A Media Commercial Director Accused of Threatening Messages Seeks Legal Redress in High Court
Farida Idris Mohamed, a Media Commercial Director facing allegations of sending threatening text messages to her ex-lover in 2019, has taken legal action by approaching the High Court to challenge the decision made by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge her.
Farida stands accused of sending multiple threatening messages to Hussein Aila Amaro on June 14 and 15, 2019, at an undisclosed location.
She contends that these charges are driven by malicious intent and is seeking the court’s intervention to have them dismissed.
In her defense, Farida reveals that she was engaged in a romantic relationship with Amaro, during which they cohabited as a couple.
Over their nine-year partnership, they jointly established a company called Enersence Solutions Limited, where they both held positions as directors and equal shareholders, each possessing a 50% stake in the company.
However, Farida alleges that their relationship took a tumultuous turn in 2019, leading to their separation.
Since then, they have been entangled in a series of civil disputes and unsubstantiated complaints to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) concerning the ownership of their joint venture.
According to Farida, their inability to reach a consensus on the settlement amount for their disputes prompted Hussein to exploit his connections to initiate her prosecution.
She states, “The criminal proceedings are in bad faith and are clearly an afterthought to hit back and express vendetta against the petitioner following their acrimonious relationship fallout and failure to settle 17 million shillings within the timeframe as demanded by the ex-lover,” as stated in court documents.
Farida asserts that the DPP failed to conduct an impartial and objective assessment of the facts surrounding the charges against her, alleging that the decision to prosecute her represents an abuse of the judicial process.
“The criminal case is being used to wield state power over the petitioner as a means of vexation and oppression for ulterior purposes and not as an avenue to litigate a genuine complaint or achieve any justice,” she claims.
Farida is now seeking the High Court’s intervention to annul the DPP’s decision to charge and prosecute her.
“The actions of the respondents to charge the petitioner with the offence of threatening to kill as a clap back by using the criminal justice system to settle a civil dispute is unconstitutional and contravenes petitioner’s constitutional rights to equal protection,” reads the documents filed at Milimani Law Court.
She currently faces four counts related to threatening Hussein’s life and had previously denied these charges before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lukas Onyina, securing her release on cash bail in April 2023.
