Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa divorced her fisherman ex husband and later eloped with her Luo bodyguard-cum-driver Geoffrey Okuto Otieno whom she cohabited with for six long years.
The controversial lawmaker vehemently refuted claims that she left her fisherman ex husband after she secured a well paying job.
Speaking during an interview on NTV, Jumwa said that it was so unfortunate that most Kenyans often judge people wrongly.
The Malindi MP explained that the main reason why her fisherman ex husband and her parted ways was because he didn’t approve of her decision to join politics.
“It’s so wrong for most people to think like this. I don’t understand, I didn’t have a job and he had one but the main reason why I left him is because after I got into politics, he told me that he couldn’t stay with a woman who is into politics and for this reason, he gave me an option to choose between him or my career, you know what I chose”, Aisha Jumwa said.
The firebrand Malindi MP further reiterated that she still doesn’t have a husband and that she is not answerable to any man.
Jumwa however didn’t speak on her relationship with ex boyfriend Geoffrey Okuto Otieno. Their affair was exposed after they were both charged with murder.
The Malindi MP and her lover were charged with murder on October 22nd 2020 over the death of Ngumbao Jola who was killed in chaos that ensued during campaigns for a by-election in Ganda Ward on October 15, 2019.
Court documents showed that Okuto, who is the first accused person in the case, was in a stable relationship with Jumwa after the legislator divorced her husband some 20 years ago.
In a pre-bail report submitted to Lady Justice Njoki Mwangi, the lawmaker was living with Okuto at her palatial homes in Lavington and Malindi.
Jumwa’s defence team, which comprise of lawyers Danstan Omari, Wycliff Ombeta and Jared Magolo, applied to have the two released on bail terms.
However, Jumwa dumped her boyfriend during one of the court proceedings in July 2021. The controversial MP withdrew all lawyers she had hired to represent Okuto in the murder case after falling out with him.
Jumwa also sought the cancellation of a bond agreement in which her daughter was listed as Okuto’s surety.
On 8th July 2021 Jumwa, in the company of her lawyers, walked out of the Mombasa Law Courts after the proceedings, leaving her co-accused Okuto behind as he tried to figure out the way forward.
Justice Anne Ongijo gave Okuto until July 12 to find new lawyer(s) and a new surety. It’s not clear why Jumwa decided to dump her boyfriend like a used toilet paper.
Jumwa fell in love with Okuto while he was her driver and bodyguard. Okuto’s wife Judith Awinja is quoted in court documents saying he was first employed as the MP’s bodyguard before the contract mutated into a romantic relationship.
The Malindi MP hired Okuto as her private bodyguard in 2014 after the State withdrew her security detail.
“Enquiries established that the accused (Jumwa) divorced her first husband over 20 years ago. That for the last six years she has been in a stable relationship with Mr Geoffery Okuto, who is the co-accused in this matter,” read documents presented in court in 2020.
Jumwa terminated Okuto’s services as a bodyguard and personal driver after the July 2021 fallout. He told journalists that the Malindi MP left him out to dry.
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