Sirisia MP John Waluke Freed On Ksh.10M Cash Bail
Sirisia Member of Parliament John Waluke has been freed on a Ksh.10 million cash bail by theCourt of Appeal pending appeal on his 67 jail time
This comes after Waluke late last month appealed the jail term slapped on him by the High Court terming it as harsh and unwarranted.
The legislator's sentencing came in the wake of a graft case in which he was accused of defrauding the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) Ksh.313 million.
The MP was charged alongside Grace Sarapay Wakhungu, and Erad Supplies & General Contracts Limited (Erad); a company where the two are shareholders.
Waluke and Wakhungu, through the company, were supposed to supply 40,000 metric tonnes of maize to NCPB in 2004 but ended up pocketing Ksh.313 million without supplying even a single grain of ...