Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa will be jailed for 6 months if he fails to clear a Ksh1.8 million in legal fees in one day.
The one-day ultimatum was handed to him on Monday, November 23.
Lawyer Alfred Ndambiri moved to court following Barasa alleged failure to settle the legal fees he owed him for legal representation in an election petition in 2017.
Barasa told a local publication that after a court battle with the city lawyer he started process of settling the legal fees.
He said, "I will pay the amount, sometimes as an MP you face intimidation using such means, but these are small monies which I will settle."
Baraza further explained, "He put in a demand of Ksh8M which was dismissed by the court, it was brought down to Ksh4M which I paid and the Ksh1.8M is the only amount left for me to settle."
In the 2017 petition the judge ruled in favor of Barasa stating that there was no sufficient evidence to quash his election.
In his court battle with lawyer Ndambiri, Barasa pleaded leniency in the case and promised to settle the amount but reportedly failed to do so.
Senior Resident Magistrate D.M. Kivuti ordered Barasa be given a final chance to appear before him on Tuesday, November 24.
The MP in the final adjournment stated that he was Covid-19 positive and was in self-isolation and demanded to be exempted for 90 days.
The 45 days he was given to settle the debt expires on Tuesday.
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