Aisha Jumwa to be charged with murder over killing of man in Ganda by-election chaos

Aisha Jumwa to be charged with murder over killing of man in Ganda by-election chaos

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has approved murder and assault charges against Malindi Member of Parliament Aisha Jumwa over the killing of a man and injury of several other people during the Ganda Ward by-election in 2019.

Mombasa Regional Head Alloys Kemo okayed the charges against the MP as well as well as her aide Geoffrey Okuto Otieno.

The two, according to sources privy to the matter, are now set to undergo mental assessments next Wednesday before being charged in court.

The man was shot dead in a scuffle between rival Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party supporters in Ganda Ward in Malindi, Kilifi County, in October last year.

The incident occurred after MP Jumwa reportedly stormed a meeting of ODM agents at a house belonging to Reuben Katana, the ODM candidate and eventual winner of the by-election.

Jumwa allegedly demanded to know why such a meeting would be held at night after the campaign period had lapsed.

ODM officials, however, reportedly insisted that the meeting was meant for agents’ training.

MP Jumwa was on October 16, 2019 arrested at her home in Kakuyuni, Malindi, over the incident before later being released.

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