UPDATE Wednesday July 14: High Court in Mombasa has postponed Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa's trial to January 2022.
That is after the court established that her co-accused Geoffrey Okuto is yet to apprise his lawyer.
Jumwa ordered her four lawyers not to represent Okuto leading to the adjournment of the case until he gets another one.
Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa has turned against her bodyguard in a case in which the two have been accused of killing a supporter of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party.
A report by Daily Nation indicated that the lawmaker instructed her four lawyers not to represent the bodyguard identified as Geoffrey Otieno Okuto.
The two were being represented by the same set of lawyers in the case stemming from an October 2019 shooting after chaos erupted during campaigns in Ganda Ward, Kilifi County.
The four lawyers are Jared Magolo, Cliff Ombeta, Danstan Omari and Shadrack Wamboi.
The lawyers, according to the publication, informed the court that they received firm instructions from Jumwa who wanted the surety bond posted for the bodyguard withdrawn.
“Mr Okuto was served with the application seeking to withdraw the surety, and he is aware (of it),” Omari told the court.
In his defense, the bodyguard pleaded with the court to accord him enough time to regroup following the change of events.
“Since Jumwa has instructed the lawyers not to represent me, I ask the court to give me more time to look for an advocate. I request for the court’s indulgence,” he stated.
After considering his request, the court adjourned the case.
In October 2020, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) approved the murder charges against the duo.
A highly placed source from the ODPP confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke at the time that the Mombasa office possessed compelling evidence to charge her with murder.
"They murdered somebody. The Mombasa office has approved and is going to charge her. The gun was the bodyguard's and if I am not wrong she was there.
"The investigations point to that. She has her day in court, she can go and prove her innocence then," the source told this writer.
It was believed at the time that she stormed a venue where a meeting was being held and in the scuffle that ensued, the ODM agent got shot and died.
The meeting was convened for ODM agents to strategise on how they would conduct the mini-poll.
