Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura Charged with Stealing Sh5.3 Million
Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Benson Mutura was on Friday arraigned in court for allegedly stealing over Sh5 million.
Mutura appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Esther Kimilu where he denied charges of stealing by a public servant.
He is accused of fraudulently including his name in a number of county travel lists and pocketing money without traveling.
“On diverse dates between the 1st day of February 2021 and 28th February 2022 in Nairobi City County, being the speaker of the County Assembly stole Sh5,348,984 the property of the County Government of Nairobi which came into possession by virtue of your employment,” the charge sheet reads in part.
Mutura pleaded not guilty and was released on Sh500,000 cash bail, with an alternative bond of Sh1 million.
The speaker’s lawyer urged the court to free him, arguing that his arrest was merely meant to embarrass him.
The magistrate directed that the case be mentioned on May 16th, and prohibited Speaker Mutura from interfering with investigations.
Mutura spent Thursday night at Muthaiga Police Station, where he was held following interrogations at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters.
Mutura has termed his arrest and prosecution as politically instigated due to his opposition to the extension of the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) term and support for Deputy President William Ruto, who is eyeing the presidency.
Comments (18)
What's the big deal here?
AIN'T this the norm in kenya?
To kill a snake, you chop the head of the snake.
Start from the top.
@littlefrog - It’s only by prosecuting the thieves of public funds that kenya will recover its stolen resources. As you can see, the thief appeared in court wearing a UDAku logo because his boss Ruto have taught all UDAkus how to embezzle public funds. It’s time to jail all of them and clean the house.
Comrade Mwachovia,
I understand, but from what's been happening, only the small fish are getting fried.
I agree with you that Ruto should have been prosecuted long time ago for enriching himself with poor people’s money.
Kimwerer and Arror dams could have served the kalenjin people well but Ruto decided to pocket 21 billion shillings alone while old ladies walk many miles looking for water.
Very unfortunate that such things happen and the guy is now running to be the president of a country he stole everything. Kenyans must wake up to fight back the thieves.
Reading these cases is basically a waste of one's time. Has any of the accused public ever been imprisoned? I am not talking about spending a week at the private wing of Nairobi Hospital, I am talking about lengthy prison sentences.
Ask that question to the rogue judiciary that has been bought and paid for by one big thief WSR. I think the judiciary need to be banned from operating in kenya. They have created a die for sale court mbandia system that is killing kenya day by day.
I bet, Ndugu Wafula Chebukati will clear Ndugu Mutura to run for office. This man (Wafula) should be forced to resign immediately before he destroys Kenya.
Chebukati is the worst thief of all thieves😛. He looks very stupid to me when clearing diehard thieves to run for public office. He needs to go and find another job.
He's a friend of Raila and odm member.
Nonsense! That is your UDAku friend. All thieves have a home in Ruto’s team; you included because you stole your mama’s sugar.
@Ken, Mutura sounds like a familiar name. Shetani ashindwe
Isn’t Mutura your brother-in-law @crypto? You shacking his older sister makes you a perfect thief.
Hungry billionaire Kenyans should stop complaining about high cost of living.They chose to be taking expensive loans to pay these idle employees for nothing?Why pay governors like jambazi Mumbi shs 10m. per day for any foreign trip including Namanga(Tanganyika) or Bushia(Uganda)?But the big question is-Why is Nairobi run by three(Central,County & NMS) governments duplicating each other?
Like Ruto who Claimed to have Started (his Wealth) by Selling chicken, Mutura will say he Made the Money by selling Mutura in Kikomba.
He was selling his back end to WSR. That is who taught him th art of corruption and thievery.
Is Mwakilishi certain the guy they have posted here is not aOscar Sudi? Or his brother in UDAku? Men; all thieves must look alike.
this guy is the Oscar Sudi’s twin brother. No wonder he is a practising thief.
This one went to court wearing WSR’s UDAku jacket to show who the thieves of kenya coffers are. Ruto really feels proud to have mini thieves on his side. What a freaking shame.