Tana River governor hopeful Danson Mungatana at a past event. Photo/ nation.co.ke
A court has ordered former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana to repay a Sh7.5 million loan he owes Equatorial Bank in full.Mungatana was directed to settle the loan after the High Court rejected his request to pay the loan in installments. High Court Justice P.J.O Otieno stated that the legislator has not honoured his earlier plea to settle the loan in monthly installments of Sh100, 000.“I find no reason or proof that the judgment debtor is not able to pay at once nor that the most he can pay is Sh100, 000 per month. He has not been candid in this matter with facts regarding his finances. The result is that I find the application unmerited, lacking in bona fides and thus cannot succeed, but must fail and is hereby dismissed,” read part of the ruling, as quoted by Kenyans.co.ke. Justice Otieno also dismissed Mungatana’s claims that he is not in a position to repay more than the amount he had pleaded to pay on a monthly basis. The bank took Mungatana to court after he started issuing bouncing cheques to settle the loan.The ruling is likely to complicate matters for the legislator as he eyes the Tana River governor seat in the forthcoming general election.