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Lamu West CDF officials acquitted

CORRUPTION-EACC-LAMU WEST MP-NDEGWA-GRILLED; Lamu West Mp Julius Ndegwa addresses  the Media  after being grilled at the Ethics and Anti Corruption offices in Mombasa County on Monday,013th April,2015. The Mp who is among those Officials named in the Corruption list was being interviewed by Anti Corruption officers on CDF related issues from his Constituency.[PHOTO BY MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]

Mombasa, Kenya: A court in Mombasa has acquitted three members of the Lamu West Constituency Development Fund (CDF) committee who had been charged with misappropriating money from the fund.

Ali Ahmed alias Bausi, Abdalla Famau and Lali Shee were accused by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) of allowing the purchase of three tractors and three disc-ploughs worth seven million shillings without following the right procurement procedures.

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