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I'm worth Sh100 million only, Aisha Jumwa tells MPs during vetting

 

Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action Cabinet secretary nominee Aisha Jumwa has revealed that her net worth is only Sh100 million.

The former Malindi MP disclosed the information when being vetted by the National Assembly’s Committee on Appointments.

Her appointment to the position has attracted a backlash from a section of Kenyans and the opposition over issues of integrity expected to feature prominently during vetting by Parliament.

Last week, the  Director of Public Prosecutions  withdrew Sh19 million graft charges against Jumwa.

Jumwa however is not yet off the hook as she faces murder charges alongside her bodyguard in another case where they are accused of killing Gumbao Jola in Ganda in 2019.

However, Kenya Kwanza has maintained that the cases plaguing the nominees were politically instigated by the previous regime.

DPP Haji dropped the charges after the defence lawyers asked for a review of the file.

So far only one witness had testified before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku.

Jumwa who failed to clinch Kilifi gubernatorial seat had been accused of embezzling Sh19 million from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

She was charged alongside six others among them Wachu Omar Abdalla who is the Malindi CDF Account Manager.

They faced various offences like forgery and fraud in procurement and abuse of office.  

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