An activist has moved to court seeking to have DCI George Kinoti and IG Joseph Boinnet jailed for six months for breach of court orders barring them from posting suspects mugshots on social media.
Questions have been raised following the continual posting of suspects’ mugshots on social media despite a High Court order barring it.
The High Court on December 6 last year, barred Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet and DCI boss George Kinoti’s office from posting mugshots of suspects on social media before they are arraigned.
For a while, the DCI did not post the mugshots of suspects and instead just put pictures written ‘crime’ or ‘arrested’. But that changed a few days later.
Contempt of court includes the willful disobedience of any judgment, decree, direction, order, or other processes of a court or willful breach of an undertaking given to a court.
In this case, the DCI is in civil contempt of the court.
When in contempt of court, those held in civil contempt generally must be given notice of the contempt sanctions and an opportunity to be heard, but usually, are not guaranteed a jury trial.