East Africa reports that the man represented clients in 26 cases before his arrest
A Kenyan man identified as Brian Mwenda has been arrested after being accused of posing as a legal practitioner and presenting himself as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. According to the report published by Facts East Africa, he represented clients before High Court Judges, Magistrates and Court of Appeal Judges. The report stated that he appeared in 26 cases and that those cases resulted in victories.
Facts East Africa said that Mwenda had portrayed himself as a legal professional for an extended period. The post stated that the judges before whom he appeared did not question his competence until the time of his arrest. The report was shared widely on social media and repeated the statement that he had argued 26 cases before his arrest.
The Facts East Africa account wrote on X that Kenyan authorities had arrested a fake lawyer. The post said that Mwenda had been falsely presenting himself as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. It stated that he had argued 26 cases before High Court Judges, Magistrates and Court of Appeal Judges and that he won all 26 before he was arrested.
The report prompted significant online reaction. Several users responded to the post on X, with many commenting on the description of his record in the courtroom. One user with the name Nungua Burnaboy questioned why Mwenda was being punished when the report said he won all 26 cases. The user wrote that the lawyers who went to law school should be punished for allowing someone who had not attended law school to win cases against them.
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Another user, identified as Mfecane, wrote that Mwenda should be given an honorary law degree. A further comment by TheTraderInYou said that they were sure he would argue himself out of the arrest. The discussion continued with a user named @_KAKUS, who wrote that there are many intelligent people who could perform in particular fields without difficulty and that the man described in the report was an example of someone who had not obtained a certificate. Another user, The Virginia Project, wrote that Mwenda was uncredentialed but at twenty six to zero in major league play, he was no fake.
The photograph circulated with the report shows the individual identified as Mwenda. Facts East Africa repeated that he had been portraying himself as a High Court Advocate. The account stated that he had done so falsely.
The report did not provide further detail on the nature of the cases described or the circumstances of the arrest beyond the statement that it had taken place. It also did not describe any official statement from authorities beyond the assertion that he had been arrested. The reactions from users on X focused mainly on the claim that he had argued and won cases, with many expressing surprise at the reported outcome of the 26 hearings.
The circulating report remains the primary publicly referenced account of the incident. The statements in the post are presented as claims by Facts East Africa and by the users responding to the post. No additional information was supplied in the text provided regarding court records, the specific grounds of arrest or comments from Kenyan judicial authorities.