Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa is escorted by a team of lawyers to the Mombasa Law Courts yesterday. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]The State has lined more than six witnesses to prove its claim that Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa embezzled Sh20 million through proxies and a network of companies to buy an apartment in Nairobi. The indictment against the MP, who was charged yesterday, claims she bought the house in instalments to conceal proceeds of crime stolen from the Malindi National Government-Constituency Development Fund NG-CDF. Yesterday Jumwa denied five charges, three days after the arraignment of her alleged six co-conspirators who have been languishing at Port Police Station since Thursday. SEE ALSO: Aisha Jumwa emerges, to be charged tomorrowAccording to the DPP, investigations had shown that Jumwa "concealed the said sums being proceeds of crime, through depositing an instalment towards the purchase of an apartment along Argwings Kodhek Road in Nairobi."

Source: Standard Digital August 31, 2020 21:00 UTC