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TikToker Hesbon Mauti was charged for posting a video threatening to kill and defile President William Ruto's children. [Nancy Gitonga, Standard]
TikToker Hesbon Mauti Thomas, accused of posting a video containing remarks threatening President William Ruto’s son George Ruto and daughter, has been released on a Sh5,000 cash bail after changing his plea to not guilty.
Mauti appeared before Milimani Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo on Friday, July 31, 2026, where the charge of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace was read afresh to him.
The accused, who had initially pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday, changed his plea after his lawyer Cliff Ombeta applied for the matter to be reopened and for the charge to be read again.
