By Anchor Reporter
Former Agriculture CECM Mr Urbanus Wambua Musyoka is detained at Machakos GK Prison over corruption charges.
The former minister in Governor Alfred Mutua' s administration was detained after he was arraigned in a Machakos Law Court last Thursday to answer corruption charges.
Musyoka was detained after he failed to raise the stringent bond and cash bail terms he was offered to regain his freedom. Machakos Senior Principal Magistrate James Omburah released him on a bond of Ksh. 6 Million or a cash bail of Ksh. 3 Million.
He was still holed up in the prison as relatives seek how to raise the cash as we went to press.
Musyoka pleaded not guilty to the offences listed by the State.It is alleged that on diverse dates between January 2019 and May 2022, the accused knowingly held an indirect private interest in a contract award by Machakos County Government to M/S Wisdom Holdings Limited, a private company he was associated with for a contract amounting to a sum of Ksh. 45, 497, 609.
The accused also faces a charge of unlawful acquisition of public property amounting to a sum of Ksh. 19, 600, 000 in diverse dates between January 2019 and April 2021.
He was also charged with fraudulent practice alongside Antony Mbindyo, Fiona Muthoki and M/S Wisdom Holdings Limited.
Other accused persons charged jointly with Urbanus were Thomas Mutinda, Josephat Ndiku and Paul Kimeu.
Mention of the case was set for November 30, 2023.
