06/04/2026
On July 30, 2025, Benard Gatheru, a Facebook blogger, came across a post written by Simon Mwangi Muthiora, accusing him (Gatheru) of 'stealing' and 'diluting' Martha Mwihaki Hinga's content. In the post, Muthiora claimed that Benard was a con artist fleecing upcoming artists of their money, without providing evidence or naming a single victim he had allegedly conned. Ironically, the same post was shared by a then mysterious and notorious page called Martha Mwihaki Hinga, which had earned its notoriety by naming and shaming 'sinful' gospel ministers 'defiling' the holy altar. Benard, in reaction to that, sent a letter to Muthiora demanding that he either name whom he had conned or pull down the false allegations. Muthiora ignored him, prompting Benard to seek the truth and help at the DCI office. Once there, the DCI arrested Benard and treated him as the main suspect, bearing in mind that Martha Hinga defamation cases had piled up and the officers there were looking for him or her. Surprisingly, the DCI leaked the information about Benard's presence at their offices to Muthiora, who published more false information with the headline "Breaking News: Martha Mwihaki Hinga has been arrested and is awaiting arraignment. Meanwhile, the DCI were busy harassing Benard. Benard, on realising that his life was in danger, quickly and urgently contacted his lawyer and a close relative before his two mobile phones were confiscated. The close relative, who works (I won't disclose where), then sent IPOA officials to the offices where he was held. The DCI officers, on realising they had no strong case against him, hurriedly drafted a charge sheet claiming that Benard was caught trying to preach and pray for murder suspects without a preaching license. In the case, Benard wanted to include Muthiora as a person of interest in the whole scenario, but Muthiora refused to attend the hearing, noting that he could be exposed badly. Later on, it emerged, as Benard got a chance to peruse DCI files to prepare his defence, that indeed, Muthiora owned the original, notorious Martha Hinga account and was trying to punish Benard for 'stealing' Martha's content and posting in a facebook group bearing the name, "Martha Hinga Official fanpage" (Parody) versus Martha Mwihaki Hinga account (Original owned by Muthiora). Muthiora had been trying to link Benard to the same pseudo account. Benard disowned all accounts with names other than his stage or legal names. However, one wonders why Muthiora fought so hard to protect the Martha Mwihaki Hinga page from alleged impersonation.
