How Mungatana Tried to Use the Spirit of His Dead Wife to Avoid Heavy Corruption Charges

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The woes of former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana continue to deepen as the corruption allegations labelled against him back in 2016 continue to haunt him to date.

Mungatana who just lost his wife was Yesterday a guest of the state after he, along with other Kilifi County officials were charged with corruptly obtaining Sh51 million.

He was arraigned before Malindi chief magistrate Julie Oseko alongside six county officials.

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He would later deny the 40 counts of corruption and economic crimes.

They were released on a Sh5 million bond with a surety of a similar amount or cash bail of Sh3 million. Mungatana is facing eight counts of obtaining money from the county without supplying anything.

Lawyer Ndegwa Njiru, who represented Mungatana, had earlier filed an application seeking to stop his client from taking plea as he was mourning his wife.

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The magistrate rejected the application saying the former MP could not be exempted from taking plea despite the fact that he was grieving.

Mungatana and the other suspects were charged with fraudulently acquiring public property, making false documents, abuse of office and dealing with proceeds of crime.

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