Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho carries a child at a past rally. [Photo: Ali Hassan Joho]
A case in which Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho is accused of fording academic documents to vie in the 2013 general elections, continued at a Mombasa Court, Thursday.
This is after, one Janet Mbete filed a case at the Mombasa Criminal Investigations Department, asking for a probe into Joho's secondary school certificate, saying it was forged to secure him entry into the University of Nairobi (UoN).
Lawyers representing the ODM deputy governor were Senior counsel Siaya senator James Orengo, Dennis Mosota and Judy Soweto.
They argued that the government agencies threatened their client and misused their powers to intimidate him, following his criticism against President Uhuru Kenyatta's leadership.
According to the lawyers, their client suffered mental and physical torture in the hands of the government agencies, leading to infringement his constitutional rights as a government official and a Kenyan citizen.
Orengo indicated Joho's woos came after the president warned that he would deal with him, after he was blocked from attending an event to reopen the Mtongwe ferry.
“The sequence of events from March 2015 cannot be coincidental," said Orengo.