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Governor Alfred Mutua to face charges over purchase of 16 vehicles

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua on Friday lost his bid to stop his prosecution over alleged fraudulent purchase of 16 motor vehicles for the county government.

The High court dismissed a petition Mutua had filed seeking to stop the director of public prosecution, the ethics and anti-corruption commission and the police from arresting charging and prosecuting him, saying his arguments lacks merits.

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