Agriculture Cabinet Secretary designate Mithika Linturi can breathe a sigh of relief in an attempted rape case after the woman in the case withdrew her charges against him.
The 36-year-old woman had accused the former Meru senator of attempting to rape her at Maiyan Villas Hotel in Nanyuki on January 30, 2021.
In the court papers, the woman had claimed that Linturi entered a room she was sharing with her husband in the hotel and attempted to rape her when her husband was out.
Linturi appeared before Magistrate Nanzushi at the Milimani Law Courts on September 14, 2021, to answer allegations by the woman before he pleaded not guilty.
The former senator was then released on a Sh200,000 cash bail.
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Raila Odinga-led Azimio la Umoja coalition party poked holes in the Cabinet nominees announced by President William Ruto on September 27.
In a statement read out by Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, the party said that it had directed its MPs not to approve cabinet nominees with active cases in court.
Azimio said that the selection of the cabinet was not procedurally done on the basis of integrity and competency.
“The selection of Cabinet secretaries, some of which have active criminal cases is questionable. This was not procedurally done, on the basis of competencies and personal integrity, and we shall direct our MPs to withhold approval of those who do not meet the Chapter Six threshold of our Constitution,” read a statement by Azimo on September 30.
Meanwhile, Public Service and Gender CS nominee Aisha Jumwa is still battling a case in court.
