Malala and staff set free on Sh14.2m bond

Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala, Joel Wekesa, Shakila Ambaye, Marvin Kombo, Hakim Juma, Joyce Kavere and Cecil Ambeyi before Kakamega law courts Snr Principal magistrate Dophina Alego where they were charged with robbery with violence. [Benjamin Sakwa/ Standard]

Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala and seven members of his staff were yesterday slapped with a bond of Sh14.2 million without the option of cash bail.

The eight were charged in a Kakamega court with several counts ranging from the robbery with violence, molestation, electoral violence and assault during the Matungu by-election on March 4.