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Family to withdraw from murder trial after Aisha Jumwa case dropped

Geoffrey Okuto Otieno appeared at a Mombasa Court in Mombasa County on Wednesday October 16, 2019. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The family of Ngumbao Jola who was shot dead during a scuffle involving Gender and Public Service Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa wants to withdraw from the case.

On Friday, the family said it would be unfair to subject Jumwa's former bodyguard Geoffrey Okuto to a trial after the CS's charges were dropped.

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