Narc Kenya Party leader Martha Karua has reacted after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji dropped a corruption case against former Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa
In a tweet on Wednesday, October 12, Karua termed the move by the DPP to withdraw the case against the Public Service and Gender CS nominee as "impunity reloaded."
"Impunity reloaded? but see no evil, hear no evil," the Azimio presidential running mate in the 2022 general election tweeted.
Jumwa was facing a Sh19 million graft case and the move by the DPP came just before her vetting at the National Assembly on the CS docket.
The Public Service and Gender CS nominee was charged on August 31, 2021, with misappropriation of Sh19 million CDF cash at a Mombasa court.
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Jumwa 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 a Sub-County Education office block.
Her co-accused are Kennedy Otieno Ojwang, Robert Katana Wanje, Wachu Omar Abdalla, Margret Faith Kalume, Benard Riba Kai and Sophia Said Charo.
She is also facing murder judges in a case in which she is jointly charged with her bodyguard, Geoffrey Okuto.
Previously, Azimio maintained that its MPs will not approve CS nominees with pending criminal cases in court.
A 15-member committee has already been approved by Parliament to engage in the vetting exercise.
