News that former Jubilee nominated senator Joy Gwendo has been jailed for two years have elicited different reactions online. Most people have welcomed the sentence saying the former Legislator deserved what she got.
Ex-Senator Joy Gwendo is enjoying the consequences of her pride
— Riek Machar, HSC (@RiekMachar3) December 7, 2018
Anti-Corruption Court chief magistrate Douglas Ogoti handed her the sentence after the ex-lawmaker failed to honour a plea bargain she entered with the state to pay a Kisumu sacco Sh1.7 million.
Gwendo had pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud following the plea bargain deal with the DPP. In the deal, the former legislator agreed to pay the sacco the said cash, being the genesis of the case. The politician pleaded guilty to a count of abuse of office and two others of issuing bad cheques.
And now Kenyans believe she got what she deserves especially after being embroiled in different controversies during her time in office.
Gwendo was reported to Langata Police Station in 2015 after she failed to pay a woman who had delivered catering services to her Nairobi home.
In 2016, a video was leaked online of the legislator beating up and kicking her secretary whom she accused of disloyalty. It is for these reasons that Kenyans believe her arrest is just payback time.
Ex-Senator Joy Gwendo has been jailed for two years by a Nairobi court for stealing Sh1.7 million from a cooperative society in Kisumu. We need more of such from our courts. pic.twitter.com/TdPnhtukzh
— NaiBlogger (@naiblogger) December 7, 2018
Isn’t Ex-senator joy gwendo the same one bursted by alcoblow while she was in office? Feisty, she is!
— TheJourney (@AgathaVinyo) December 7, 2018
Ex-Senator Joy Gwendo jailed two years over Ksh1.7m fraud
We are getting there. Days when politicians and State officials did whatever they wished, felt they are above the law are gone.#GraftPurgeKe
https://t.co/gemMKyAZaW via @TheStarKenya— David Maina Ndung’u?? (@ItsDavidMaina) December 7, 2018