A warrant of arrest on blogger Edgar Obare has been issued by a Kiambu court for absconding court hearings twice.
Resident Magistrate Rita Orora issued the warrant where Obare is out on a cash bail of Ksh 100,000 after denying charges that he used his social media accounts, domain name www.bnn.ke and verified Instagram account @edgarobare, he disclosed to his online follower's personal data to wit visa belonging to one Natalie Wanjiru Githinji without her consent.
Natalie Wanjiru is a popular YouTuber known as Natalie Tewa.
The matter was up for hearing through virtual means on Wednesday but the blogger did not appear with prosecutor Stella Oyagi requesting the court to issue a warrant of arrest.
Oyagi told the court that they were ready with four witnesses to testify. The complainant was in court ready to testify.
On March 31, this year the accused also failed to appear before court in the hearing of the case and the prosecution had also requested for a warrant of arrest but the accused lawyer Titus Munene said that the accused was away in Kisumu and could not appear due to the covid-19 lockdown.
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