This archive report was first published on 20 October 2019.
On October 20, 2019, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) launched an investigation into Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa over suspicious bank transactions amounting to Sh500 million.
The probe was sparked by a letter from the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) to the DCI, requesting an investigation into the transactions of four bank accounts linked to Jumwa, her aides, and child.
According to the FRC, some of the companies and individuals involved in the transactions shared the same postal addresses, suggesting that they may be owned by the same person or people.
The FRC expressed suspicion of conflict of interest and abuse of office in their letter to the DCI.
When contacted for comment, Jumwa denied being a director of any of the four companies whose bank accounts received the millions.
She also claimed to be unaware of any investigations, despite the DCI dispatching sleuths to Malindi to investigate the transactions.
Three of the companies involved in the transactions were found to have received a total of Sh312 million from the Malindi Constituency Development Fund (CDF) kitty.
