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MCA accused in court of staging his own abduction

West Kisumu ward member of county assembly Paul Okiri

West Kisumu Member of the County Assembly Paul Okiri has been charged with faking his own abduction and giving false reports to the police.

A court heard that on September 30, 2016, the accused made a false report at Kamagambo Police Station in Migori County that he had been kidnapped at Kapuonja village in Kisumu West and dumped in Rongo Township.

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