High Court quashes murder case against Ruto’s CS Aisha Jumwa
High Court quashes murder case against Gender and Public Service Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa
High Court quashes murder case against Gender and Public Service Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa.
Following a request by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mombasa High Court dismissed murder charges against Gender and Public Service Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa on Wednesday, December 21.
Judge Ann Onginjo stated that since the DPP expressed interest in dropping the case, the court will no longer consider the charges.
Judge Onginjo discharged Jumwa from the criminal proceedings, granting her a chance to testify as a state witness against her former bodyguard Geoffrey Otieno Okuto.
“In consideration of the oral application made by the ODPP in November, followed by a letter from Coast Region Coordinator Hassan Abdi, Jumwa is hereby discharged from the proceedings,” she announced.
The judge further warned that Section 87(a)1, under which Jumwa was discharged did not bar the state from prosecuting her in the future.
On November 30, the ODPP applied to withdraw the murder case. The application was made in a virtual session before Judge Onginjo.
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At the time, Onginjo raised her dissatisfaction with the manner in which the application was filed and subsequently set a date for a formal application.
Jumwa’s lawyer, Danstan Omari, stated in court that Jumwa is relieved that the allegations against her have been dropped.
“We are very grateful for the state after reviewing the evidence provided and came to a conclusion. I want to thank the court for indulging us this far and allowing us to engage in reviewing the charges,” he stated.
Omari thank the court for standing by the rule of law and dispensing justice accordingly. He further added that the charges had negatively affected Jumwa’s life.
“It has shuttered the family and a number of her social life but we appreciate the state conclusion,’ he noted.
Jumwa and Okuto had been charged with the murder of ODM supporter Jola Ngumbao in Malindi during campaigns for the Ganda ward by-election.
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