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Makueni local leaders deny fraud charges
The suspects in the dock on May 31, 2022.
Photo credit: Pius Maundu | Nation Media Group
A Makueni MCA and five of his former colleagues were on Tuesday charged in a Makueni court with obtaining allowances for a 2014 trip to Dubai which was sponsored by Kibwezi West MP Patrick Musimba.
Nguu/Masumba Ward Representative Timothy Maneno and former MCAs Bernard Musau (Makindu), John Mwenze (Nguumo), Cosmas Mutunga (Emali/Mulala), Bensley Mathuku (Kikumbulyu North), and Bernard Kiswii (Kikumbulyu South) denied receiving Sh 175, 000 each from the county coffers when they appeared before principal magistrate James Mwaniki.