Former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana was on Thursday arraigned before Malindi Law courts alongside six other and was released on a Ksh 3 million cash bail.
Danson Mungatana was arrested on Wednesday evening by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and taken to Malindi to answer to graft charges totaling Ksh 51.5 million.
The former Garsen MP was charged alongside six others for presenting false documents to defraud Kilifi County money.
A business lady by the name of Lucy admitted through an affidavit that Mungatana used her company do defraud Kilifi County Ksh 9.1 million
The six arrested alongside Danson Mungatana include four Kilifi County officials and two business people.
Officials from the county are said to have issued Local Service Orders (LSO) and paid out the money but nothing was delivered instead.
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