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A magistrate has been charged with receiving a bribe of Sh150,000 in exchange for passing a favourable sentence on a convict.
Kangema Law Courts Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Mutegi denied two counts when he was arraigned before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on August 24, 2026.
Mr Mutegi denied the graft charges before Chief Magistrate Harrison Barasa.
The prosecution of Mr Mutegi followed the dismissal of an objection he had raised, seeking to defer his plea pending the outcome of an application he had filed at the High Court in Embu before Justice Richard Mwongo.
On July 28, 2026, Mr Mutegi got a reprieve after a High Court judge sitting in Embu barred police from arresting him and presenting him for trial alongside Senior Principal Probation Officer Julius Irungu in the graft case.
In the ruling, Mr Barasa said: “There is no express order stopping this court or any other anti-corruption court from prosecuting Mr Mutegi.”
He added: “In the absence of such express orders, this court calls upon the accused to plead to the two counts of corruption.”
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