Kenya: Court of Appeal Overturns High Court Decision to Convict MP Waluke to 67 Years in Prison

The Court of Appeal on Friday overturned the High Court’s decision convicting  Sirisia Member of Parliament John Waluke to 67 years in prison over graft allegations.

The High Court in 2022 sentenced the legislator to 67 years in prison or pay a Ksh1 billion fine after it dismissed the MP’s appeal challenging the decision. 

Waluke was sentenced to prison alongside his accomplice, a co-director of a popular agency for allegedly engaging in graft where the suspects were accused of swindling…