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Moses Wetang’ula faces jail over Sh5.8 million poll petition cost

Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula risks jail next month if he fails to pay Sh5.8 million election petition costs he owes former Minister Musikari Kombo.

Bungoma High Court has given the NASA co-principal up to May 10 to pay up the cumulative amounts arising from two decisions in which he lost to Kombo. The order was issued on April 5, and to this date, Wetang’ula has not paid. Kombo was Wetangula’s main rival in the 2013 Bungoma Senatorial contest.

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