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Court awards Sh3.5m to former diplomat for unfair prosecution

Kakamega High court Judge Justice Jesse Njagi. [File, Standard]

Margaret Ayuma Katungu, a retired Kenyan civil servant, has been awarded Sh3.5 million in damages by the High Court after being subjected to malicious prosecution.

The case, which has been ongoing for over a decade, centres on Katungu's controversial removal from her post as the financial attache at the Kenya High Commission in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2010.

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