The murder charge against Public Service and Gender Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa has been formally withdrawn.
In a letter issued by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP), the Mombasa High Court was requested to have the murder charge withdrawn, and Jumwa to be a state witness.
“Therefore, the charges against the second accused cannot therefore be sustained in the circumstances,” court was told.
Jumwa will now be a state witness and is expected to testify against her former bodyguard Geoffrey Okuto.
ODPP undertook a review of the prosecution file after request was made by her lawyers Danstan Omari and Shadrach Wambui.
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“We have no objection to have the second accused discharged then we can have the first accused person take the plea afresh,” the defense submitted.
“We are grateful that the state reviewed the evidence and came to a conclusion that there’s no evidence,” said Omari.