Thursday, August 28, 2025 - A Nairobi court has released a man accused of illegally distributing pirated digital copies of Nation Media Group newspapers through WhatsApp.
Jackson Wangigi
Kariuki was arraigned before Senior
Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo at the Milimani Law Courts, where
he was granted a personal bond of Ksh
100,000.
The decision followed a medical report indicating that he
might not be mentally fit to stand trial.
The prosecution requested additional time to allow Kariuki’s
mother to present his medical history at a mental health facility, after an
earlier psychiatric examination proved inconclusive.
Kariuki is accused of unlawfully distributing digital copies
of Daily Nation, Taifa Leo, Business
Daily and The East
African via a WhatsApp group named “Daily E-Paper Forum”
without authorization from Nation Media Group.
The alleged offences reportedly took place between June 3rd and June 10th,
2025, at an undisclosed location in Kenya.
He also faces a separate charge of unlawfully offering
infringing copies of the newspapers for sale.
Kariuki denied all the charges.
Magistrate Onsarigo directed that a comprehensive mental health report be submitted to the court by September 8th, 2025, before further proceedings continue.
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