Former MP Mathew Lempurkel Jailed for One Year for Slapping Female MP

A Nairobi court has sentenced former Laikipia North Member of Parliament Mathew Lempurkel Lekidime to one year in prison.

This comes after he was found guilty of assaulting Sarah Korere, who is the current MP for Laikipia North Constituency.

Lempurkel was accused of attacking Korere at Harambee House in Nairobi on November 21st, 2016.

The charge sheet read that Lempurkel willfully and unlawfully assaulted Korere by slapping her on the left cheek and kicked her on the lower abdomen, thereby occasioning her actual bodily harm.

In her ruling on Friday, Senior Principal Magistrate Hellen Onkwani of Milimani law courts sentenced the accused to one year in jail without the option of a fine.

“I have also considered the fact that the accused person is a first offender but I note that the accused is a leader who should be a good example to others. I hereby proceed to sentence the accused person to serve one-year imprisonment,” the magistrate ruled.

Lempurkel is said to have assaulted Korere at the office of the late former Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery following a disagreement.