A gay man was arrested by the
police on Monday, February 8,
for persistently sending explicit
and romantic love messages to a
Kenyan journalist with the Royal
Media Services, Victor Kinuthia, telling him that he is in love with
his voice. 24-year-old Geoffrey Mburu had
reportedly been sending romantic
messages to the journalist,
suggesting that he wants to have
sex with him. Following persistent
explicit messaging from Mr. Mburu, despite being warned to
stop, Kinuthia reported the matter
to the police. In the messages, the suspect
admitted to being gay and said he
is in love with the journalist’s
voice and wanted sex with him.
Kinuthia set up a meeting with the
suspect at his Gatanga home and was accompanied by
officers and journalists. "When I got to Githioro, the
suspect came smiling and
entered the car I was driving,
saying he was to see me," he
said. It was then that police, who were
following closely behind on
motorbikes, arrested him. Kinuthia said he was shocked by
the proof that homosexuality is
rife in the county. "We have always heard of cases
where men are sodomised but
fail to report out of fear or stigma
but this is evidence that it is
happening," he said. Murang’a county commander
Naomi Ichami said Mburu
admitted to sending the
messages. He will be charged with misusing
a communications device
