A man was arrested on Monday for sending love messages to a male radio journalist.
Geoffrey Mburu, 24, allegedly sent explicit messages to Victor Kinuthia, a journalist with the Royal Media Services.
Kinuthia recorded a statement at Murang’a police station.
He said Mburu started sending him romantic messages in the morning and persisted after he warned him to stop.
The text messages seen by the Star indicated the suspect wanted to have sex with the journalist.
In the messages, the suspect admitted to being gay and said he is in love with the journalist’s voice.
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.
