Shailja Patel Reports Tony Mochama (Smitta Smitten) To The Police Over Sexual Assault

The week has been awash with allegations that Tony Mochama (Smitta Smitten) sexually assaulted a woman in one Wambui Mwangi’s house and the drama has now taken a new twist as the alleged victim recorded a statement with the police.

Shailja Patel appeared at Spring Valley police station where she recorded a statement accusing Mochama of the assault that was exclusively covered by Ghafla Kenya after writer Wambui Mwangi raised the alarm through her twitter account.

Shailja Patel

Smitta had strongly refuted the allegations and termed them as being malicious and career wrecking. He accused Wambui of slander and defamation and swore to sue her in court for a million over the same.

In response to one of our publications, Mochama said that Wambui has been a hater since time immemorial, particularly because of his ‘Men Only’ publications in the Standard Group’s Pulse. He accused her of seeing him as being chauvinistic and the allegations were tailored towards giving her feminist publicity.

In the exposure, Wambui had opted not to reveal the identity of the victim but now it is official that indeed the allegations were true and can only be confirmed in a court of law.

Ms Patel is also believed to engage the services of lawyer Anne Njogu in her case against her fellow scribe.

Shailja Patel is an internationally acclaimed Kenyan poet, playwright, theatre artist and political activist. During the alleged ordeal, the scribes were meeting at Wambui’s (another scribe) house.