Malindi legislator Aisha Jumwa leaves Port Police Station after recording a statement yesterday. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]A Mombasa court has released embattled Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa – accused of misappropriating Sh19m public funds – on bond, arguing that she was not a flight risk. "On Thursday, the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji okayed the prosecution of Ms Jumwa and her alleged conspirators over corruption. "It was alleged that several business entities controlled by Aisha Jumwa through her proxies fraudulently received funds from the NG-CDF accounts, and in turn transmitted a total of Sh57,711,69 to Aisha Jumwa," said Haji. Haji accused Ms Jumwa of skewing the tender process to favour the company to build a sub-county education office block.

Source: Standard Digital August 31, 2020 06:46 UTC