Meru Senator Mithika Linturi is to be charged with 37 counts over an alleged fraudulent loan he took from Family Bank in 2019. “Honourable chair, the above 37 counts are all criminal charges investigated and approved for prosecution and are not civil at all,” he said on Friday. Nkirote told DCI she is a director of Atticon with Linturi holding 50 and 1,050 shares respectively. On the June 17, 2020 the Office of Director of Public Prosecution returned the file and called for further investigations on various issues. According to the CS, the ODPP returned the file on February 9, with consent to prosecute Linturi and Nkirote.

Source: The Star May 07, 2021 12:22 UTC