Two men who issued death threats to Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) acting Director Stella Maris Odero via text messages were charged on Wednesday with threatening to kill. Mr David Ngugi and Mr Samuel Githinji Wambui had, in the said text messages, told Ms Odero to vacate the post and opt for early retirement or seek transfer from the department. The two were charged with threatening to kill Ms Odero on October 4 and 8 as they demanded Sh500,000 to postpone her death. They were reportedly to execute the murder plot on October 20, according to their threatening messages to Ms Odero but police arrested them before then. The case will be mentioned on November 11.

Source: Daily Nation October 21, 2020 14:25 UTC