Nakuru Town West MP Samuel Arama got a sigh of relief after the high court quashed his six months’ jail term following his conviction in a corruption case.

Mr Arama had been convicted alongside three other officers from the land registry with various counts of crime relating to fraudulent acquisition of land in Nakuru town.

Justice Patricia Gichohi in her judgement overturned the decision by the lower court to convict Arama after finding irregularities in the trial case.

Speaking to Mtaa wangu, Mr Arama expressed his gratitude to the courts saying that justice was served at last.

The legislator claimed the case and his subsequent conviction was politically instigated by his political detractors who wanted him disqualified from the Nakuru town West parliamentary race ahead of the 2022 elections.

“I am happy that I have been vindicated at last. This clearly shows that I have been innocent all along and my enemies had plotted a wide scheme to hound me out of the race,” said Mr Arama.

He termed his acquittal a win for the people of Nakuru town West who believed in him and elected him for the third term.

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Senior Principal Magistrate Victor Wakumile sitting at the Anti-corruption court in Milimani had on June 30 last year sentenced Mr Arama and his co-accused persons to six months’ imprisonment or pay a fine of Sh 260,000 on each count. This was after he convicted them on March 30, 2022.

The four were jointly charged with conspiracy to defraud whereby they were said to have on diverse dates between August 3 and August 11, 2015 conspired to defraud Mr Ahmed Muhamad Nisar a parcel of land within Nakuru city, for the benefit of Mr Arama.

The other suspects included John Muiru Mwaura, Daniel Kimori Nyantika and Charles Onyambu Birundu.

However, the four lodged an appeal before the high court on July 5, seeking to challenge the judgement and the subsequent conviction.

Justice Patricia Gichohi in her judgement noted that there was no clear link between the persons who are alleged to have conspired.

“There is no inference of conspiracy where the prosecution witness called to testify give contradictory evidence happened in this case,” said Justice

The MP posed a warning shot to his opponents who have been using the case to malign his name in a bid to derail his political ambition.

“Let them find some other things to say because the case is no longer there and nothing is now going to stop my future political plans of becoming the Governor of Nyamira in 2027,” said Mr Arama.

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MP Arama gets acquitted after one year-long corruption case

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