Nyali MP Mohamed Ali has come out to vehemently refute claims that he is being investigated by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over alleged irregular issuance of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) bursaries.
Ali says that a story by a local publication that he was under probe is malicious and meant to damage his reputation.
In a statement on Thursday, the MP said that he is not and has never been under any investigation form EACC or the police.
The MP accused the publication of running the story to damage his political career.
Ali through his lawyer Paul Momanyi now wants the publication to pull down the article from its digital pages.
In a letter to the publication on Thursday, the MP He also wants the publication to offer an apology through its publication and give it prominence.
“You are hereby directed to pull down the defamatory article and also issue an apology in the next 12 hours failure to which we will institute legal action against you,” the letter signed by Ali’s lawyer read in part.
The publication allegedly run story claiming that the MP was under probe for irregular issuance of CDF bursaries.
The local paper also reported that the MP had sacked three CDF employees as a result of the probe.