Gideon Mwiti, the former Imenti Central MP, died after a brief illness at the age of 57.
According to reports, the former legislator died early Sunday morning after being transported to a Nairobi hospital with diabetes-related issues.
Mwiti was elected to Parliament on a Jubilee ticket in 2013 and served until 2017, when he stepped down from politics to pursue a career in business.
Mwiti was accused again in Milimani law court in 2018 for a rape case that had been reported in 2015.
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Mwiti testified in front of Nairobi Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi, denying four counts of rape, intimidation, and assault in violation of the law.
He allegedly raped a woman on March 21, 2015 at Tana club on Woodvale Groove in Westlands.
Mwiti is accused of committing an indecent conduct with a kid in violation of the law on comparable dates and locations in the second count.
Mwiti is also accused with injuring a woman with the aim to engage in sexual intercourse with her on March 1, 2015.
