kakamega County have been at loggerheads recently leading to an exchange of words.
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