Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji Wednesday morning dropped Sh19m graft case pitting former Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa.
The drop of the charges comes days to her vetting at the National Assembly after she was nominated for the position of the Public Service and Gender docket by President William Ruto.
Jumwa was facing a murder charge and a Sh19 million graft case.
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Jumwa was on August 31, 2021, charged with misappropriation of Sh19m CDF cash at a Mombasa court.
Aisha and the other accused persons are facing charges of conspiring and defrauding Sh19,007,539.60 allocated to NG-CDF Malindi Constituency by the National Government with respect to Tender number MLD/NG-NDF /SP/05/2017/2018 for the proposed construction of Sub-County Education office block.
Jumwa's co-accused are Kennedy Otieno Ojwang, Robert Katana Wanje, Wachu Omar Abdalla, Margret Faith Kalume, Benard Riba Kai and Sophia Said Charo.
In the case jointly charged with her bodyguard Geoffrey Okuto, Jumwa is also facing murder charges.
The two are on trial over the murder of Ngumbao Jola on October 15, 2019, at his home in Ganda ward, Kilifi county.
They are accused of storming Jola’s house a day before a by-election for Ganda ward.
