Gaucho released on Ksh.5K bail after City Hall arrest

Self-proclaimed Bunge la Mwananchi president Calvin Okoth Otieno alias Gaucho was Tuesday released on a Ksh.5,000 cash bail by a Kiambu court after his Monday arrest outside City Hall, Nairobi.

Otieno was reportedly captured by undercover police for unknown reasons while engaging supporters outside the county headquarters.

The aspiring politician who is a staunch supporter of the opposition leader Raila Odinga as well as former president Uhuru Kenyatta was arraigned on charges of creating disturbance, according to detectives.

Police said Tuesday evening that Gaucho pleaded not guilty.

“Earlier today, Calvin Okoth Otieno alias "Gaucho" was arraigned before Kiambu law courts on charges of creating disturbance contrary to section 95 (1)(b) of the penal code. The suspect pleaded not guilty and was released on a Sh20,000 bond or cash bail of Sh5,000,” read a report from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.

Monday’s arrest was the second time Gaucho was caught within a week.

Last Tuesday, May 23, he was arrested and detained overnight at Muthangari police station before being released with no charges.

Former Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa spoke against last week’s arrest, terming it as intimidation by the government.

“They arrested Gaucho, the ghetto president because he spoke the truth about how President Ruto lied to Kenyans. It is the truth, hustlers are suffering,” he said over the weekend at an event at Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka’s Yatta farm in Kitui, which brought together various leaders from the opposition.