THE STANDARD By
Willy Lusige |
March 10th 2021 at 13:05:04 GMT +0300
Senator Cleophas Malala speaking to his lawyer Charles Malala. [Willy Lusige, Standard]
Kakamega court has released Senator Cleophas Malala on a bond of Sh500,000 or a surety of a similar amount.
The Senator has been charged with three counts of felony, assault, causing injury to an IEBC officer, robbery with violence and destroying property at Munami Primary School polling station during Matungu by-election.
Senator Cleophas Malala and his co-accused Joel Wekesa, Shakila Amboye, Joyce Kahvere, Marvin Kombo, Ababu Shago and Secily Ambeyi during a court hearing in Kakamega on March 10, 2021. [Willy Lusige, Standard]
THE STANDARD By
Nathan Ochunge |
March 11th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala, Joel Wekesa, Shakila Ambaye, Marvin Kombo, Hakim Juma, Joyce Kavere and Cecil Ambeyi before Kakamega law courts Snr Principal magistrate Dophina Alego where they were charged with robbery with violence. [Benjamin Sakwa/ Standard]
Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala and seven members of his staff were yesterday slapped with a bond of Sh14.2 million without the option of cash bail.
The eight were charged in a Kakamega court with several counts ranging from the robbery with violence, molestation, electoral violence and assault during the Matungu by-election on March 4.
Joel Wekesa Micha, a bodyguard attached to Malala, was charged separately over unlawful use of a firearm. He was accused of wounding Boniface Odunga at Munami village in Matungu using the firearm.