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Man who posted video of Lamu senator smoking shisha jailed

Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip

Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip. A man who attempted to extort Sh200,000 from him after posting a video of the senator smoking shisha has been sentenced to one year in prison by a Nairobi magistrate’s court.

Photo credit: File | nation Media Group

A man who released a video of Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip smoking shisha has been sentenced to one year in prison by a Nairobi magistrate’s court.

Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku convicted and sentenced Jones Ochieng Mbolo on his own plea of guilty to the offence of attempting to extort Sh200,000 from the senator and a woman who featured in the video, identified as Aeedah Bambi Pesian.