Kenya: DPP Charges Suspended Kangema Magistrate With Receiving Sh150,000 Bribe

Kenya: DPP Charges Suspended Kangema Magistrate With Receiving Sh150,000 Bribe

Nairobi -- Suspended Kangema Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi has been charged with receiving a bribe, bringing to court a corruption case that has been unfolding since his arrest by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) last month.

Magistrate charged with receiving a bribe

Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi, attached to Kangema Law Courts, was Monday charged with receiving a bribe. This follows a favourable High Court ruling that paved the way for his arraignment and plea-taking. Mutegi, who had recently been suspended by his employer, was arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Magistrate’s Court alongside his co-accused, a Senior Probation Officer based at Kangema. Mutegi was charged with receiving a …

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DPP charges suspended Kangema magistrate with receiving Sh150,000 bribe

NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 24 – Suspended Kangema Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi has been charged with receiving a bribe, bringing to court a corruption case that has been unfolding since his arrest by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) last month. Mutegi was arraigned before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on Monday alongside Senior Probation Officer Julius Irungu Njogu, following a High Court decision that declined t…