Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa and her bodyguard Geoffrey Otieno were on Thursday charged with the murder of Gumbao Jola during a by-election last year.
The two are accused of murdering the 48-year-old man on October 15, 2019, in Ganda village in Kilifi county.
The MP and her aide denied the charges on Thursday before Mombasa judge Njoki Mwangi.
The defense counsels led by Danstan Omari, Jared Magolo and Cliff Ombeta asked the court to release Jumwa and her bodyguard on reasonable bond terms.
They said the state has been frustrating the MP and her aide through calculated moves which aim at denying them bond.
The lawyers urged the court to disregard all the negative efforts by the DPP and grant the accused persons bail.
But assistant DPP Alloys Kemo asked the court to grant them one hour in order to file their affidavit to oppose bond.
The judge granted them two hours to do so.
It was decided that the two accused will know whether they will be released on bond on Friday.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions last week okayed a murder charge against Jumwa over the killing of a man during last year's Ganda Ward by-election.
The ODPP through Kemo, approved murder and assault charges against Jumwa and Otieno over the fatal shooting of the man and injury of several people during the poll.
The man was shot in the shoulder and killed during the chaos and several other people, including police officers, were injured.
