Tag: Grace Wakhungu

Ksh313M maize scandal: Court overturns conviction and 67-year jail term handed to Sirisia MP

An Appeal Court has overturned the conviction and a 67 jail term of Sirisia MP John Waluke in the Ksh313 million maize case. Waluke’s business partner Grace Wakhungu, who had been sentenced to 68 years in jail, was also freed. The two were convicted and sentenced in 2020 with an alternative of fines of more than […]

Grace Wakhungu released on Ksh20M cash bail pending appeal of her 67-year jail sentence

Grace Wakhungu, a business associate of Sirisia MP John Waluke has been released on a cash bail of Ksh 20 million pending an appeal of her 67-year jail sentence in a multimillion-shilling corruption case. In a ruling delivered by Court of Appeal judges Asike Makhandia, Grace Ngenye and John Mativo, the court allowed Wakhungu’s application […]

Amount of money Kenyans have contributed to Waluke via Paybill as wife says she regrets setting fundraising initiative

Waluke’s wife says she has since abandoned the quest to have Kenyans contribute to secure her husband’s freedom.

Waluke to lose MP seat if he fails to raise over Sh700m court fine

Sirisia MP John Waluke and his co-accused Grace Wakhungu have been saved from going to jail on condition that they pay fines imposed on each of the five counts they were convicted of. The fines include paying back each double the amount that was lost at the National Cereals and Produce Board through their fraud. […]

LIVE: Forgive MP Waluke because he saved Moi in 1982 coup, Omari pleads with court

A team of high-powered lawyers are fighting to save their prominent clients, Sirisia MP John Waluke and Grace Wakhungu, from jail.

Court to sentence MP, ex-CS’s mother today over Sh313m maize fraud

Sirisia MP John Waluke and businesswoman Grace Sarapya Wakhungu are set to be handed their sentences today after they were convicted of fraud earlier this week. The two were found guilty for fraudulently receiving Sh313 million from the National Cereals and Produce Board. Following their conviction by a Nairobi court on Monday, June 22, the […]