Nairobi, Sept. 14 -- State Counsel James Kinyua told Senior Principal Magistrate Thomas Muraguri that they no longer intended to pursue the case against the youngest MP in Kenya for lack of sufficient evidence.
Mr Kinyua tabled a letter signed by Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Nicholas Mutuku, instructing the court to free Mr Mwirigi after a two-year back and forth.
A Meru magistrate's court on Monday acquitted Igembe South MP John Paul Mwirigi of charges of obstructing police officers and helping a prisoner to escape.
The MP had been charged with unlawfully obstructing Police Constable Mohammed Demo from executing his duties at Mucuune along Mikinduri-Maua road in Tigania Central Sub-county on November 26, 2018.
The second charge...