The Standard Group Fear For Mohammed Ali’s Safety

Following yesterday’s accusations against KTN Senior Investigative Editor Mohammed Ali over a stolen mobile handset as well as handling stolen property, sources say the Standard Group have come out resquesting security for their employee over what it terms as a possible threat to his safety.

The journalist was released on a cash bail of Kshs.50,000 after his case was heard in court yesterday, and a number of speculators think that Ali may be the victim of a setup, particularly because of the nature of his work: investigative journalism that brings to light cases of fraud and cartels thus ruining spats of crime that usually goes on unnoticed.

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Mohammed Ali tied the knot just at the end of last year, 2011 and recently bagged a national award for the Media Council of Kenya’s ‘Best Journalism Award’. He is the brain behind KTN’s popular ‘Jicho Pevu’ investigative feature which he started alongside an English version which used to be spearheaded by CNN Africa Journalist of the Year award winner John Allan Namu, who later moved to rival station NTV.

Jicho Pevu has unearthed a series of crime gangs in the country as well as a range of exposes behind extra-judicial killings and drug cartels.