
Forty-five suspects were charged at the Ngong court in Kajiado for unlawful assembly and blocking President William Ruto's convoy. The suspects appeared before Chief Magistrate Ariba Kutwa, where five women pleaded guilty while 40 men maintained their innocence. Each suspect was granted a bond of Ksh.100,000 or an alternative cash bail of the same amount. Reports indicate that the group obstructed the convoy after arriving by buses and matatus from a fundraiser at the Nkarusa SDA Church.
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