A man has been charged in a Marsabit court with threatening to kill and malicious damage to property following a dispute in Marsabit Town.
The accused, Kiya Kalicha popularly known as “CBD” faces three counts stemming from the incident.
In the first count, Kalicha is accused of uttering words threatening to stab the complainant, Abdullahi Sheikh Ismael, with a knife on July 18, 2026, in Marsabit Central Sub-County following a disagreement between the two.
In the second count, he faces a charge of malicious damage to property for allegedly destroying the windscreen of the complainant’s vehicle. In the third count, Kalicha is charged with an attempt to strike after allegedly trying to stab Ismael with a knife during the altercation.
Appearing before Marsabit Senior Resident Magistrate Edward Oboge, the suspect denied all three charges.
The court released him on a cash bail of Ksh 50,000 or a bond of Ksh 100,000 with a surety of a similar amount. The case is scheduled for mention on August 10, 2026.
