Kibwezi West MP Patrick Musimba and his wife Angela Mwende have been arrested over a Chase bank fraud case.
This is after an arrest warrant was issued on Thursday when charges of stealing Ksh1.15 Billion from the bank were levelled against them.
They will remain in custody until September 20.
The couple are among eight accused including former Chase Bank chairman Mohammed Zafrulla Khan, Dancun Kabui, James Mwenja, Makrios Agumbi, Luciane Sunter and Ronald Vlasman.
On Thursday, only Khan appeared in court denying four charges of conspiracy to defraud, steal and launder money adding that he was facing two other cases on the same transactions.
Through his lawyer Cecil Miller, Khan stated; “I wish to bring to the attention of this court that Mr Khan, the immediate former chairman of Chase Bank, is out on a cash bail of Sh2 million in two other cases arising from the same transactions."
Miller added that his client was scheduled to fly to America for heart surgery but was required to report at the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on September 11.
“Police signed the charges sheet in a malicious move to bar Mr Khan from travelling to America for a third heart surgery. He has had two successful heart operations and had been booked to attend the third one this September.
“Mr Khan is not a flight risk. He had been allowed to travel to America for a heart surgery twice then returned his passport to the court as directed,” the lawyer stated.
On his part, State prosecutor Mr James Warui Mungai applied for the judge to give the go-ahead for the arrests of Musimba, his wife, Vlasman and Petrus.
