This archive report was first published on 28 June 2020.
MP Waluke's Family Appeals for Financial Help to Keep Him Out of Jail ¶
On Thursday, June 25, Sirisia MP John Waluke was found guilty of defrauding the National Cereals and Produce Board KSh 297 million.
As a result, the lawmaker and his co-accused were ordered to pay over KSh 1.4 billion fine failure to which they would be jailed for seven years.
Waluke's wife, Roselyn, has now appealed to Kenyans to help fundraise KSh 727 million to keep her husband out of jail.
Speaking to Milele FM on Sunday, June 28, Roselyn urged well-wishers to channel their contributions to her phone number, even as the family races to get an M-Pesa Paybill number.
"You are aware of our problem and I thank those who have stood with us during this challenging time and kindly continue praying for us. We are requesting for your financial assistance. Kindly channel your financial support to my number 0728732542 as we wait for an M-Pesa Paybill number," she said.
On Thursday, June 25, the lawmaker and his co-accused Grace Wakhungu were ordered to pay KSh 727 million and KSh 707 million respectively or serve seven years in jail in default.
The two had been found guilty of defrauding National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in the KSh 313 million maize scandal in 2009.
According to the court, the two had presented a false invoice for the sum of KSh 115 million as evidence to support a claim for storage of the white maize incurred by Chelsea Freight, a South African firm.
They obtained KSh 13 million of public money from NCPB on grounds of having offered storage services through Chelsea Freight and another KSh 2.4 million.
The two were jointly found guilty of fraudulently acquiring a further KSh 297 million purporting to be loss of profits and interest incurred by the freight company.
