A Nairobi court has discharged a man accused of obtaining 76 million shillings from Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana.
Chadian who is also an herbalist Abdoulaye Tamba Kouro was charged with obtaining 76 million shillings from Tana River senator Danson Mungatana.
In his ruling trial magistrate Ben Mark said that the prosecution did not call the bodyguard who Mungatana had told the court that everytime the accused gave him money was there .
According to the magistrate the bodyguard was a critical witness in the case whom the prosecution failed to call.
However the court convicted him of three other counts
The magistrate said “I find prosecution has failed to discharge the burden that accused obtained money from. Mungatana. It was the accused persons word against mungatana…I find with empathy that burden was not discharged. He is acuited.”court ruled
He was however found guilty of being in possession of papers intended to resemble and PSS as currency notes and other two counts
He will be sentenced on 9th of November