Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi Topples DCI in Ksh17.5M Case
The detectives arrested Nyakundi in January 2020 on alleged charges of extortion amounting to millions of shillings.
Marvin Chege 
Kenyan blogger Cyprian Nyakundi overcame the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a case where they accused him of conspiring to extort Ksh17.5million from a bank in Nairobi.
The judge in the case on Thursday, March 11 ruled that the DCI had trapped the blogger by obtaining the evidence against him illegally.
The judge further indicated that the evidence obtained was not admissible in a court of law.
The detectives arrested Nyakundi in January 2020 on alleged charges of extortion amounting to millions of shillings.
A statement released by the investigative body shortly after the arrest indicated that the blogger, alongside another suspect, Emmanuel Nyamweya Ong'era, had been caught conning the said businessmen who were attached to a bank in Nairobi.
The DCI claimed that the two suspects had received a sum of Ksh1 Million from the victims as down-payment of the Ksh17.5 million they had demanded. The suspects had demanded a huge amount of money before they could delete an article published on their website.
"Detectives based at Gigiri have today afternoon arrested two suspects namely Cyprian Andama Nyakundi and Emmanuel Nyamweya Ong'era after successful investigations touching on extortion, blackmail, and false accusations.
"The two had just received Ksh1 million from one of their victims being a down payment of Ksh 17.5 million they had earlier demanded as a precondition for pulling down libelous posts appearing on a website allegedly owned by the suspects," read the statement in part.
The detectives added that the voracious blogger had published a story about the bank sometime in October, linking it to cases of fraud and money laundering.
It was also noted that Nyakundi had held conversations with the bank's top leaders in January 2020, and asked them for the money in exchange for his commitment to pull down the story. However, the leaders declined and reported him to Gigiri Police Station, and investigations into the tussle were launched.
The detectives also revealed that the bank's bosses had maintained conversations with Nyakundi and had promised to pay him on the agreed date in January 2020. However, the police set a trap for him at Westgate Mall and arrested him.
