Brian Yongo charged after allegedly issuing death threats to businessman Rajendra Sanghani

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Businessman Brian Yongo in court where he denied threatening to kill Rajendra Sanghani by having him shot. PHOTO/Irene Onyango.

Businessman Samuel Brian Yongo Otumba has been charged with threatening to kill fellow businessman Rajendra Sanghani.

Yongo is alleged to have threatened Sanghani on 12th April 2024, at unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, without lawful excuse.

It is alleged that Yongo uttered the word uttered words “MY FRIEND IN SPRING VALLEY THERE, I WANT TO SEND YOU VISITORS, TONIGHT DON’T SLEEP”I WANT TO SHOW YOU,… YOU SAY YOU WERE SHOT IN THE EYE,I WANT TO SHOW YOU I KNOW PEOPLE WHO SHOOT. YOU WERE SHOT IN THAT VILLAGE MARKET” “I SWEAR UPON MY MOTHER, THIS ONE EVEN SONKO WILL NOT HELP YOU, I SWEAR THIS ONE, EVEN SONKO…..RAJU,…. WHAT I WILL DO TO YOU, YOU WILL SEE, MBWA, GHASIA, TAKA ТАКА”….threatening to kill Sanghani.

Yongo is also charged with cyber harassment by uttering words which are likely to cause apprehension or fear of violence, detrimental, indecent or grossly offensive to the said Sanghani through a whatsapp call.

The alleged calls involved the words, “I SWEAR UPON MY MOTHER, WEWE NI MBWA…. RAJU, I AM GOING TO TEACH YOU A LESSON, GO AND TELL OCS SPRING VALLEY, THAT I HAVE SAID I WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON, YOU PIG. WEWE UTANIJUA, MBWA, GHASIA, YOUR WIFE IS SCR*WED BY MEN IN YOUR F*CKING HOUSE, TAKA TAKA, YOU SILLY, YOU DOG”.

He denied the charges before Principal Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi and was released on bail.