Shock for Lamu MP Julius Ndegwa caught in anti-graft net

From right to left: Lamu West MP Julius Ndegwa, Yusuf Hassan, Sophia Wanjiru, Zakayo Gitonga and Michael Thegeru at the Mombasa Court in Mombasa County on Wednesday 10th June 2015 where the five pleaded not guilty to three charges of illegal transfer of Ksh 1,675,000 that was allocated for the Witu Cattle Dip Project to the Lamu CDF Office account. Ndegwa also pleaded not guilty to the fourth charge of using his office to confer a benefit to wit Ksh 1,005,000 to himself for the administration of the Lamu CDF. PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI)

Lamu West MP Julius Ndegwa yesterday pleaded for lenient bail terms when he was hauled into an anti-corruption court in Mombasa.

Ndegwa was charged along with six Lamu West Constituency Development Fund committee members on four acts of fraud or illegal money transfer from the fund without approval of the CDF Board.