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Lempurkel out on Sh200,000 bond after night in custody

Laikipia North MP Mathew Lempurkel. (Photo: Mose Sammy/Standard)

Laikipia North MP Mathew Lempurkel was last evening freed on bond by a Nanyuki court after spending a night in custody.

Mr Lempurkel was released on a Sh200,000 bond by Principal Magistrate Waititu Gichimu, who rejected a plea by the prosecution to detain him for two weeks.

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