{
  "id": 18303758,
  "title": "Kitui MCA faces two more theft charges over alleged Sh2.2 million phone heist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/kitui-mca-faces-two-more-theft-charges-over-alleged-sh2-2-million",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T11:36:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/kitui-mca-faces-two-more-theft-charges-over-alleged-sh2-2-million-phone-heist/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kitui Member of County Assembly, Cyrus Kisavi Musyoka, has been charged with two additional counts of theft, raising the total number of cases against him to three. The charges stem from alleged thefts of mobile phones valued over Sh2.2 million. In the first incident, Musyoka is accused of stealing 20 Samsung A07 smartphones worth Sh420,000 from Chania Genesis Limited offices on September 14, 2026. The second charge involves the theft of 126 Itel A200 mobile phones valued at Sh1,801,000 from North Rift Shuttle offices on August 18, 2026. Musyoka denies the allegations in both cases.",
  "summary": "A Kitui Member of County Assembly accused of stealing mobile phones worth more than Sh2.8 million in separate incidents has been charged with two additional counts of theft, bringing the number of cases against him to three. Ikanga/Kyatune Ward MCA Cyrus Kisavi Musyoka appeared before Milimani Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo, where he denied stealing 146 [...] The post Kitui MCA faces two…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}