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Trader seeks Lamu West MP’s arrest over Sh10m debt default

Lamu West MP Stanley Muthama at the Eldoret chief magistrate's court on July 1, 2019, where he was charged with failing to remit Sh487 million in taxes. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

By  Joseph Wangui

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

A businesswoman wants Lamu West MP Stanley Muiruri Muthama arrested and detained at a civil jail for defaulting payment of a Sh10.9 million debt accrued seven years ago involving his company.

Ms Alice Cheruiyot has asked court to issue a warrant of arrest against the lawmaker, in a commercial dispute that has revealed financial difficulties facing the politician who three years ago was fighting a Sh487 million tax evasion case in Eldoret.

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